PCI seed question
Peter Taggart (Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:19:35 PST)
Iris foetidissima is variable with blue flowers or yellow but most often
the colour of mud. the seeds may be orange red or even white. the seed pods
are nothing like the seed pods of PCIs. If the seeds correspond then you
almost certainly have I foetidissima, the only Iris species I can think of
with similar seeds have black seeds. I believe the colour of the flowers
corresponds to the wild location of the material if forms have not been
crossed.
Peter (UK)
On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:04 PM, David Ehrlich <idavide@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
Thank you Jim,
I looked at the photos of I foetidissima -- the seeds are dead ringers, the
flower colors, too, but I recall the tepals being broader. I'll send
photos
when they bloom later this spring.