I send mine in the smallest bubble envie they will fit into. I haven't had a problem using, one, .58 cent stamp on my BE whether large or small. I don't ever take them to the PO, I put them in my mailbox and my wonderful mail man picks them up for me. No problem as of yet with postage due. I have been trading for years and have never had a problem. I do have a great mailman and I think if any that were mailed to me were postage lite he paid for them!!! Lucky Me!!

I thought your third one might be Sindjkha too, or related to it. The blue and yellow ones though, there's just too many of them in that color class to even guess. Unless an iris is really distinctive its extremely difficult to get an ID. HIPS has several display gardens around Texas. Perhaps if one is close you could take some blooms there and walk the rows looking for a match. At the least you're bound to find some new ones you'll want to grow. Mike Here is a link that might be useful: HIPS

Thanks so much to both of you! I did see Eagle's Flight while I was researching, but the photos I saw looked somehow slightly different, so I discounted it. I'm so grateful for your help! : D

ok, i included some pictures. they should be clear enough to figure out what is wrong. i should also give a brief description of how i went about doing this. first, i should say it was my first time growing anything. :) i used seed starting soil, cut a milk carton, bought one 2700k CFL and one 6000k CFL. waiting till i saw some sprouts and then applied light ~15hrs/day. i only water when the top portion of the soil is dry to the touch and i use miracle grow every other watering. FYI: i have not started with real sunlight yet nor have i transferred the plant to regular soil. is it time for these things to be done? things were going beautifully and then that black stuff started to grow into the veins of the leafs. looks to me like it started from the tips. border="0">