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Iris sibirica
Canon EOS 300D - f/5.6 - 1/320sec - 100mm - ISO 100
- Iris sibirica
* General Description
The very attractive Siberian iris was first collected from the wild and planted in monasteries and royal gardens during the Middle Ages. The genus Iris was named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow, because of the wide variety of flower colours in this genus. The specific epithet sibirica refers to Siberia, where this species grows wild.
*Species Profile
Geography and distribution
Siberian iris is native to central and eastern Europe, ranging from north-eastern Turkey, European Russia and western Siberia in the east, to northern Italy in the west. It has become naturalised in other temperate regions, such as the British Isles and North America.
*Description
Overview: Iris sibirica has a rhizome (horizontal underground stem) and hollow, frequently branched, somewhat compressed vertical stems measuring 50-120 cm high.
*Leaves: The leaves are green, and there are usually a few small ones on the stem in addition to several basal leaves measuring 25-80 cm x 4-10 mm.
*Flowers: Each plant bears 1-3 (rarely 5), mid-blue to violet-blue (rarely white) flowers, measuring 5-7 cm in diameter. The pedicels measure up to 10 cm. The spathes (sheathing bracts) are brown and membranous at the time of flowering, and measure 2.5-5 cm. The perianth tube (formed by the petals and sepals) measures 4-7 mm. The falls (sepals of an iris) are 3-7 cm long, oblong to obovate (egg-shaped) and generally have a paler zone in the centre. The limbs (the expanded part of a corolla that has united petals) are obovate to orbicular in shape. The standard (the upper and usually largest petal) measures 2.5-6 x 1.2-2 cm, and is erect and narrowly obovate to elliptic. The style branches measure 3-4 x 0.5-0.8 cm and have erect, rounded to crenate lobes.
*Fruits: The fruit is a capsule 2-4 cm long with an ellipsoidal to sub-cylindrical shape. The seeds are flat.
Flowers are borne between May and July, and the seeds ripen between August and September. The flowers are hermaphroditic (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects. The plant is capable of self-fertilisation.
- Iris sibirica 'Perry's Blue' (Siberian Iris) is a clump-forming perennial with attractive sky blue flowers adorned with delicate white markings and dark veining on their falls. Blooming from late spring to early summer, the graceful, dainty blossoms rise atop sturdy flowerstalks, well above the foliage of upright, grassy, swordlike leaves.
Height: 60-90 cm
Iris sibirica
Canon EOS 300D - f/5.6 - 1/320sec - 100mm - ISO 100
- Iris sibirica
* General Description
The very attractive Siberian iris was first collected from the wild and planted in monasteries and royal gardens during the Middle Ages. The genus Iris was named after the Greek goddess of the rainbow, because of the wide variety of flower colours in this genus. The specific epithet sibirica refers to Siberia, where this species grows wild.
*Species Profile
Geography and distribution
Siberian iris is native to central and eastern Europe, ranging from north-eastern Turkey, European Russia and western Siberia in the east, to northern Italy in the west. It has become naturalised in other temperate regions, such as the British Isles and North America.
*Description
Overview: Iris sibirica has a rhizome (horizontal underground stem) and hollow, frequently branched, somewhat compressed vertical stems measuring 50-120 cm high.
*Leaves: The leaves are green, and there are usually a few small ones on the stem in addition to several basal leaves measuring 25-80 cm x 4-10 mm.
*Flowers: Each plant bears 1-3 (rarely 5), mid-blue to violet-blue (rarely white) flowers, measuring 5-7 cm in diameter. The pedicels measure up to 10 cm. The spathes (sheathing bracts) are brown and membranous at the time of flowering, and measure 2.5-5 cm. The perianth tube (formed by the petals and sepals) measures 4-7 mm. The falls (sepals of an iris) are 3-7 cm long, oblong to obovate (egg-shaped) and generally have a paler zone in the centre. The limbs (the expanded part of a corolla that has united petals) are obovate to orbicular in shape. The standard (the upper and usually largest petal) measures 2.5-6 x 1.2-2 cm, and is erect and narrowly obovate to elliptic. The style branches measure 3-4 x 0.5-0.8 cm and have erect, rounded to crenate lobes.
*Fruits: The fruit is a capsule 2-4 cm long with an ellipsoidal to sub-cylindrical shape. The seeds are flat.
Flowers are borne between May and July, and the seeds ripen between August and September. The flowers are hermaphroditic (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by insects. The plant is capable of self-fertilisation.
- Iris sibirica 'Perry's Blue' (Siberian Iris) is a clump-forming perennial with attractive sky blue flowers adorned with delicate white markings and dark veining on their falls. Blooming from late spring to early summer, the graceful, dainty blossoms rise atop sturdy flowerstalks, well above the foliage of upright, grassy, swordlike leaves.
Height: 60-90 cm