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Botanical Description

This distinctive reticulata iris was named as recently as 1961. When in flower it can be up to 20cm tall. Leaves squarish in cross section, up to 55cm in length when mature. Flowers 5-6cm wide with long, slender ascending hafts to the falls and long-tapered, erect standards. The haft of the falls is greenish, veined purple, and the deep brownish-purple blade bears a bright yellow blotch freckled with purple. The standards are pale blue shaded to green flecked purple-brown on the narrow stalk or claw, spring. Southern Turkey at 700-850m, in the margins of pine forests and amongst scrub. Alpine house in very deep pots or a bulb-frame.

Joint Rock: Joint Rock Awards, AGS Harlow Early Spring Show, 2 March 2019

a, I. danfordiae; b, I. heweri; c, I. histrio; d, I. pamphylica; e, I. winogradowii;