Re: TB: pallida type iris

In addition to the things mentioned in an earlier post (papery spathes
etc), pallida type irises also tend to have flower buds close to the
stalk and 'toed in' so the tips of the buds point towards the stalk
instead of away from it.

I. pallida is one of the diploid irises that is in the background of
many (most?) modern tetraploid TB irises.  When people say 'pallida
type', they usually mean it has many of the traits of the ancestral I.
pallida, even though it might actually be a 'modern' tetraploid.

<What does it mean when they say 'pallida type'? I think of pallida as
the kind
                   of old fashioned iris that is a pastel lavender self
with longish falls, but
                   maybe it means something else, or something more than
that.
                   Thanks,                    Laetitia>

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