by Wayne Messer
SIGNA - Species Iris Group of North America - is a Section of the American Iris Society that publishes the SIGNA Journal for members twice a year. SIGNA is devoted to species, like the Iris missouriensis on the cover of this issue, and species crosses.
Contents of this issue include:
Half Full or Half Empty by Bob Pries refers to the Iris Encyclopedia and its current lineup of species, species crosses, and irids to check out. You can help by adding photos of these plants.
Seed Pods on Iris x ampliflora by Dennis Kramb is his adventures triggering pod formation. No seeds yet, but he has suggestions.
Irises in Russia: Irises from section Tenuifoliae, by Nina Alexeeva describes and compares I. loczyi, I. tenuifolia and I. ventricosa, with photos and maps.
iNaturalist came up 3 times in this issue, including First Mastigostyla macbridei posted on iNaturalist! See the iNaturalist posting here: https://www.inaturalist.org/blog/115883
And, as you might expect, it concludes with photos of the 2025 SPEC and SPEC-X AIS Award Winners.
Become a SIGNA member and see these and all the other articles and photos. Now is also a great time to join because the SIGNA Seed Exchange is currently underway! Closes April 1st. While it is members only, you can join as you pay for your seeds. Here’s the link: http://signa.org/index.pl?SeedList. If you are new to the seed exchange, please read the instructions here http://signa.org/index.pl?SeedXchg before placing an order.
You can learn more about SIGNA and species here: http://www.signa.org/
Happy Gardening!
