Re: Pfauenuage & Romeo

Linda,
 
And so the mystery becomes even more so.  Interesting.  Thank you.
 
As you say, it doesn't answer which picture is correct and for which iris?  Romeo?  Yellow standards or white?  Is there a discription of Romeo anywhere? 
 
Thank you again,
 
Jan

Linda Mann <lmann@volfirst.net> wrote:
There has been some discussion of this way back in the early days of
iris-talk....
<http://www.hort.net/lists//iris-photos/jun05/msg00215.html>
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........ it is the opinion of Phil Edinger, HIPS ID   Chairman, that the
real PFAUENUAGE ( G.u.K ,1906) is probably extinct and   that which we
have all been growing under that name--which  means "peacock's   eye"--
is actually ROMEO (Millet, 1912).

Comparison of the photos in the article in ROOTS in which this instance
of    the "usurper syndrome"  is discussed show that ROMEO and
PFAUENUAGE
  [fow-en-nwa-guh] are nearly identical.  .........

The article in question is "Of Exotic Birds and Tragic Lovers", by Phil
Edinger, in the Fall 1993 issue of ROOTS.

Anner Whitehead [at the time of the original post Commercial Source
Chairman, Historic Iris Preservation Society]
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hope that's helpful...
Doesn't answer which is which tho....
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Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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