Iris japonica - Iris japonica

Japanese: アヤメズイセン - あやめずいせん
Iris japonica - Iris japonica

...The inflorescence is slightly upward-slanting, with 8 to 12 yellow flowers blooming one after the other from the bottom. In the 1700s, the highly fragrant variety Iris var. leichtlinii (Klatt) W.Mill. was brought to England and became popular, and various strains from South Africa were subsequently introduced to England and the Netherlands, where they were further improved. In Japan, it is treated as a greenhouse bulbous plant, but since around 1950, it has also been cultivated in areas with cool summers, where seeds are sown in spring and flowers bloom in autumn. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Iris japonica" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…花序はやや斜上し,8~12輪の黄色の花が下から次々と咲き上がる。1700年代に香気の強い変種アヤメズイセンvar.leichtlinii (Klatt) W.Mill.がイギリスに持ち込まれて人気を呼び,その後もイギリスやオランダへ南アフリカの種々な系統が導入され,改良が進んだ。日本では温室性の球根植物として扱われるが,1950年ころより夏の涼しい地方で種子を春まきして秋に花を咲かせる栽培も行われるようになった。…

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