Re: TB: Edith Wolford was Bloom Report -- bearded ir is
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- Subject: Re: TB: Edith Wolford was Bloom Report -- bearded ir is
- From: M* H* <M*@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 02:19:11 -0600
From: Marte Halleck <MorJHalleck@worldnet.att.net>
Thanks to all who nailed down the question of beard color on EDITH
WOLFORD: officially, they are blue, tipped orange. So a tall,
much-ruffled iris with yellow standards & blue-violet falls that has
DARK YELLOW beards (such as the one growing im my backyard this year)
would be an imposter or a lookalike, right?
Here we have the many pitfalls of trying to ID plants based on word
descriptions or color photographs, no matter how "true" the latter are.
For example, the photo of EW on the HIPS website
http://www.worldiris.com/public_html/Frame_pages/QFix.html
is excellent & certainly looks just like the EW blooms I've seen tagged
as such in real gardens as well as most (not all) of the photos offered
as EW in current iris catalogs. But no way would I describe the beard in
that photo as being "blue, tipped orange" -- I'd have to say it's old
gold or orangish-gold with the merest hint of blue-violet on the lower
(downward-pointing) portion of the beard (which *to me* is the part
referred to as "tipped" a different color from the rest of a beard.
Correct or not?)
In haste, I point out that the monitor I'm viewing the HIPS photo on is
a 20" "flat" screen with the most accurate color configuration available
today, meant for working in computer graphics design (which is what I
do.) So what I see onscreen is at least as good as any color print in
the iris catalogs, probably better. Point is, in NONE of these photos do
EW's beards look "blue, tipped orange", not to this kid.
Mike Lowe gave a possible explanation of the dilemma when he wrote that
"Edith's beard gives an impression of rusty orange although the violet
is under the orange." Okay. So why describe it as "blue, tipped orange"
if the [blue] violet is hidden? Aarrgh!
Obviously, the only sure way to compare my mystery iris with EW is to
grow a reliably-IDed EW beside it or hand-carry a bloom to compare to a
blooming EW elsewhere. Have to wait 'til next summer to do either...
Sorry to be so windy but being accurate in using or discussing color &
finding agreement as to what we all see is part of my work as well as my
passion. In case anyone still cares at this point, here's a list of EW
lookalikes, as posted on Iris-talk:
LULLABY OF SPRING. Next to EDITH WOLFORD it looked faded. On its own,
it is a pleasing harmony of pastel tones. (from Maureen Mark)
EARTH SONG is almost a dead ringer for Edith Wolford, its only
distinction is that it has yellow beards. (Mike Sutton)
Won't call it a dead ringer, but DISTANT CHIMES (Schriners 75) is a very
close second for EW and it has yellow beards. (Harry Wolford)
Rick Ernst's THRILLSEEKER is very close to E.W. but the standards have
better form. E.W.s standards tend to gape and be somewhat 'un-organized'
(Mike Lowe)
Marte in the mtns Zone 4/Sunset 1 Evergreen, Colorado
MorJHalleck@worldnet.att.net
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