(SPEC) 'Balkana-Simonet Form'

YYYY, Selector Simonet

'Balkana-Simonet Form' (Dr. Marc Simonet, ). Subgenus Iris, Flowers a smoky reddish purple, beards bluer purple, inconspicuous haft and on each side of the beard with a white ground shaded purple and several obvious purple veins. Very similar to description of BALKANA. Most often seen, currently extant form of Iris balkana Janka.

See below:

• References
• Synonyms

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References

Awaiting original catalog description
From Simonet, bulletin de la Société des Amateurs de Jardins Alpin (1954. N°9): "IRIS POGONIRIS de Rocailles - A - POGONIRIS NAINS - I. reichenbachii Heuff. - C'est l'I. chamaeiris des Balkans. Il se distingue de celui-ci par ses spathes fortement carénées et divergentes. Il est acaule ou caulescent, assez florifère, biflore, à fleurs jaunes ou brun-pourpre (I. balkana). Il est assez rustique et peut-être un peu moins précoce que l'I. chamaeiris; surtout l'I. balkana qui fleurit vers la fin d'avril."

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Synonyms

Iris reichenbachii Heuffel.

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-- BobPries - 2010-01-07