Maybe we could send Dennis a camera if he can't find it the image he remembers. I did note some of the earlier ones, e.g., Amas. albicans, to myself and did not trouble with the somewhat later ones that were important in breeding. But yes, a throwaway cheap digital camera could help us. Are you listening,(reading) Dennis? ----- Original Message ----- From: "John C. MacGregor" <jonivy@earthlink.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] old homestead bulbs > > On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Adam Fikso wrote: > >> Hi, John . The Historic Iris Preservation Society has photos of >> many >> historics on their website. >> >> Worth checking for an ID. All appear to be correct within my >> memory and >> references. Adam Fikso > > Thanks, Adam, > > I am familiar with the Historic Iris Preservation Society, and I have > grown many species and early iris cultivars. Over the years I have > shared rhizomes with one of my best friends, Phil Edinger, an active > member and collector and a former editor of the American Iris Society > Bulletin. He is currently head of the Iris ID committee of HIPS. > > The cultivars pictured in the HIPS gallery are a bit more modern than > those I had in mind. I am dating myself when I say that most of the > varieties in this gallery were still in common circulation when I > began growing growing iris as a pre-teenager. The irises I have > found in old gardens in southern California tend to be much older > ones--ones that have been passed along down the centuries like Iris X > albicans (the Moorish grave iris), which I believe have been grown in > California gardens since Spanish Missionary times, and 19th century > ones like 'Crimson King' (1896?). Both are repeat-bloomers. > > I was just wondering if Dennis might describe his iris so we might > try to identify it. > > John C. MacGregor > South Pasadena, CA > USDA Zone 9 > Sunset Zones 21/23 > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/