Space Age Iris
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- Subject: Space Age Iris
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- Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 23:04:34 -0600 (MDT)
Claire Peplowski writes (7 June 97):
> Today we went out looking at gardens and the question came up "what
exactly
> is a space age iris"?
>
> Would one of our TB experts please explain.
I'm no expert on SA iris (if you have access to the AIS Bulletins, there
are articles on Space Age iris by the true experts - Bill Maryott, Lloyd
Zurbrigg, George Sutton, and Sterling Innerst - all in the April, 1997
issue), but the term has been applied to those bearded irises that have
projections of varying types that extend from the tips of the beards and
are labeled as horns, spoons, or flounces, depending on the form that they
assume. These forms are somewhat interchageable, as the seedling I
mentioned earlier in my posting about the Logan (UT) Iris Show displayed
both horn and spoons (or maybe they were flounces - like I said, I'm no
expert) on the same flower.
Incidentally, I noticed today that the Siberian iris, SULTAN'S RUBY (which
has just bloomed for the first time in my garden) has colored projections
from the tips of the stamens that are, in essence, mini-flounces.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@cache.net
