Iris bulleyana
Southwest Iris
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
- Habit
- rhizomatous geophytePlants of the World Online
- Flower
- Pale lilac, bluish violet, dark violetFlora of China
- Native range
- China South-Central, Myanmar, TibetGBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Flora of China — Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven and Hong Deyuan (eds.); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Worth knowing
- Named for Arthur Bulley, a wealthy cotton trader from Liverpool who funded plant hunters including George Forrest and Frank Kingdon-Ward. Wikipedia: Iris bulleyana
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1996Difficulty High
Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light
No stated waiting before sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.
22% germination in 21 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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