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Funky shape and some splashes of color

A Fusion flattie



This was after a heavy rain....I think it had a little too much to drink!

Fusion had a melt down ! Poor thing.

That isn't the same flower! Where is the stalk coming from? I like it though, whatever it is!


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It looks damaged by chemicals.

I wonder if a separate bed with new soil and new irises would grow? (Separate tools, etc.) Or in the same fashion, pots? If the problem continues in that new bed you would have to wonder if the contamination is coming from somewhere other than the dirt. Water? Critters?
I love mysteries, but not in my iris bed! You have my sympathy.



quote="crowrita1"]I had them send in samples last year (things look the same, to me , this year) and the 'first" culprit is botrytis (a fungal type of rot), the 2nd culprit (when the "bad smell" starts, and the rhizome turns to soup" is erwinia (bacteria). They suggested a fungicide , as well as a biocide.....which I have been using, and, it *might* be helping, but , apparently , not enough ! Both types of "rot" are likely brought on when the plant is injured, or, when it's stressed ......too cold, wet, dry, hot, damaged by insects, or cultivation, newly planted.....whatever.[/quote]

What kind of chemicals does Burseen use? Does he use something to play around with the genetics or just to control weeds?

Lestv said:And then there is poor Awesome Alex - 2 different freaks

The first is a squished little twofer that looks to be saying "Feed Meeeee"




This one is really interesting - not so much from the outside, but...



On the inside you see that a beard is growing up the standard!

[quote="caitlinsgarden"]That isn't the same flower! Where is the stalk coming from? I like it though, whatever it is!


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Yep, roundup....

caitlinsgarden said:What kind of chemicals does Burseen use? Does he use something to play around with the genetics or just to control weeds?

This isn't Burseen's doing. I get chimeras from weather stress. And the weather really gave the iris a run for their money this winter and spring. We had a mild winter, but more rain than usual. Then we ran into a period where we had 70+ degree weather (way above normal), followed by freezing temps, followed by very warm, followed by an ice storm, and on and on. Extreme jumps in temps. I think space age iris are more susceptible to these extremes since they have such elaborate appendages forming. And it happened not just on Burseen's, but other space age iris too. In general, the fancier an iris gets with bells and whistles the more things can go wrong during bloom formation. I know that not every bud will be a perfect bloom with flounces, sometimes there will only be horns, or beards.

As for Awesome Alex - that iris has been growing far from Burseen's care for awhile now. I have had it two years, and was given it by another member who grew it. It also produced many many nice normal blooms.

Fangnificent's last 2 flowers. It got into the 90s very quickly from 60s and 70s. The upper one had small/no horns. The lower, stunted falls and hardly any beards inside.

I usually find chimera blooms on the earlier blooming iris, or on the first blooms. This crazy year they are happening on much later blossoms. Always interesting.....

A Just point...that doesn't want to!
This one has always had horns before.


Abdul Unknown got a bit lazy too!


Just Crazy got a little crazier...
...

Brilliant Idea lived up to its name...well...maybe not.....


Fiery Temper had a bit of a tantrum....


And lastly, my favorite - Care to Dance....
Dancing to its own music!


Wonder what next year will bring???

That is quite a few with extra parts!!! Love the top view of Just Crazy - you could make people dizzy by spinning it.

For sure!!!

I got light headed trying to get a good picture of it!

lol

I love the commentary Pam

Poor Kid Power - kids like to copy others, so he


just had to be a copycat of Roper's Revenge that I posted above....



Now I don't think Rocket Randy is really trying very hard!

At least Long Ways Away dressed up the missing bits with a little rosette!





This iris had really thick stalks, but one broke off during a storm. It produced several blooms inside - this was the last one.

That's just odd.