Dennis' old homestead Iris

Mark Brown brown.mark@wanadoo.fr
Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:49:20 PST
Dennis Kramb a écrit :
> James Waddick wrote:
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>>> Dennis sent a picture to the list of his Iris. But we don't allow
>>> attachments so it didn't get through. I've uploaded it to the wiki.
>>> If you all would like to name it, we could perhaps add it to a page.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Dear Dennis,
>> 	I almost mentioned this iris, Iris 'Flavescens' 
>> (http://www.hips-roots.com/photos/flavescens.html) in my list of old 
>> homestead bulbs as I have seen this in places along the roads in KS, 
>> along an old cemetery and sometimes just scattered.
>>
>> 	The color is more true in Denis' pic with a hint of grey to 
>> the pale yellow.
>>
>> 	Regardless of the species sounding name, it is a cultivar of 
>> collected, probably hybrid, origin.
>>
>> 	Old, sturdy and long lasting.		Jim W.
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>>     
>
> Jim! I think that's it!  Thank you so much.  I never would have figured 
> that out.  It's stubborn at setting seeds.... which encourages me to 
> believe it's not a true species... but perhaps an unbalanced hybrid.
>
> Anyway, it's nice to finally put a name with the face.  Though I've 
> called it Wild Lakota for so long, it'll be hard to stop.
>
> Dennis in Cincy, buried under 200 ft. of snow.
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Beautiful.It looks like it has quite a lot of Iris variegata in it's 
parentage.
Mark



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