Iris and some Irids 2009

[Lesley Cox]

I'm trying to remember where I gort mine from. It could have been from seed but whose? It has never set any seed itself, or none that I've found. The flowers are stemless, the tube coming from the ground apparantly, so if any seed is formed it will be right on the ground.

[Paul T]

Gerd,

Love that small ruthenica.  Fascinating looking iris.  I agree that it looks like ink on wet paper as Robin suggested..... are you sure it isn't actually pure white and that you didn't just go out there with a purple texta and colour it in? 

 

[Gerdk]

Lesley, My plant is from AGS seeds - collected NW Yunnan - coll.no. SDR 418
- sown in 1996

Paul, Good advice for next April 1st 

Gerd

[Paul T]

Gerd,

I'll keep that in mind, that you're keeping it in mind.  Expect me to treat with some skepticism anything new that you post next April 1st. 

[David Nicholson]

Here is a pic of my Iris schachtii Yellow Form.

 

[BULBISSIME]

Superb David !!
and very early !!!

[Rafa]

beautiful plant, David!
I grow purple form and it has bloomed 2 o 3 weeks ago, unfortunately one night frozen (-3ºC) and all the flowers and buds were destroyed..

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Here is a pic of my Iris schachtii Yellow Form.

 

Very nice David ! 
How tall does this one grow ?
Is it outside ?

[David Nicholson]

Thank you folks but I have to admit I can claim no skill with this one as I bought the plant at the Exeter AGS Show at the end of March to add to my (currently very limited!) collection of small species Iris. We were away from home for a week and when we left there was no trace of a flower stem but when we returned last Thursday it was in full bloom in a very small plastic pot in the greenhouse.

Brian Mathew says that it is a short plant, 10-30cm at flowering time and there are Yellow and Purple forms. It is named for Wilhelm Schacht the former Curator of the Munich Botanical Gardens. It was first gathered near Ankara (Turkey) but it's range is known to stretch from Eskisehir province eastwards to Kayseri and Sivas provinces. Grows in dry and open rocky situations in scrub or in open woods at altitudes of 400-1700 meters.

All I have to do now is keep it over Summer, probably outside, and try not to loose it in the same way that I lost my Iris chrysographes last year

[David Nicholson]

Here is my first Dutch Iris of the season to flower, about a week earlier than last year. The Pieris in the background is P.'Valley Valentine' just beginning to colour up nicely after sulking it's way through the very cold winter we had this year.

[Armin]

Its a beauty, David.
Well done.

[David Nicholson]

Thank you Armin, it has a pet name in our family it's always referred to as my "boiled egg Iris"

[Armin]

David,
I agree - it looks like that

[Anthony Darby]

Here is Iris xiphhium from Rafa, flowering now in the greenhouse. I'm thrilled with it!

[David Nicholson]

Very nice indeed Anthony.