Iris
Feb 28, 2018 22:05:16 #
I like this hybrid Iris a lot. I have been calling them "Siberian iris" but I think I am wrong about that.
Mike
Mike
Feb 28, 2018 22:07:12 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
I like this hybrid Iris a lot. I have been calling them "Siberian iris" but I think I am wrong about that.
Mike
Mike
Mike, Superb Capture! Super sharp and great color.
Feb 28, 2018 22:10:29 #
Mar 1, 2018 00:02:07 #
I call them market irises and have been unable to find any so far this year. What a beautiful image, Mike! Do you think they could possibly be Blue Flag irises...the blue version of the Yellow Flag iris?
Mar 1, 2018 01:10:20 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
I call them market irises and have been unable to find any so far this year. What a beautiful image, Mike! Do you think they could possibly be Blue Flag irises...the blue version of the Yellow Flag iris?
Blue flags are common in the wild here, and I am pretty familiar with them. I think these "market" iris are what they call "Dutch Iris" - technically Iris × hollandica - a hybrid. Yellow flags are European, though they have escaped gardens and spread, while Blue flags are native in the US.
From Wikipedia:
Iris × hollandica, commonly known as the Dutch iris, is a hybrid iris developed from species native to Portugal, Spain and North Africa (Iris tingitana × Iris xiphium).
The wild ones are the blue form, I think, but many colors have been bred for the florist trade.
Siberian iris - Iris sibirica - is different, although it too has been bred into many color forms.
Mike
Mar 1, 2018 01:12:28 #
GHS58 wrote:
I've always heard them called Japanese Iris, but that is hearsay also.
Japanese iris are interesting, too.
Mike
Mar 1, 2018 01:12:49 #
PixelStan77 wrote:
Mike, Superb Capture! Super sharp and great color.
Thanks, Stan.
Mike
Mar 1, 2018 04:22:53 #
Mar 1, 2018 04:50:05 #
The rich color and graceful form of this flower against the black background make the shot a delight to see! Well executed.
Mar 1, 2018 04:52:07 #
Mar 1, 2018 05:52:57 #
Blenheim Orange wrote:
I like this hybrid Iris a lot. I have been calling them "Siberian iris" but I think I am wrong about that.
Mike
Mike
Nice shot Mike.
Mar 1, 2018 08:32:12 #
Mar 1, 2018 09:17:32 #
Mar 1, 2018 12:16:57 #
Mar 1, 2018 12:30:19 #
jaymatt wrote:
Nice shot!
We always called them Japanese Iris, but who knows?
We always called them Japanese Iris, but who knows?
Thanks, John.
I guess there are close to 300 species, mostly from northern temperate regions - Japan, China, Russia, Europe and North Africa, North America - and tens of thousands of hybrids and cultivars.
Mike
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