Reticulate Iris 2010

[mark smyth]

Hans your plants are eye candy. Not hardy in the UK I would guess?

[Maggi Young]

Strikes me that this may be a good time to repost Chris' montage of Iris reticulata types......
pic is a little larger than most....

[mark smyth]

Maggi I was about to do the same - great minds!

[fleurbleue]

Thanks Maggi  a good idea 

[Gail]

A wonderful resource, thank you.  The second image on the bottom row - I think this is meant to be 'Marguérite' - a 'Clairette' look-alike but with light yellow variegations on leaves?

[Gail]

There was a display of reticulatas at Loughborough.  When you see Pauline and Purple Gem side by side, they are very much the same colour and markings but Pauline is noticeably larger.

[Janis Ruksans]

In attachment two pictures of Iris pamphylica in wild. I had shots from habitat but they were from my pre-digital era and too difficult to find now the correct slide. On that was pictured only leaves and I think one seedpod seen in wild. All were between branches at side of spiny shrub.
Janis

[Hans A.]

Would like to be at your place Hans now, but not in summer spells.
Janis

Thanks Janis, you are welcome.
I live between the mountains and the beach is only a few minutes from home, so (if enough time) there is always an alternative even if temperatures  rise up to over 40ºC.
Thanks you very much for sharing those superb and very valuable pictures.

Thanks Marc - as I know I. pamphylica can be cultivated in Britain in a well ventilated bulbframe or greenhouse, the hardines should not be the problem, but it is said to be very susceptible to fungus diseases (see Bulbs/Rix; Iris/Mathew; Smaller Bulbs/Mathew).

[arillady]

Hans what altitude are you?
Pat

[Hristo]

A wonderful resource, thank you.  The second image on the bottom row - I think this is meant to be 'Marguérite' - a 'Clairette' look-alike but with light yellow variegations on leaves?

You are quite right Gail, this was one of mine, the name 'Marquette' came with the bulbs from the supplying nursery, but your description fits this clone and 'Marguérite' is a valid name where as 'Marquette' appears to apply to an Ixia! Sadly ( fom my point of view ) don't have 'Marguérite' anymore!

[Hristo]

Updated with name correction.

[Hans A.]

Pat, at 140 m. 

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's Janis for your pics.
First time I see it in nature.
Hans, How do you manage for skiing ??    140 m long slope isn't a long course 

[Hans A.]

Fred, a height of 140 m would be enough, the problem is the missing snow (although today the higher mountains were all white )

Today I was surprised and very happy to find those three seedlings - seems I missed some seeds last year

[BULBISSIME]

Lucky man