Method/A proposal (Susan Bliss)

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Sort of off the topic here, but Ellen mentioned this under this heading.

 

Just wanted to comment that the "pink" of 'Susan Bliss' is relative.  It is not the pure shell pink that we see in many TB Irises now, but it is what passed as pink before these came along.  It is very pink looking to me, out in the sun, unless of course a true pink is next to it.

 

In reality this "pink" of old I. pallida clones is a decidedly purplish color.  However, next to the "blue" clones of I. pallida (which are also a bit purplish), these "pinks" look very pink, and the "blues" look very blue.  Neither color photographs well, and often they look the same on the resulting pictures.  I've also noticed that in artificial lightly they look quite different.

 

When in bud, the tight petals of the "pinks" have a deep purple coloring (leaning to the red side of purple).  The "blues" look deep blue (a tiny bit purplish - perhaps deep "violet-blue" would be more accurate).

 

Here are a couple of other links to photos of 'Susan Bliss'.

 

Dave