Description
The common name of this Iris (formerly Belamcanda chinensis) is a bit confusing. True that the orange, red spotted flowers resemble more of a lily than an Iris. Occasionally, when grown from seeds, unspotted orange or yellow flowers can appear. They are held on wiry stems 70+ cm tall arising from the basal sword-shaped leaves. Later in the fall the seed pods split open to reveal blackberry-like seed clusters (hence the common name of blackberry lily).
From the cross with Iris dichotoma (vesper iris), Samuel Norris obtained the well known hybrids of Iris x norrisii (syn. x Pardancanda).
Germination: warm germinator but slow and irregular. A short cold/moist stratification period of 1 month will improve the germination.
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