Hello Darlene I know Yvonne, over time one gets to know the people. However, I was not phoning them to ask as one is NOT ALLOWED to collect seeds from there..... ;-) Nor bulbs.... Thank you for that, now I will see what they do. I don't actually have room for more Irises, but collecting seed is so tempting and then one has to grow them, and then....... Ina Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand Zone 10 On 20/03/2013 2:29 p.m., threesisters@woosh.co.nz wrote: > Ina, > > I have done a bit of detective work here and rang the Auckland Botanic > Gardens this morning regarding the seed you collected. Yvonne Baker > (Botanical Records Officer) told me that they do not have > iris laevigata in the garden but they do have several iris ensata hybrids > in their collection. You should get some nice seedlings out of the mix > with the open pollination. Should you require more seed please > contact me privately as I have just collected from last seasons bloom. > > Kind regards, > > Darlene Cook > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ina > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 11:23 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] re ID Iris seed head > > In which case, I was just now reading, that if it is, it likes water > even more than the ensata ones. Will keep that in mind. Thankyou > Peterand everyone who responded. > > Ina > > Ina Crossley > Auckland New Zealand Zone 10 > > On 16/03/2013 11:03 p.m., Peter Taggart wrote: >> Ina, >> your initial picture of the seed pods was quite clear , I am sure that it >> is Iris laevigata. I have heard that some pople would combine the species >> ensata and laevigata though. Ensata has a pointed top in my experiance. >> (Incidently the pods also resemble Iris clarkii a little) >> Peter (UK) >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >