The SLI Check has a photo of the I. virginica. I think it was registered incorrectly in the first place.
It grows so well in typical garden soil I've always suspected that it is really x robusta.
Rod
From: James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com>
To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Iris virginica 'Contraband Girl'
Dear All,
The name ‘Contraband Girl’ is formally registered by the AIS as BOTH a Louisiana Iris (1953) and as a form of I. virginica (1992).
This is obvioulsy a problem in registration. Hard to determine why the registrar accepted this name in 1992 since the name was already in use and valid.
There is a possibility that the plant registered in 1953 was not actually a LA iris, but mis-identified by the registrant. This is hinted at in the AIS wiki entry for the I. virginica. (http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/… <http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/…>) If this is true, both names apply to the same variety, but the plant is actually an I. virginica selection. The 1992 registration may have been a correction to the 1953 identification.
I wonder if the 1953 ‘LA' Iris with this name is still in commerce or gardens anywhere. Needs some further study. Best Jim W.
> On Mar 10, 2015, at 10:29 AM, Sean Zera <zera@umich.edu> wrote:
>
> The correct 'Contraband Girl' was registered in 1953 as a Louisiana
> collected from the wild.
James Waddick
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