Very fine picture! This Iris has developed beautiful nectar guides. Thank you sir for showing this to us. DSRawat Pantnagar
On Thursday, January 17, 2013 10:16:02 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > Thanks Satish ji > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Satish Phadke > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Gurcharan ji >> Thanks for including one of the most beautiful Iris species as your >> picture of 2012. >> I have added this to Flora >> Picture2012<http://indiantreepix.blogspot.in/search?updated-min=2013-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=1> >> Dr Satish Phadke >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Gurcharan Singh >> <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Presenting my flora picture of the Year 2012,* Iris japonica*, the >>> fringed iris or butterfly flower. >>> >>> I had known about several species of Iris being grown in Kashmir to >>> decorate graveyards and as ornamentals, and a few forming enormous meadows >>> both in the valley (Iris lactea, which for a long time was identified as >>> I.ensata) and alpine hills (I. hookeriana). These species were mostly >>> possesed by me in the form of dried speciments. I missed photograhing these >>> in previous years as they are early flowering plants, and I would miss >>> their flowering. This year I planned an early visit to Kashmir to catch >>> these and other similar flowers. Luckily I was able to catch almost all, >>> but my prized click was this species which I found in gardens for the first >>> time in Kashmir. >>> Despite its scientific name, the plant is neither a native of Japan >>> (rather being a native of China), nor bearing the common name Japanese iris >>> (which belongs to Iris ensata). >>> The plant is a rhizomatous perennial with sword-shaped leaves up >>> to 60 cm long, up to cm wide, without midvein; flowers pale blue to white, >>> 4-6 cm across, with fringed falls spotted with purple and orange crusts, up >>> to 1.5 cm long spathe, up to 2.5 cm long pedicel and perianth tube shorter >>> than 1.5 cm, flowers are arranged on much branched stems. >>> Photographed from Botanical Garden below Cheshma Shahi in Kashmir. >>> >>> The species has been widely cultivated in different parts of the world >>> and has been given 'Award of Garden Merit' by Royal Horticultural Society. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >>> Retired Associate Professor >>> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >>> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >>> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >>> http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > --
