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purple Iris IDd by Oron as Louisiana Iris 'Black Gamecock'

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Hilary

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purple Iris IDd by Oron as Louisiana Iris 'Black Gamecock'
« on: May 18, 2012, 06:48:56 PM »
I was walking with someone last week and she said she wished there was a way of sticking a plant in a scanner and have it identified that way.
I couldn't agree with her more
Can anyone identify this iris?
I have lent my RHS book to someone who seems loath  to return it
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Re: purple Iris
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2012, 06:38:23 AM »
Iris louisiana 'Black Gamecock', an amazing cultivar for a medium size pot with water.
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Daisy

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Re: purple Iris
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2012, 08:03:48 AM »
Hilary. This iris is happy in a pond, year round, as well.
Mine is just starting it's second year.
Daisy :)

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Hilary

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Re: purple Iris
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2012, 09:24:19 AM »
Daisy,
Lovely irises.
I have been going back to look at the wonderful photos of your flowery garden.
Very uplifting in these dire times.
I wondered if you had delphiniums at all.
In the untended back yards/ gardens here in Corinth there is always a patch of delphiniums at this time of year
Also snapdragons are very popular.
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Re: purple Iris
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2012, 09:49:44 AM »
I love Iris flowers too. Here is its remote cousin, found in the A-MA-SING phrygana of Chios, April 2011. Probably an endemic to the island (I was not cutting it, just trying to convey its size).
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Re: purple Iris IDd by Oron as Louisiana Iris 'Black Gamecock'
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2012, 10:51:48 AM »
Joe this is Moraea sisyrinchium [syn. gynandriris sisyirinchium] one of the most common bulbous plant in the Mediterranean.
There is a thread dedicated to it on Bulbs thread.
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Re: purple Iris IDd by Oron as Louisiana Iris 'Black Gamecock'
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2012, 11:52:54 AM »
Moraea... so this is not to be confused with Iris or MorEAE that refers to our mulberry  :-[
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Re: purple Iris IDd by Oron as Louisiana Iris 'Black Gamecock'
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2012, 11:57:02 AM »
Mulberry tree is Morus belonging to the Moraceae family.
Moraea is closely related to Iris, infact it used to be called  Iris sisyrinchium in the past.
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John J

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Re: purple Iris IDd by Oron as Louisiana Iris 'Black Gamecock'
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2012, 03:14:14 PM »
This is another of those confusing, international, common name mix-ups. In Greek the Mulberry is sometimes known as Μουρια (pronounced Mouria, with the stress on the last a). A further example of why we have Botanical names.
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