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Iris kuschakewiczii

Kuschakewicz's Juno

Family IridaceaeGenus Iris

A pale lilac iris seen side on, one fall streaked with a bold violet blotch and fine purple dots along a white ridge.
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About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
tuberous geophytePlants of the World Online
Flower
PurpleWikipedia
Native range
Kazakhstan, KirgizstanGBIF 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; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Worth knowing

  • Named after the Russian botanist A. A. Kuschakewicz, who worked with N. J. Korolkov in 1872 and Boris Fedtschenko in 1873. It is fairly easy to grow in an alpine house or bulb frame. Wikipedia: Iris kuschakewiczii

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty High Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  2. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

  3. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

about 6 months from start to step 3. Germination happens during step 3; time not stated, 21 days assumed.

40% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Juno p. 162Public domain
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Juno (lridaceae). This genus has been separated from Iris, and this separation is adopted here. Germination can extend over periods as long as 4 y and probably more. Treatment with GA-3 has not as yet initiated germination. J. kuschakewiczii germ. 40-70-40(2/5).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Juno p. 162. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

Germination trials

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