A few NOID japanese iris and some mistagged

yes, that's beautiful Mittsy

Lovely picture!

This is one of the JI's I would like to have a good pic of. Tropical Storm listed as having 9 to 12 falls. This one is so limp from rain I couldn't count them but there are a lot of them. There is plenty of reblooming time so I may get lucky.

It does look a little rain drenched, but it is still a beautiful picture of a beautiful iris.

I have a clump of I.versicolor growing next to a Siberian Mittsy had sent to me. The versicolor has a swelling seed pod I left for possible seeds after cutting off all the others. Is it possible they could hybridize or is it more likely it is a self-pollinated pod?

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This message was edited Jun 9, 2010 7:46 PM

It's very unlikely siberian and versicolor could cross. I'm sure you know beardless irises are catogorized in series. Siberians are in series Sibiricae, and cross with others in that series, typhifolia, and sanguinea. Versicolor is in series Laevigatae, and cross with other irises in that series, like ensata, pseudacorus, etc.

Normally seeds from a versicolor are easy to grow. i would try planting them out and see what you get. Should be interesting.