>From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com> >Reply-To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Subject: Re: [pbs] mouldy Iris winogradowii >Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 10:15:00 -0400 > > >>I know that some plants have nodes along their roots so they can grow new >>plants from root pieces. What about bulbous iris? Any hope of my >>winogradowii appearing above ground sometime, or is it doomed to be >>subterranean? Hi: In Junos it is very easy to obtain new bulbs from their roots. Each complete fleshy root will produce a new bulb at the point the root was attached to the original bulb. Of course the main bulb is not very happy with the proceeding. But of Reticulatas the only propagation method known is that mentioned by Dennis; reticulatas are notorious for developing fatal fungal spots. Formerly it was controlled by giving the dormant bulbs a formaldehide bath, that was replaced with Benlate that cured it completely but now Benlate is forbidden. Regards Alberto _________________________________________________________________ Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger: http://messenger.latam.msn.com/