Why shocked? That is a strange new iris we've never had in this bed. And things got stranger yet. There were actually three similar iris, with progressively more abnormal petals:
At first I thought it might be a genetic sport, but there wouldn't be three different plants. So they must be seedlings resulting from wild cross pollination between our rust iris and something else. Why now, after all these years? Who knows!
Keeping life interesting at . . .
4 comments:
You've got somethin' new goin' on there!
Beautiful for sure. I often feel that cross pollination in all things (including people) creates some of natures most beautiful things.
They are actually quite beautiful!
Whatever the cause, they are beautiful!
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