Butterfly Wings
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- Subject: Butterfly Wings
- From: b*@tiger.hsc.edu (Bill Shear)
- Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 12:12:53 -0700 (MST)
Can anyone provide information on on old variety called Butterfly Wings?
This was supposed to have been a cross of Iris susiana x tetraploid tall
bearded. As I grew it some 25-30 years ago, it looked like a typical TB
with rather small blooms, blue standards and buff falls with a widely
spaced veining of maroon. Aside from the unusual pattern, there was no
sign of aril blood; it grew and bloomed well with TB varieties. I seem
also to recall that it was the parent of an award-winner called (?) Blue
Butterfly.
Butterfly Wings had the habit of transferring its unique pattern to its
seedlings, but in the color of the other parent. There was a Lloyd Austin
intro called Red Butterfly, two-tone red with the maroon veins on the
falls.
Does anyone know anything about the history of this variety and its
children? Is it still available, and if so, where?
Best wishes, Bill
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William A. Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 USA
phone (804) 223-6172
FAX (804) 223-6374
