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In general, the iris has flat upright leaves, and flowers with three outer brightly coloured sepals, which spread or droop, and three inner petals which in some forms stand upright. The blooms are firm in texture and are not too fragile to be handled in flower shops. The bearded irises have hairlike brushes, or beards, on their sepals. There are also beardless varieties. Nearly all American wild irises are beardless. Although irises are so little grown for florists, a few have commercial value otherwise; Orris root consists of dried and ground rootstocks of the Florentine and two other European irises. It has long been used in medicine, and is still an ingredient of toilet preparations, and the fragrant flowers of the pallid iris are grown in southern Europe as a field crop for the making of perfumery. Source: flowers-cs.com |
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In Egypt the iris was regarded with reverence. It is named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow. The Moslems, invading Europe, took along plants of the white iris from Arabia to plant on the graves of thier dead. It has grown wild ever since in the countries of their conquest. Long ago flower-loving peoples carried other kinds with them in their travels, so it is difficult to tell where in the old world they grew originally.