HIST:Quivering Flame/Corsage

From: Sterling Okase <sterling_o@yahoo.com>

Hi Walter and Talkers,



--- wmoores@watervalley.net wrote:

> I chose CORSAGE (Watkins 1955).... 
> The description reads as if CORSAGE is an older
> broken color 
> iris.  I am wondering if any on the list has grown
> this one and can 
> share information on it.  I think this is a first
> listing of this cultivar 
> by Superstition as I don't recall seeing it listed
> before...

Yes, Corsage is a broken color iris. I have grown it
for years. It's not a very tall variety and rather
strappy form even for it's age but I wouldn't be
without it. But It seems to grow well and is unmatched
as far as broken color things go. Usually, each petal
will display a different pattern on the same flower.
Sometimes a petal will be splashed, streaked, spotted,
half yellow/half white, or all one color. Sometimes a
bloom will be bi-laterally yellow/white. Quite fun.

It is the first time Superstition Iris Gardens is
offereing it and I believe their supply is very
limited (I gave them a start two years ago). Phil
Edinger has ID-ed it as being authentic. I would order
early on Corsage. It's very rare in commerce.

I have photos of Corsage. Should I send it to
Iris-Photo for everyone to see?

> p.s. My decond choce was QUIVERING FLAME by Lloyd
> Zurbrigg. 
> Lloyd, if you got this far, can you gives us more
> details on QF?

I also grow Quivering Flame. Unfortunately, it was
sprayed with Roundup a couple of years ago by my
neighbor and hasn't been the same since. As far as I
could tell, I was the only person who still growing it
so I divided the clump and sent some to Superstition
Iris Gardens, some to Roger Nelson and some back to
Lloyd Zurbrigg to ensure it wouldn't die out forever.

Quivering Flame is quite unique. I have not seen
anything like it ever. The color pattern is variegata,
yellow-gold standards and red-brown falls. But the
base of the standards have gill-like petaloids. Lloyd
calls them shingling. Until it's unfortunate
poisoning, Quivering Flame grew and bloomed well. To
date, my clump of Quivering Flame has not recovered. I
moved it to a more protected area into fresh soil but
it has never regained it vigor.

I also have pictures of this variety. Should I also
send a scan to Iris-Photo?

Iris Maniac,
Sterling (not Innerst)
Seattle, Washington, USA
Zone 8



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