Walking Iris

Neomarica gracilis is one of the great joys of spring. It is one of the first flowers out and each flower only lasts a day.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Beautiful symmetrical view of a stunning species intro! Posted 10 years ago
1. djdrphoto
  
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  Thanks a lot! I have had some trouble with the colour changing as I uploaded this one, hasn't happened before, don't know why. The image has a slight green tinge and is a little dull compared to the file on my computer. ??? Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    It looks like you're right, the original is more colorful than the one presented on this screen. Can you tell me which program you used to export it? Possibly this is a color space issue. Are you using AdobeRGB or sRGB? Posted 10 years ago

The Neomarica gracilis

Neomarica (Walking Iris, Apostle's Iris or Apostle Plant – names also used for the related genus Trimezia) is a genus of plants in family Iridaceae, first described in 1928. It is native to Mexico, Central and South America, and Trinidad & Tobago.

They are herbaceous perennial plants that propagate by way of a thick rhizome and new plantlets that develop from the stem where flowers once emerged. The plants grow erect, and have long slender lanceolate leaves from 30–160 cm long and.. more

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Similar species: Agaves, Aloes, Onions

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By djdrphoto

Uploaded Sep 17, 2014. Captured Sep 17, 2014 10:26.

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