I have a couple of odd irises. The orange one is called a blackberry lily and the red one is a tigridia. A friend gave me the blackberry lily and I bought the tigridia.
I was surprised to learn that they are both in the iris family. The common names for them don’t indicate that.
The tigridia has been an exercise in frustration. I ordered 20 bulbs and planted 10 on each side of the front stoop. When they’d been in the ground for about 3 weeks, I accidentally dug one up and there was NO growth. Not even rootlets. It looked like a dried up knot of nothing. And the vendor had been nagging me to review my purchase. So, I did. About a week later, I got an email from customer service telling me I needed to be patient. Same to you, buddy.
The day before yesterday, a month after that email, I spotted something red in the bed. It was a tigridia. There is a single plant on the left side bed that is blooming. The solitary bulb that has come up on the right side has no buds yet.
Since they have come up, I am hopeful that I will eventually have many. But, I am a little frustrated and a little annoyed that I paid $20 (price plus shipping) for 2 bulbs. I have paid more than that for other plants. But, I have done it knowing that was the price.
I wrote them back and told them the outcome. I tried to log in to modify my review. But, the link to do that doesn’t work.
I am the Audience 