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« on: May 31, 2011, 12:50:27 PM »

This Iris setosa grows well but the flower falls never expand to give a good show.  There are plenty of flowers, but they're curled up.  Is this a normal form for this iris?  Is it a cultural problem, like needing more sun?  Or just this clone?


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« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2011, 01:05:00 PM »

This Iris setosa grows well but the flower falls never expand to give a good show.  There are plenty of flowers, but they're curled up.  Is this a normal form for this iris?  Is it a cultural problem, like needing more sun?  Or just this clone?

Definitely not normal for this species. Here's what they are supposed to look like:


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« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2011, 07:15:45 PM »

Looks like it is more than just the falls that are abnormal.  Don't know what is happening, though.

Actually, I may have an anomaly developing on Iris typhifolia, too...
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