jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 22, 2016 10:28:27 GMT -5
This plant created an uproar when it was discovered in the bayous of Louisiana. Wealthy class of plant people arrived and tromped all over the swamps collecting the many natural occurring hybrids. Two claims to fame, most varied naturally occurring flower in the world and the reddest Iris known. About 2000 named hybrids, some man made and many natural. Every color. Details, a bit complex en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_irisKing Creole  Peaches and Wine  Ruffled Cream  Large Strawn hybrid out of College Station Texas  European (pseudoacorus) water Iris  Common native Blue Flag water Iris. Can be quite variable and up to 8 feet tall.  They may be pretty but they all smell like cat piss. |
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Intheswamp
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Post by Intheswamp on Apr 22, 2016 10:54:00 GMT -5
They may be pretty but they all smell like cat piss. LOL  I see your recent accident hasn't diminished the demand for your hand modeling contracts.  |
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Post by orrum on Apr 22, 2016 10:59:20 GMT -5
Hey Jim I put yellow and blue ones in my Koi Pond and they multiply so fast but I started with half blue and yellow mixed up. They have over the years all turned yellow. Is yellow the dominant? I love yhem, they r in the high swamp area of my little pond, it's only about 2 by 5 feet. But in the high shallow area r lots of iris and I use a pump to put the water into a kettle that sprinkles the water into the swamp. It works as a grest filter and my water stays clear enough to see the koi/goldfish. Yes I went to the petstore when I first got it finished to get koi. I asked the guy there what the difference between koi and goldfish was?  He laughed and said about $20!!! So every so often I go buy 10 lil feeder goldfish. They r 10 for a dollar but if you pick them out they double. So for $2 I get 10 spotted goldfish. The coons enjoy sitting on the side and fishing so I have to buy more every so often! LOL |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 22, 2016 11:15:37 GMT -5
orrum, yes, the yellows are simply robust and probably conquered the blues. They don't cross by standard methods. Fish do-do will sure send them growing. And the pants will clear your pond water up. Fast growers, those water Iris. Some hybrids will bloom themselves into extinction if you do not keep the blooms cut off. The blues can occur 18 inches tall and up, found a stand of blues that were 8+feet tall in Jennings Florida. Northern/western/Eastern forms of it Versicolor/Missouriensis/Virginica The yellows are variable too, got some from a California water treatment facility that get 7-8 feet tall. Yellow Flag from California 
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Post by snuffy on Apr 22, 2016 11:25:02 GMT -5
Hey Jim I put yellow and blue ones in my Koi Pond and they multiply so fast but I started with half blue and yellow mixed up. They have over the years all turned yellow. Is yellow the dominant? I love yhem, they r in the high swamp area of my little pond, it's only about 2 by 5 feet. But in the high shallow area r lots of iris and I use a pump to put the water into a kettle that sprinkles the water into the swamp. It works as a grest filter and my water stays clear enough to see the koi/goldfish. Yes I went to the petstore when I first got it finished to get koi. I asked the guy there what the difference between koi and goldfish was? He laughed and said about $20!!! So every so often I go buy 10 lil feeder goldfish. They r 10 for a dollar but if you pick them out they double. So for $2 I get 10 spotted goldfish. The coons enjoy sitting on the side and fishing so I have to buy more every so often! LOL I get my "koi" from the bait store!!  snuffy |
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Post by Fossilman on Apr 22, 2016 12:38:34 GMT -5
Beautiful flowers!!! Looks like your hands have been around knives lately ... LOL
We usually plant a variety of flowers in our yard for color..As of now,we have to much red..LOL
Time to shop the garden stores..
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Post by panamark on Apr 22, 2016 12:58:52 GMT -5
Good stuff there James. Thanks for sharing. We have an upland yellow "wandering iris" here in Panama. Doesn't look much different than NA version but must have dry feet. But we also have a blue "walking iris" that is very nice. I can't find my picture of one, so have to post a poached picture here  BTW: I can't believe someone like you would drive that dangerous 3-wheeler. They were outlawed long ago!!! And if you check eBay the prices they get for them and parts is stupid. Uh oh, now you might have to part out yours. Sorry. |
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Post by orrum on Apr 22, 2016 13:36:27 GMT -5
Last year Jim got busted up when he wrecked that 3 wheeler! Silly man goin down a steep ridge with no brakes!!! LOL. It's all good he cowboyed up n got er done for the season!!!!
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Post by Intheswamp on Apr 22, 2016 14:39:07 GMT -5
Last year Jim got busted up when he wrecked that 3 wheeler! Silly man goin down a steep ridge with no brakes!!! LOL. It's all good he cowboyed up n got er done for the season!!!! Yes, I believe it was a face and shoulder plant... OUCH!!!! |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 23, 2016 5:34:38 GMT -5
Ha, clearing dead bamboo is like working with razors. Finally done with that job. panamark, I have four 3 wheelers. Two of them must have 15-20 thousand hours on them. The rear straight axle just got striped of it's splines at the ring gear on one of them. Parts no longer available. Pulled one out with low hours that has been sitting for 10 years. Got to get it running. Two with messed up rear axles now. Two running. They are narrow and fit between nursery rows. Back up trailers well. Bulllet proof and simple. Light weight for wet areas. Circa 1985,86,87. Used daily. Can be put in the back of the pick-up easily as they are light weight. Will look for more junkers to steal parts off of. Seen that walking Iris, common hedge in Florida. The upland yellow Iris you mention; I must find it. Name ? orrum, I had a minor dislocation where collar bone connects to the sternum. I remember crying about the pain when you stopped by. Doc looked at it 2 seconds and figured what was wrong and smiled, said it had to hurt and that it would heal fine. I knew it felt more than bruised. Intheswamp, it bent the forks on my wife's trusty 3 wheeler. Now it tracks like a cat running sideways. She cusses me for bending them. No sympathy in this world. |
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Post by Intheswamp on Apr 23, 2016 9:27:48 GMT -5
Ha, clearing dead bamboo is like working with razors. Finally done with that job. No sympathy in this world. I can believe ya on the razor blade bit. Btw, I've got a little patch of some native(?) bamboo growing on some property in town. I have no idea what kind it is...doesn't make really big poles, probably 2-3 inches, maybe 4" at the most. I cut a few of them years ago for red belly poles but other than that they've just kinda "been there". They're currently battling it out with the kudzu. I'm waiting for the city to say we gotta do something about them and the kudzu. The kudzu has been an on-going battle for years...kudzu's winning. But, what gets me is that it was planted there by the @$#()&!!! government to start with.<sigh> I'll try to get a shot of the bamboo and see if you can ID it. "No sympathy in this world." ...sounds like that could've been a quote from Rodney Dangerfield |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 23, 2016 10:20:07 GMT -5
I have never heard of a government restricting or enforcing complaints about any plant planted on your property that has spread to adjacent land owner Intheswamp. Having had sold bamboo for twenty years back when, and got lots of calls and mention of lawsuits from adjacent owners lol. Just like a tree on your property with a long limb growing over the adjacent property. You can not stop your neighbor from sawing it off on his side. He can not sue you if it snaps off and crushes his car on his side of the line. Insurance is pretty clear on this in Georgia anyway. Now unsightly junk is a different matter. Perhaps neighborhood covenants and restrictions regarding keeping your grass mowed. Different bailiwick. Pretty sure ya got to keep the yard manicured in such situations. But government controlling what grows on your property is normally off limits lest it be an illegal plant like marijuana, angel trumpets etc. I have had customers buy bamboo just to spite their neighbors, requesting the fastest growing most obnoxious bamboo available. It is a serious attack on a neighbor, and completely legal here in Georgia. |
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Post by panamark on Apr 23, 2016 12:11:24 GMT -5
Ha, c Seen that walking Iris, common hedge in Florida. The upland yellow Iris you mention; I must find it. Name ? . here is the upland yellow. It is Neomarica longifolia. Some descriptions list damp conditions but very well drained and very poor fertility. I know here that they do better in upland conditions. But then again we get about 14 -15 feet of rain annually!! Yeah, you don't want to fall asleep too long at low elevation.  Here is the one I am trying to get. I think it is the Neomarica caerulea from Brazil. Nice  |
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Post by orrum on Apr 23, 2016 12:22:39 GMT -5
Blue is good! My lucky all time best color is blue!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 24, 2016 6:02:24 GMT -5
@panamak www.agristarts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.plantDetail/plant_ID/166/index.htmAgristarts has them. A Florida tissue culture operation that I buy a regularly from. Their Iris usually come 72/flat at 50-70 cents per plant. 5040 in stock. Min order 2 flats, nice neat box. Getting them over the border may be an issue. They call theirs 'Regina', so it must be a hybrid. Neomarica is common in Florida. Big landscape plant. Loves Florida climate. Mom grew them in Atlanta. Guessing you could find it locally in Panama and avoid border issues. It has exotic blooms. Quick hedge. Another little plant from the Iris family you may want to tinker with is Blue Eyed Grass. Blooms like crazy. South American varieties exist. Taxonomy questionable as to whether it belongs in the Iris family. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyrinchium |
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He laughed and said about $20!!! So every so often I go buy 10 lil feeder goldfish. They r 10 for a dollar but if you pick them out they double. So for $2 I get 10 spotted goldfish. The coons enjoy sitting on the side and fishing so I have to buy more every so often! LOL
