Scorpiris (Juno's) Iris 2008

[dominique]

great species these Juno. Bravo Dirk and thanks

[udo]

one of the latest Juno rosenbachiana,
the form from Harangon in Tadjikistan

Juno stenophylla from Turkey

[tonyg]

A behind the scenes visit to Kew yielded a few nice Junos.  The collection is still in the care of Tony Hall so the plants are mostly in excellent condition.... (unlike their crocuses ) 

Iris vicaria -2 forms
Iris warleyensis - one of my all time favourite plants.
Iris wilmottiana
Iris fosteriana
Iris galatica

[DaveM]

Admittedly, not quite in such good condition, but here's a few pix of Europe's only Juno - Iris planifolia - in the wild, photographed last week in the Benaojan-Montejaque area, near Ronda, in S Spain. Spot the odd white one?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Tony - wonderful Juno's !!! 

Dave - stunning pix - they never look better than in the wild now do they !

[Maggi Young]

David, how super to see these....seems like your trip went well and weather was great for these lovely photos!

[Paul T]

Tony,

Fantastic pics!!  Excellent!!! 

Dave,

Great to see them in the wild.  Do you have a pic of the white one as well?

[Andrew]

Firstly an apology for not taking the photo's sooner, I'll try better next year .



My pot of I. willmottiana,



and close-up, looking like Tony's above so should be correct. Now a couple forms of I. aucheri.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Outstanding Andrew - you have us all drooling again. 

[David Nicholson]

Andrew, you certainly grow a very good Juno

[Andrew]

Thank you both, hopefully there will be a few more to flower .

[Rafa]

Amazing pics guys!

I think this is Iris bucharica

[Gerhard Raschun]

Dear Rafa,

in my opinion your plant belong to I. vicaria.It is too early for J. bucharica.There is only one clone which looks very pale: J. bucharica `Swan Wings`

Here a ident plant: J. vicaria `Hodji-obi-garm`

best Gerhard

[Rafa]

Thank you for the ID Gerhard, I am agree with you they are the same clone.

[Lesley Cox]

For Heaven's sake! I missed this topic altogether and many thanks Maggi for drawing my attention to it. Don't know how it happened as I look at EVERY new topic and notify the ones I want to keep on board.

Fabulous plants and pictures from everyone, a great pleasure to see them all. The KEW plants are outstanding as is to be expected from Tony Hall. Thanks especially for those Tony (G).

Dave, I suppose you'll be going back at seed time?  Or anyone in Spain? All mine come from either Tony at Kew (but not including planifolia) or from eastern European sources which tend to have the western/central Asian species rather than the single European. My two batches from AGS seed both turned out to be white magnificas. I'd love a chance to try planifolia from seed.