Re: ID Confirmation
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- Subject: Re: ID Confirmation
- From: j*@BLomand.Net
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 22:12:27 -0600 (MDT)
At 01:11 PM 6/15/97 -0600, you wrote:
Could
>anyone help with confirming my id's of some of them?
Dick,
Sometimes it is hard to be certain of ID since there are many similar iris,
but using the AIS checklist as a guide, here is my opinion:
>
>1. SULTAN's PALACE: 24-36 inch bloomstalks. Standards and falls are
>the same deep rust color (look black just before the buds open) The
>beards are a gold in color.
SP is 34", rich maroon, self beard--uh oh
>2. Crystal Glitters: 30-36 inch tall bloomstalks. Standards are coral
>colored. Falls are pale coral/pink at the outside becoing more coral to
>the center. Beards start very pale and become more inense coral to the
>center
CG is 36", "lightly ruffled pale peach cream; darker peach pink hafts and
styles, peach gold beard" ...hmmm. I know from talking to garden visitors
that one person's peach is another's pink and another's coral..
>
>3. Tut's Gold: 36-44 inch tall bloomstalks. Standards and falls are a
>very bright golden yellow color with deeper golden beards. One of the
>blooms is 7" across.
TG is 37", "uniform golden yellow self, velvety sheen, gold beard" ...
sounds right
>4. Swazi Princess: 34-44 inch tall bloomstalks. Buds appear to be very
>black before opening. Falls are a deep purple almoast black. Standards
>are a richer purple, kind of royal velvet purple. Beards are deep
>purple.
SP is 36", "tailored ebony blue self, self beard"...is yours a blue-black?
This is from Oregon, Schreiner's, and colors can vary somewhat in the East.
>I have more ID'ing to do. Several others in bloom right now. But will
>close for now.
>
Hope this helps, Dick.
Julie Allen, Sparta, TN
