Catalogue - Paul Christian Rare Plants

IRIS Oncocyclus typesacutiloba acutiloba A dwarf plant with a fan of narrow sickle shaped leaves below a largeflower, 7cm across. The petals are light dove grey, intricately veined all over in deep red-brown,around a black signal patch. An outstanding member of the most breath-taking section of Iris.... £29.50* barnumae barnumae Great big standards of a deep imperial purple shaded with reddish-brownand creamy white beard. The shade is difficult to pinpoint and describe but very attractive to actuallysee. It reaches only some 20cm in flower but most of this height is the flower.. ......................... £28.50damascenaClonal material from a plant found NW of Damascus in the Anti-Lebanon,near the type locality. The flower is huge, some 15cm across. The standards are whitish with grey-lilacdots, the falls are deep, violet-brown with intense spotting and a blackish signal patch.. ............ £50.00elegantissima Horassan This is a stock of the most typical colour combination of this species withfabulous, creamy white standards and deep brown falls. Our stock consists of more than one clonefrom the same population though these are not segregated. Traceable to Horassan, NE Turkey. £25.00elegantissima Irgirdir Strongly contrasted, creamy-whitish standards and dark brown falls. Thefalls are closely pressed to stem, unlike known cultivated stocks. Irgirdir in N.E. Turkey............. £29.50kirkwoodii calcarea A spectacular species with dwarf stems and huge flowers. Near white fallsare covered in deep blackish purple. The standards are intricately veined and netted over their entire(pale azure blue) surface with black filigree lines. This exceeds superlatives............................. £44.00This season we have several different clonal stocks of lineolata available. As far as we can tell these are self-sterilebut inter-fertile.* lineolata JJA.590.625 Shown in our printed list as acutiloba in fact this numberrelates to Iris lineata (not lineolata). We do have Iris lineata available under this number .........sold out* lineolata 09-44B This clone is medium tall (stems 10-15 cm in our conditions) withflowers which incline towards brown rather than black, these brownish flowers are remarkablyattractive. .................................................................................................. £27.50lineolata09-115A Purple and brown, beautifully lined flowers. This is vegetativelypropagated, clonal material from SE Armenia: near Schvanidzor which is the type locality of so-calledIris grossheimii .................................................................................................. £27.50lycotisDeep purple falls and standards, the falls heavily veined especially arounda dark signal patch. In this clone the standards and the falls are a deep purple-brown colour, overnarrow, sabre-shaped, blue-green leaves. Clonal, from a plant found near Urmia Lake in Iran. .. £29.50mariaeSatin-textured flowers of pink to pale violet, marked with fine purpleveining, (only visible close to) and a deep-purple, bearded signal patch. Good drainage, scantwatering, frost-free and barely dry in winter. Restricted to the Negev desert.. ............................ £29.50nigricans.A national flower of Jordan and a spectacular one, Deep and intenseblackish-purple, with dark beards. The flowers are borne on 35cm stems. Needs attention to goodwinter air circulation, light and sharp drainage ......................................................................... £29.50paradoxaThe 4cm falls are small compared to the standards, but of delicious purplewith a dense beard of black-purple. The standards are large, to 10cm, white dotted and intenselyveined blue. The whole plant is only 10-20cm tall. Well-drained sunny spot, dry in summer. ...... £22.00paradoxa Chosab The superb colour variant from the border of Iran and Russia. Deeplycoloured violet-black falls, white standards and strong but delicate veining typical of the section. £32.50* sari Pale petals densely patterned with thin veins of dark black-brown arounda red-suffused signal patch. The ruffled petal edges enhance a remarkable appearance, but thenagain Oncocyclus Iris are remarkable. Easy in a bulb frame where it can be given sharp drainage anda little protection from winter wet, although it is cold hardy. ................ £26.50sari lupinaPale yellow or cream petals densely veined with crimson to brown-purplewith a deep red-brown patch on the falls, yellow beard. Ruffled petal edges. The plant offered is theone that Foster named as a species, though it is little more than an exceptionally well-coloured, robustsari. The name alludes to the grey veining and the grey brindled fur of the wolf, not Lupins........ £26.50sprengeriA showy, dwarf with large cream flowers spotted and veined with purplered.The signal patch is deep purple-brown. Slender, elongated rhizomes run some distance. Likesfertility but very good drainage. Best not watered after leaf yellowing. ....................................... £27.50 27