Iris stenophylla
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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
- Gray-violetRead from the photograph on this page
- Native range
- TürkiyeGBIF 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; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Worth knowing
- At risk in Turkey, and listed in the 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. To avoid botrytis and bulb rot, it should be watered around the base, without touching its channeled leaves. Wikipedia: Iris stenophylla
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993Difficulty Moderate
Cold moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C
Warm moist stratification
Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C
about 3 months from start to step 2. Germination happens during step 2, in 56 days.
33% germination in 56 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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