Wonderful set of Irises from Kashmir sir and also thankyou for all the information.
regards, Rashida. On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 9:21 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Quite an interesting fact > tanay > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Iris kashmiriana from Kashmir, similar to I. germanica but differing in >> green (not scarious in upper half) longer 7-9 cm as against up to 5 cm in I. >> germanica) bracts, white flowers with yellowish claw with white to yellowish >> beard. The species is commonly grown in Kashmir. >> >> Several species of Iris are grown to decorate graveyards and as such the >> common kashmiri name for the genus is Mazamond (Mazar-Graveyard, Mond-root >> or underground swollen portion; most species are rhizome bearing) >> >> -- >> 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> >> > > > -- > Tanay Bose > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > Department of Botany > University of British Columbia > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 > >
