Juno Iris 2015

[Maggi Young]

Is there snow on the Serra de Tramuntana?

 Seems so......   from  @Unmondejardins on Twitter

[art600]

I thoroughly enjoyed my day at Pembroke Lodge.  The sunshine brought out crowds for Richmond Park so parking was difficult but worth the struggle to see Kit's display from Kew, many grown from seed.

[Steve Garvie]

Seems so......   from  @Unmondejardins on Twitter

Bizarre!!!
I have only ever been there in the baking heat at which time the prospect of snow (or even rain) seems vanishingly remote!

[Hans A.]

Here a picture taken near Lluc taken two days ago- annual precipitation is about 1500 mm there (more than in most areas of germany)- nearly all in Winter.

[Hans A.]

Back to Junos - here the clump of yesterday flowers now completly open.

[Steve Garvie]

Amazing!!!
I remember watching Black Vultures and Booted Eagles near the monastery.
They would be hard to spot in a white-out!

[Steve Garvie]

A lovely Iris persica Hans!!!

[Hans A.]

Thanks a lot Steve, you had good luck spotting Booted Eagles - at the right place it is easy to see Black Vultures (and also griffon vulture), but there are only very few Booted Eagles around and even living here I do not see them very often.

[Oron Peri]

Hans,
Wonderful I. persicum as always...

[Peter Maguire]

I've grown Iris nicolai 'Varzob' form for several years now, but did not repot it for several years. On doing so last year I discovered that it had formed three bulbs and obviously it has responded well to a bit more care. I have already removed four faded flowers for the photograph.

[Maggi Young]

How did you get that two-dimensional effect, Peter - the image looks like a hyper-realistic painting.

[Peter Maguire]

It's just photographed against a matt black background (black velvet) in my studio - known to my wife as 'the conservatory'. 
I used diffused lighting - i.e. the vertical blinds were drawn. 

[Maggi Young]

It's just photographed against a matt black background (black velvet) in my studio - known to my wife as 'the conservatory'. 
I used diffused lighting - i.e. the vertical blinds were drawn. 

Ah, "just" that then......... 

[Peter Maguire]

Now that you mention it..... I seem to remember that I was experimenting with some LED lights (similar to ones Jon Evans has been using at AGS shows) to give the picture a little sparkle in the shadows.

Looks like it worked. 

[Hans A.]

This should be Iris persica from the Jenny and Jim- 592.522-, sown 2004 - first flowers 2015.