Iris delavayi Micheli

Long-scape iris (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Iris

Characteristics

Rhizomes creeping, thick, ca. 1 cm in diam. Leaves grayish green, reddish at base, sword-shaped or linear, 50--80 × 0.6--1.5 cm, midvein absent, base surrounded by persistent fibers. Flowering stems shortly 1-or 2-branched near apex, 0.6--1.5 m × 5--7 mm, hollow, 3-or 4-leaved; spathes 2 or 3, green, tinted light reddish purple, broadly lanceolate, 7--11 × 1.8--2 cm, 2-flowered, apex acuminate. Flowers dark violet, ca. 9 cm in diam.; pedicel 3--6 cm. Perianth tube 1.6--1.8 cm; outer segments obovate, with central, dark purple-and white-mottled pattern, ca. 7 × 3 cm, apex retuse; inner segments obliquely spreading, oblanceolate, ca. 5.5 cm. Filaments pale purple; anthers milky yellow. Ovary 1.8--2 cm × ca. 7 mm. Style branches pale purple, ca. 5 × 1.6 cm. Capsule cylindric to ellipsoid, 5--6.5 × 1.5--2.5 cm, 3-angled, apex not beaked. Seeds reddish brown, semiorbicular, flat, ca. 6 mm in diam. Fl. May--Jul, fr. Aug--Oct. 2 n = 40*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 1.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 545
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Iris delavayi unspecified picture

Distribution

Iris delavayi world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:438537-1
WFO ID wfo-0000783260
COL ID 3PZMQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Iris delavayi Limniris delavayi