Juno (Scorpiris) 2009

[Maggi Young]

Oron,
phantastic roadside view - what a combination Iris palaestina with little red Tulipa x??

 Not tulips but Anemones, Armin   

[Armin]

Uups - looks I'm getting older
Thanks Maggi
I should have noticed it looking at the foliage...but nevertheless a wonderful display!

[Oron Peri]

Maggi  thanks for the explanation, I thought trip is used only when you are off work and really enjoy your time....

The large leaves are Urginea maritima and Anemone coronaria although there are many tulips too [Tulipa agenensis] in that area but they will flower in March.

Hans, great color of I. persica, seems to be taken from an Art Nouveau drawing...

[David Shaw]

Thanks for mentioning the Anemone, Oron, I was about to ask if that is what the red flowers are. Is this the same spectacular red Anemone that we would have seen in Cyprus?
The iris appear to be very short alongside the Urginea. Is it a short plant? It is quite beautiful.

[Oron Peri]

David,
It is the same Anemone that grows on Cyprus, there are also pink, white and purple forms.
The Iris is about 10-20 cm in height.

[Maggi Young]

although there are many tulips too [Tulipa agenensis] in that area but they will flower in March.

Oh, so that is something for us to look forward to... we must hope your work takes you back along this road in March!

seems to be taken from an Art Nouveau drawing...

....yes, I know exactly what you mean by that!

[Miriam]

Thanks Oron for showing us these photos!
Here is a closer look at the Anemone coronaria (taken yesterday).

[Armin]

Miriam,
thank you for the closer picture of the A.coronaria.
They are lovely.

Oron,
I'm looking forward seeing Tulipa agenensis in this habitat.

[Lvandelft]

This is what i saw today on the main road  from Haifa to Tel-Aviv,
there are thousands of Iris palaestina on both sides of the road, it will last for about two more weeks.

Oron, I wish I did not find these pictures so late this evening.
aah these red Anemone wit the Iris palaestina in such masses. I hope I can sleep tonight..

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Oron,
What an awesome sight  - I'm afraid my trip to work is a little less attractive... 

Thanks for showing !!

Hans,
Another one of your numerous gems you're showing us here !!!
Very subtle colours !

[Otto Fauser]

Oron,
 what a joy to see a field of Anemone coronaria in bloom , my first flower I can remember vividly at the rather early age of about 3 years , probably not very far away
from where you took your photo -thank you so much for that pleasure ! and the thousands of Iris palaestina in flower = too much and rich a diet to digest in one go.
     Hans ,
 your exquisite pale I. persica ,like faded parchment ,or maybe antique lace , I can't
 do better than echo Maggi : so elegant and restraint , if only this species would be more amenable to cultivation. This species certainly belongs to my half a dozen ,or should that be 8 , most beautyful Junos , which also includes I. galatica , regis-uzziae.
 rosenbachiana in its colour forms , stenophylla and ssp. allisonii , fosteriana , narbutii,
 and warleyensis in its best colour form, and then a few more species come to mind,...
      Otto.

[Hans A.]

Thanks all for your kind comments, I do not want adorn myself with borrowed plumes  - many of those wonderful plants I received from a very good friend over the last years who grew them from seeds, I just try to keep and if possible propagate them.

Otto, hope I will be able to show some more of your favorites. 

[Hans A.]

Later than last year Iris planifolia f. alba has come in flower. Much larger (and easier) species than Iris persica but not less beautiful.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Very nice Hans !  Sooooo pristine white !! 

[ranunculus]

This is SOME THREAD at the moment ... tremendous images folks.