TB: ideal (my favorite anyway) flower form

From: linda Mann <lmann@mailhub.icx.net>

A while back we got in a discussion of what we like for form of TBs. 
And I discovered after hunting thru catalogs for a picture of what I
consider "perfect" that there was no such thing.  

I've sort of changed my mind and think the photo of AFTERNOON DELIGHT in
this year's Schreiner catalog comes as close as any (easier to judge in 
a photo than real life, where they are all nearly perfect <g>).  One of
the things I've noticed from looking at these photos is that I don't
like the ones that have standards that bulge out beyond the widest part
of the falls (makes them look squashed to my eye), nor do I like flowers
that appear wider than tall.  This latter distinction seems to be a very
narrow tolerance - if they are more than a hair taller than wide, they
look old and strappy (like the photo of FORT APACHE on the opposite page
in the same catalog), but if they are perfectly round (or worse yet,
shorter than wide), they look squatty and squnched (like the photo of
EDITH WOLFORD, p58).  I notice a lot of the Schreiner photos are taken
from an angle slightly above horizontal on the newer ones so they look
'longer' than a side view would show.  Maybe that's to show the view
most of us would actually see when looking at the flower in the garden? 
Surely not to make the flower look like it is closer to the form I like
rather than its true squatty self?

Just curious as to what other iris growers like.

Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
taking a gorgeous April-like day off to play.  Another 2 1/2 inches of
rain making everything lush - peas are up, redbud about to pop.


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