|
}} ''Iris fosteriana'' is a species in the genus ''Iris'', subgenus Scorpiris. It was named after Michael Foster (a known British Iris expert) by Dr Aitchison, and found in Pendjeh, Turkmenistan.〔Ray Desmond (25 Feb 1994) 〕 First described in transactions of the Linnean Society of London in April 1888 and then published by John Gilbert Baker in Botanical Magazine in 1892.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=438612-1 )〕 Iris fosteriana is an accepted name by the RHS.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/9254/Iris-fosteriana/Details )〕 It has many similarities with other iris species in the Xiphium.〔 ==Habit== It has a slim bulb (coloured cream) with a long thin neck. Below the bulb are tuberous roots that are white, thin and 6in long.〔 The fragile roots mean that the bulb does not take transplanting very well.〔 In Spring, (March in the UK〔) it has 1 or 2 long tubed flowers that are 4–5 cm (1.5 or 2in) wide with downard-turned rich purple (or deep purple)〔 standards and creamy yellow (or pale yellow〔) falls. The flowers do not produce any scent.〔 After flowering, it produces seeds, but there is no aril (coating) on the seed.〔 The seeds are cube-shaped. It has deeply channeled〔 mid-green leaves which have a silver edge.〔 Which start growing in early december. By March, they have turned grey near the base, and mid-green at the tops. They reach between 4-8mm wide and grow up to 18 cm long.〔 The leaves when mature hide the stem.〔 The plant reaches a total height of approximately 10–15 cm tall when in bloom.〔(【引用サイトリンク】year=2011 )〕 Best grown in the uk , in an alpine house or bulb frame.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Iris fosteriana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|