Does anyone recognize this oldtimer?

viktoria · Post by **viktoria** » Mar 29, 2007 3:52 pm

A friend gave me a division a few years ago.

viktoria · Post by **viktoria** » Mar 29, 2007 4:08 pm

How about this one? I bought it as I. forrestii, but pics on the Internet do not match up. I saw this iris in gardens in NZ, but no one knew the species.

Viktoria

caliloo · Post by **caliloo** » Mar 29, 2007 4:16 pm

Sorry I can't help ID them, but they are beautiful! Thanks for posting the photos

Alexa

KellieD · Post by **KellieD** » Mar 30, 2007 9:05 am

Viktoria, I am highly doubtful that I am correct, but the second picture looks a lot like my Iris spuria.

Garden-of-MU, where are you?!!

viktoria · Post by **viktoria** » Mar 30, 2007 2:07 pm

Thanks, Kellie. I Googled for I. spuria and some of them do indeed look like this one in form. I shall wait for more opinions.

Viktoria

AnjaP · Post by **AnjaP** » Mar 31, 2007 6:57 am

The third picture looks like my Iris ochroleuca (sometimes it is also called Iris orientalis).
Greetings from Germany
Anja

viktoria · Post by **viktoria** » Mar 31, 2007 7:35 am

Thank you, Anja. I am satisfied that this is I. spuria v. ochroleuca.

Now how about the Siberian iris from Finland?

Viktoria

AnjaP · Post by **AnjaP** » Mar 31, 2007 2:21 pm

Viktoria,
I am sorry, I do not know your Siberian iris from Finland. But it really is a beauty.
Anja

renaldo75 · Post by **renaldo75** » Mar 31, 2007 3:27 pm

Beautiful, Viktoria.

Are there any Finnish gardening sites you could ask on?

Garden_of_Mu · Post by **Garden_of_Mu** » Apr 02, 2007 1:05 pm

What a beautiful siberian! I don't know who it is though. I think you have the spuria correct. It has i. orientalis as a synonym, and yes Kellie, that is the one I am growing of your grandmothers. Someday I'll have a huge drift of it along the drive.