Yes Nalini ji One of the commonest Irises in Kashmir. Many species of Iris are grown in graveyards in Kashmir, and locally known as MAZAAR MOND (MAZAAR: Graveyard, MOND: root or swollen underground part, mostly rhizome in this case; Mond is also the Kashmiri name of Knol khol or Kohlrabi).
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Na Bha <nabha-megh...@gmx.de> wrote: > Last year I had sent a foto which was identified as Iris-germanica or > beared german iris. The one from last year is not flowering yet, but another > one has two flowers and tow buds. > Is this also Iris-germanica? > Fotos taken last week (KW 19 - 2011) > TIA > Nalini >
