(SPEC) 'Reticulata Humilis'

1892, Foster

'Reticulata Humilis' (Sir Michael Foster, 1892). Section Hermodactyloides Reticulata; Color Code R8; Red feathered dark redtones.

See below:

• * References
• * Culture

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References

Foster in Bulbous Irises p. 59. 1892 gave the following description; “Flower appearing while the leaves are a few inches in height. Tube rarely longer than the green spathe-valves, the flower being two inches high, and more compact than in the other forms. The narrow claw passes, with a slight constriction, into the much broader, ovate-lanceolate blade. The blade of the fall bears a bright orange low ridge, continued along the claw as an orange or yellow streak. Around the ridge on the blade and the streak on the claw is a zone of opaque creamy-white broken up by dots, and by broken veins of dark purple. The rest of the blade is of a full, rich, red-purple color, on which the veins are hardly visible, contrasting strongly with the creamy-white zone; at the margin of the claw the veins fuse into a like rich red-purple ground color. The flower in some respects resembles that of I. bakeriana. The variety cultivated under the name I. reticulata var. cyanea agrees with the above, save that the color is a rich cyanic blue and the dots give place to veins; again a pale blue form exists.” Iris reticulata. M. Bieb. variety humilis Foster].

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Culture

Culture of Reticulata Group Irises

Quick Summary of Cultural Directions

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