Tim, Uli, dear All, Uli, thanks once again for those wonderful pictures! Concerning Iris larger 1,5 m, David brought up I. pseudacorus, which definitely grows at least 1,5m height and is a common sight at water's edge in public parks in our area. For landcape use, this doesn't help much, as quite a bit of the effect of the 1,5m in most cases is lost due to the slope down to the water. For garden use, the Tambergs, a couple of private breeders from Berlin, have bred some hybrids of I. sibirica of about that size (e.g. Lavendelturm, Hohe Warte; http://tamberg.homepage.t-online.de/iris_offer.htm…). As quite a few of their hybrids have entered commercial trade and been awarded a RHS award, maybe they have been imported to the US? As you can see on their website, they plan to retire next year. Reading all your very interesting comments on seed and bulb trade, I agree that regulations can be very annoying (I wonder if anyone can shed a light on whether botanical gardens have means to exchange seeds or bulbs across borders with a bit more ease? In my - dated - experience, staff there is happy to order stuff from their exchange network, and split the delivery so some remain in "official cultivation" and some enter private collections?). However, visiting the Tamberg website and following the discussion, I am again reminded that many growers and breeders of "special plants" have retired or are currently retiring, and most people, even in the current "house plant craze" grow the same commercially available species and their clones. This - to me - seems to be a problem at least as big as the increasing regulations. On the bright side, it is something I can at least try to change by trying to interest more people in what we all do. I really hope that specialist groups will attract more members in this period of increased interest in gardening, as I only see a way forward regarding regulations when specialist nurseries, larger nurseries, botanical intitutes and (groups of) specialist private collectors work together. All the best, Nils (in Germany where it seems freezing nights are finally over, everything has been moved outside, and I am nervously checking those plants I got from my first BX order. Late Tulips are flowering) Am 08.05.2021 um 20:15 schrieb Tim Eck via pbs: > Uli, > Is there any way to get some iris seed to the states. An iris with a five > foot bloom stalk should be in demand even though I couldn't grow it in the > East. > Tim > > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 7:01 PM Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> Dear All, >> >> Here are some more pictures of an interesting Iris. This is a different >> habitat on terra rossa. The identity of this tall Iris is not certain (Iris >> pallida tall form, Iris mesopotamica, Iris sicula?) neither if this is a >> wild plant or a garden escape. It is the tallest Iris I have ever seen, the >> flowering stems can be up to 150cm tall. It is a winter growing summer >> dormant plant, deciduous during dormancy. >> >> The pictures show the overall look, details of flowers and foliage, the >> orchid grows in the same place, a showy plant. >> >> This place becomes hot and dry, the soil will bake very hard, only to go >> soft again after rain. >> >> Bye for now >> >> Uli >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: image0.jpeg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 198772 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: < >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >> -------------- next part -------------- >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: image1.jpeg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 204304 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: < >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >> -------------- next part -------------- >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: image2.jpeg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 133772 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: < >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >> -------------- next part -------------- >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: image3.jpeg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 183717 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: < >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >> -------------- next part -------------- >> >> >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: image4.jpeg >> Type: image/jpeg >> Size: 134569 bytes >> Desc: not available >> URL: < >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >> -------------- next part -------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
