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The Iris takes its name from the Greek word for a rainbow, referring to the wide variety of flower colors found among the many species
Elijah's Fire -X- (Abdul Unknownx ((Magic Kingdom x Tender Gender) x ((( Virus Iris x Pauline Hill) x Stngray) x Osay Zanuc)))
Dancers veil (I think).
One of my favourite irises and only the second one to bloom this year out of nearly 10 plants :(
This is a really lame image, but it shows that the petals are basically gone ("obsolete"), unlike most irises. The big beautiful floppy blue things are the sepals. The bee here was very active (YES, a busy bee...) thrusting him(her?)self deep between the sepal and the inner surface of the style. Of course there is an anther down in there being ravaged.
Not sure of the correct ID of this one.
Taken at Swansea Botanical Complex, Wales, UK.
No graphics please.
Hybridized by M.D. Faith, introduced in 2002
Private Garden, Hillcrest Neighborhood, Little Rock, Arkansas
So proud, especially since I am not a green thumber. I ended up using the "original" in Instagram for the first time. No filters needed. Taken with iPhone 4S.
I apologize for the large image dump, but I'm going to North Dakota for two weeks and probably won't have time to split this into two or three installments.
This represents a day trip up Hwy. 276 in Greenville County, South Carolina to Brevard, North Carolina and the Pisgah National Forest.
For the trip details, please go to Jim's Blog.