Re: Re: Superstition Beard Color

I just finished looking at my Superstition. I would have described the beard
as self but I will admit I didn't make a scientific observation. The
checklist says "blue black". I would put the emphasis on the black part. Of
course my Superstition may be an imposter also.

'I know Schreiner's sells seedlings as "color". I think Cooley's does also.
Those "color" get a name added by the packager. In most cases it is a
registered name of something in the general color class.


Harold Peters
Beautiful View Iris Garden
2048 Hickok Road
El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
harold@directcon.net  www.beautiful-view-iris.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <lmmunro@hotmail.com>
To: <iris-photos@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 11:26 AM
Subject: [iris-photos] Re: Superstition Beard Color


> Harold:
>    Thanks for your quick response. I know what you mean about the
> dark iris not taking very good pictures. Just a blackish blob.
> I figured the bright blue beard would be a dead giveaway, whether it
> was or was not supposed to be there on Superstition.
> I wonder where Wal Mart gets all those misnamed iris anyway? Wouldn't
> it be nice if they DID use the right names. Strange as it may seem,
> as ugly and dried out as they look, the iris still come up nice and
> strong in the spring (never the fall, like the real breeders stuff)
> Talking about Walmart, I got the most lovely iris in a pot there a
> few days ago... beautiful deep rose pink. I just could not resist it.
> Didn't have a name. but I am going to try to take my first picture of
> it and post it here if successful.
> Laetitia
>
> --- In iris-photos@y..., "Harold Peters" <harold@d...> wrote:
> > I grow Superstition and would give long shot odds that you do not
> have
> > Superstition especially since it is a Wal Mart acquisition. I am
> still
> > trying to get a good photograph of Superstition. One that is not a
> black
> > blob on a blurry background.
> >
> > Harold Peters
> > Beautiful View Iris Garden
> > 2048 Hickok Road
> > El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
> > harold@d...  www.beautiful-view-iris.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <lmmunro@h...>
> > To: <iris-photos@y...>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 6:13 AM
> > Subject: [iris-photos] Superstition Beard Color
> >
> >
> > > Hi Everyone:
> > >     Does anyone grow Superstition? If so, does it match this
> > > description particularly the striking beard color?
> > > This thing has been growing for a few years, and is 12-18" high.
> It
> > > blooms early. It is a very very dark mulberry self, with beards
> that
> > > start out electric blue, fading to purple with age. It has a
> modern
> > > form, falls stick out, slightly ruffled. It has good substance.
> The
> > > flower is smaller than many other known TB's that grow in my
> garden.
> > > It really looks more like an SDB.
> > > I always thought it was suffering from some malady, and that is
> why
> > > it came up 'short' every year.
> > > Anyhow it IS pretty, but it is also a 'Mart acquisition, and I am
> > > beginning to think it is not Superstition as labelled after all.
> > >
> > > PS Don't have anything against 'Mart mysteries'; sometimes they
> are
> > > fun, but I don't want to call it something it is not.
> > > thanks,
> > > Laetitia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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