Iris species

[Luc Gilgemyn]

 
 

[Lvandelft]

So they are. But I love you both equally, and that's the main thing.

That is what I call a Good Day's Start.

[Diane Clement]

Alan Newton has a natty pair of magnifying glasses on a sort of welder's mask type thingy....... perhaps he'll let me know where he got it? Maybe the sort of thing stamp collectors or fly-tyers use?

Maybe like this?  I bought it about 20 years ago when I used to do some botanical painting - it's surprisingly sturdy and useful for holding and enlarging when you need your hands free.  It cost about a fiver in those days.  Thanks to Ebay it looks like the price hasn't changed much.  It's called Helping Hands

[art600]

Diane

Thanks for info    Helping Hands is £2.49 + £2.95 postage

Do you think the crocodile clips might be too fierce for seeds?  Would they be crushed?  Would appreciate your thoughts before I order.

I have reviewed the suppliers Feedback - which shows negatives - and found that those in first 19 pages were unfounded. 

[Diane Clement]

Thanks for info    Helping Hands is £2.49 + £2.95 postage.  Do you think the crocodile clips might be too fierce for seeds?  Would they be crushed?  Would appreciate your thoughts before I order. 

The crocodile clips are quite fierce, and too large for seed, but I think easy to adapt something.  For that price, it's worth it, the solid base and magnifying glass are very useful for lots of jobs, I've used it for soldering and mending small items.

[art600]

Thanks for info    Helping Hands is £2.49 + £2.95 postage.  Do you think the crocodile clips might be too fierce for seeds?  Would they be crushed?  Would appreciate your thoughts before I order. 

The crocodile clips are quite fierce, and too large for seed, but I think easy to adapt something.  For that price, it's worth it, the solid base and magnifying glass are very useful for lots of jobs, I've used it for soldering and mending small items.

Thanks Diane.  At the price I agree it could be useful.  I am going to order.

[Maggi Young]

Crikey, at first glance I thought this device of Diane's was some instrument of torture .... bit scarey looking...... looks a good thing though......
I haven't heard back from Alan yet. His is a contraption that fits on your head,( with more of a headband than like spectacles), if I remember rightly..... and the magnifying visor can be liftedup and down as you work, so you don't need to take it  on and off all the time, but it is there on your head if you need it......

[art600]

Crikey, at first glance I thought this device of Diane's was some instrument of torture .... bit scarey looking......

You could always reserve it for Forumists who misbehave.  Those crocodile clips look to be extremely painful if applied in the right places 

[Maggi Young]

Crikey, at first glance I thought this device of Diane's was some instrument of torture .... bit scarey looking......

You could always reserve it for Forumists who misbehave.  Those crocodile clips look to be extremely painful if applied in the right places 

True, but to have to resort to  physical torture in those circumstances would be to admit defeat........and  that's not in my nature 

[art600]

Maggi

I agree with you.  I forgot to say 'persistently misbehave'   One word can make all the difference 

[Maggi Young]

Here we go, folks, Brenda Newton has  kindly passed on how to find what the Misses Newton call Alan’s “don’t go down the mines daddy” Visor..........
Gadget is called an Optivisor and here is a link to an Ebay search page for them....

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38.l1313&_nkw=Optivisor&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Not expensive and very useful 

Same photo appears in umpteen listings, so I reproduce it here.....

[gote]

My daughter in the US gave me a kind of double magnifier that clips to my spectacles and flips up and down as required.
Unfortunately I have no Idea where she got them but a search among gadget suppliers should locate them.
I can ask her if it is important but it will take a couple of days to get an answer.
Göte

[Hans A.]

Half an hour ago I found this Iris kirkwoodii in my (dark) fridge - motivated of the great results of John, Rafa and Fred in forced germination I gave it another try last autumn - over months nothing - but today this 

Edit : to show kirkwoodii  is  listed as   Iris kirkwoodiae Chaudhary

[BULBISSIME]

Great Hans !!!
Yesterday, I've just found a new I. urumiensis from last year seeds 

[arillady]

Yes it is always a pleasant surprise when you see germination after a few years of no germination in some pots.
I have losses when I try to move those tiny seedlings into potting mix so I prefer to just leave the seeds in pots for years until they germinate. I can then move the whole potload to its new position in the garden - without too much disturbance.