What flower is this??

Wow...that's the best looking weed I have ever seen! Looks like a wild iris of some type.

What else you growing, Bobster?

i think i saw some of those in hawaii

Could it be a siberian iris of some sort?

I have some of those. A friend that gave them to me called it "Japanese Iris"

Wow...that's the best looking weed I have ever seen! Looks like a wild iris of some type.

What else you growing, Bobster?

i've got some english ivy from the lee-custis house in arlington cemetery in the back yard....dixie weed

What county?

Florida Wildflowers and Butterflies

Could it be a siberian iris of some sort?

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Yep - there are several varieties of these.

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I have some of those. A friend that gave them to me called it "Japanese Iris"

Yep, I think we may have a winner. Siberian Iris flowers have a beard. This one doesn't and neither do Japanese Iris. The fact that it just popped up in your yard leans toward Japanese because they can propagate easily via wind. I think some States banned them because they grow like weeds or consider them weeds. I think they are awful pretty and exotic looking. Enjoy. I won't see an iris till early June. :roll:

Mango,

I don't think Siberians have beards either. Is the yellow colored area considered a beard?

Anyway as I am no expert on Iris - can someone tell me if the beard is just the tuft of "hair" on the downward falls (petals) or if the yellow colored area as in Bob's pic would count as a "beard"?

Whatever it is it's gorgeous!

Bob - Can you feel a pronounced ridge running down the leaves?

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OK - after googling, I have discovered what a "signal" is.
So Bob has a Japanese Iris but the yellow appears to be a yellow signal instead of a beard?

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Mango,

I don't think Siberians have beards either. Is the yellow colored area considered a beard?

Anyway as I am no expert on Iris - can someone tell me if the beard is just the tuft of "hair" on the downward falls (petals) or if the yellow colored area as in Bob's pic would count as a "beard"?

Whatever it is it's gorgeous!

Bob - Can you feel a pronounced ridge running down the leaves?

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You're right, Rita, my bad. Siberians do not have beards. Beards are the yellow thingy that looks like a fuzzy caterpillar and yes, the difference between the siberian and the japanese one is that ridge running down the middle of the leaves. So, Bob is going to have feel up his plant and left us know so we can solve maybe we can solve this mystery.

Here's a bearded iris: I have this one. It smells like grape jelly.

You're right. Siberians do not have beards. Beards are the yellow thingy that looks like a fuzzy caterpillar and yes, the difference between the siberian and the japanese one is that ridge running down the middle. So, Bob is going to have feel up his plant and left us know so we can solve maybe we can solve this mystery.

Here's a bearded iris: I have this one. It smells like grape jelly.

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Your Iris is beautiful and a really good photo of it! I love the ones that smell like grapes.

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Iris are my favorite flower. They just don't last very long. Here's one that's in my yard right now. So far, no buds on the Louisiana Iris.

What county?

Florida Wildflowers and Butterflies

orange county...formerly known as mosquito county

Mango,

I don't think Siberians have beards either. Is the yellow colored area considered a beard?

Anyway as I am no expert on Iris - can someone tell me if the beard is just the tuft of "hair" on the downward falls (petals) or if the yellow colored area as in Bob's pic would count as a "beard"?

Whatever it is it's gorgeous!

Bob - Can you feel a pronounced ridge running down the leaves?

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i'll check in the morning

Mango,

I don't think Siberians have beards either. Is the yellow colored area considered a beard?

Anyway as I am no expert on Iris - can someone tell me if the beard is just the tuft of "hair" on the downward falls (petals) or if the yellow colored area as in Bob's pic would count as a "beard"?

Whatever it is it's gorgeous!

Bob - Can you feel a pronounced ridge running down the leaves?

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yeas, the leaves are flat with a ridge/spine in the middle...the stalk below the bloom is about the diameter of a drinking straw gradually tapering downward

yeas, the leaves are flat with a ridge/spine in the middle...the stalk below the bloom is about the diameter of a drinking straw gradually tapering downward

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With a strong ridge running down the length of the leaves, I think Mango nailed it in that yours appears to be a Japanese Iris!..

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This plant is growing in the front yard...what the heck is it?

It's an African Iris.

SouthFloridaDaily ? Blog Archive ? African Iris

Looks like an iris/orchid hybrid, which probably isn't possible.....but, it's beautiful!!

Cheers~~~~~~~~

There a bunch of these growing on the side of 30A going east from Seagrove. I saw them while on a bike ride. I was so surprised because I never knew any variety of Iris grew wild like that! Very cool!!!!

African Iris description: Floridata: Dietes iridioides

sarawinds picture sure looks like a match.


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This makes me so mad - Bob does nothing and his "weeds" are Iris that just decided to grow there all pretty-like.

I plant hundreds of bulbs and I got bupkiss! :angry:

This makes me so mad - Bob does nothing and his "weeds" are Iris that just decided to grow there all pretty-like.

I plant hundreds of bulbs and I got bupkiss! :angry:

..Had to look that one up! Anything like diddly-squat?

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Yep, it's African Iris. We have a bunch of these at the place in Sowal, but apparently I need to give them some food to look like Bob's.

We found some seeds in one of these flowers today and harvested them. We are going to try and grow them from seed and see what happens.

We are also anxious to share a photo of a very special iris we have growing but are awaiting it's full performance before we snap a picture. Took some bulbs from grandmothers house many, many years ago before the house was sold. These beautiful flowers grew like crazy at her home. We feel blessed to have some offspring. Just last week it began showing signs of flower development. This week, the flower, along with a few more, have started to slowly creep out. Today, it looks like it's almost ready to open ... perhaps tomorrow. We also have a fig growing that we took a cutting off the mother tree --- it's wonderful to have these nature gifts that have such a special energy connection.