■ (SPEC) 'Reticulata Cyanea'

1874, Regel

'Reticulata Cyanea' (Eduard August von Regel, 1874). Section Hermodactyloides. Reticulata. Color Code-B3M; medium blue bicolor. Foster gives "The flowers, as far as shape, statue, and want of fragrance are concerned are like the ordinary Krelagei, but they are small, and their color is distinctly blue, the red having almost wholly disappeared. The standards and styles are of a light bright blue, which may perhaps be called cyanic, i.e., a blue intermediate between sky-blue and indigo, though to my eyes it is not quite correctly described by this term. The claw of the fall is of a somewhat darker tint and the lamina of the fall is a much darker blue, nearly an indigo. The pollen instead of being white or bluish-white, or yellow, is in my specimens olive-green." Introduced by H. & S. Krelage & Sons 1892. Iris reticulata M. Bieb. var. cyanea Regel.

references; Gartenflora 23: 162. 1874%%; Krelage 1892; Wallace 1896; 1928; Van Tubergen 1934; 1938; Stewart 1939.

See below:

• * References
• * Culture

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References

Awaiting original catalog description

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Culture

Culture of Reticulata Group Irises

Quick Summary of Cultural Directions

-- BobPries - 2011-03-07

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