Re: TB: Seedling w/different backside color - input please

Margie, when I first looked at this, the fall color appeared faded and I was not sure about it.  After I looked at it more, I think it perfectly suits the fact that it was bred in the southwest.  The colors remind me of the desert somehow, and I really like the form.  Its gold beards add to its charm and I also like the haft markings and the way the color of the bottom side of the falls shows on the ruffles. It will be interesting to see what it looks like in another year.  I think you should get some very interesting seedlings from this as well.
 
Judy Hunt
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Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 1:51 AM
Subject: [iris-photos] TB: Seedling w/different backside color - input please

Speaking of iris where the backside of the falls is a different color.  Here is one of my seedlings that bloomed this year. (Maiden Bloom)  3 photos of it here.
 
I haven't had a real chance to evaluate it yet, but it fascinated me.  The first day when it opens - -  the inside color of the falls open up sort of a watermelon color.  By the second and third day it fades to an orange.  In one of the photos you can see (one of it's flowers which is about to open) that the undersides of the falls are the same color as the standards.
 
I also was impressed with it's flaring falls. For it's maiden bloom - it was triple socketed.  So far - with a total of 9 buds.  And was about 30-32 inches tall.  Growth at this point is steady and moderate. Both parents are tall - - so I'm thinking next year the height will probably be taller - - up to 36-38 inches.  And I don't know what else may change.
 
Comments from the viewers in the audience on this seedling? 
 
Margie VS..
Oro Valley, AZ.
Zone 8/9
IrisLady@comcast.net


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