Donald,
This happened to me a few years back on a historic I grow that looks like FAR WEST. A few of the blooms opened a pale lavender where the others looked normal. After some discussion, it was decided that my use of Cygon and or or grass fertilizer with herbicide was the likely candidate. The following year, the clump behaved as expected and bloomed normally.
Chris
--- In iris-photos@yahoogroups.com, "Donald Eaves" <donald@...> wrote:
>
> Yesterday I posted what I dubbed as boring seedling. It was blooming
> outside, but I'd cut a stalk in anticipation of a likely freeze and it
> bloomed in water inside. The terminal bloom looked the same and is fading
> here, but the second bloom is a golden tan. The slight anthocyanin visible
> to camera on the second bloom is visible as a darker shade of golden tan to
> the naked eye. I assume blooming in water caused this? Why would it leach
> out the color like this? I actually like the leached out color better, so
> how can I make the plant in the garden do it :)?
>
> Donald Eaves
> donald@...
> Texas Zone 7b, USA
>
