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Royal Iris passenger ferry approaches Seacombe
Finally, she returns. Missed the colours!
31/01/2017
MMSI: 235024007
Call Sign: MHWA3
Flag: Great Britain
AIS Vessel Type: Passenger
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 50m × 12m
Status: Active
6-23-2008
Our Russian irises are in full bloom. They are exceptionally tall and smaller than ordinary irises. They remind me of the wild irises in eastern Minnesota.
rises are perennial plants, growing from creeping rhizomes (rhizomatous irises) or, in drier climates, from bulbs (bulbous irises). They have long, erect flowering stems which may be simple or branched, solid or hollow, and flattened or have a circular cross-section. The rhizomatous species usually have 3–10 basal sword-shaped leaves growing in dense clumps. The bulbous species have cylindrical, basal leaves.
Flower
The inflorescences are in the shape of a fan and contain one or more symmetrical six-lobed flowers. These grow on a pedicel or peduncle. The three sepals, which are usually spreading or droop downwards, are referred to as "falls". They expand from their narrow base (the "claw" or "haft"[5]), into a broader expanded portion ("limb" or "blade"[6]) and can be adorned with veining, lines, or dots. In the center of the blade, some of the rhizomatous irises have a "beard" (a tuft of short upright extensions growing in its midline),[7] which are the plant's filaments.[8]
The three, sometimes reduced, petals stand upright, partly behind the sepal bases. They are called "standards". Some smaller iris species have all six lobes pointing straight outwards, but generally, limb and standards differ markedly in appearance. They are united at their base into a floral tube that lies above the ovary (known as an epigynous or inferior ovary). The styles divide towards the apex into petaloid branches; this is significant in pollination.
Iris reichenbachii fruit
The iris flower is of interest as an example of the relation between flowering plants and pollinating insects. The shape of the flower and the position of the pollen-receiving and stigmatic surfaces on the outer petals form a landing-stage for a flying insect, which in probing for nectar, will first come into contact with the perianth, then with the stigmatic stamens in one whorled surface which is borne on an ovary formed of three carpels. The shelf-like transverse projection on the inner whorled underside of the stamens is beneath the overarching style arm below the stigma, so that the insect comes in contact with its pollen-covered surface only after passing the stigma; in backing out of the flower it will come in contact only with the non-receptive lower face of the stigma. Thus, an insect bearing pollen from one flower will, in entering a second, deposit the pollen on the stigma; in backing out of a flower, the pollen which it bears will not be rubbed off on the stigma of the same flower.[9]
The iris fruit is a capsule that opens up in three parts to reveal the numerous seeds within. In some species, the seeds bear an aril. (wikipedia)
Iris in my garden. Almost no post editing. I got very lucky. There was strong light and a hard shadow with a dark fence behind it. I did a levels adjustment and that was about it.
La Mata (Spain) , 16 februari 2008
L: Gynandriris sisyrinchium ((L.) Parl.)
Eng: Spanish Nut
Familie: Iridaceae (N: Lissenfamilie, E: Iris Family, D: Schwertliliengewächse)
Dear Flicker friends I'm soooo slammed with work right now .This is my high season and its dreadfully hot this year! hope you don't mind some of these taken earlier in the spring, thank goodness I had these and a few more to share with you.I love the incredible velvet texture that was captured in this glorious Bearded iris!