Re: Intro-Bio
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Intro-Bio
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Fri, 5 May 2000 08:16:53 -0600
Hello, Sharon!
Welcome to Iris-talk! I am sure you will find the answers to many of your
questions here and we will look forward to your own contributions to our
discussions.
It is notoriously difficult ro provide accurate identifications of unknown
irises from verbal descriptions. There are more than 70,000 named varities
of irises that have been registered with the Ameican Iris Society (AIS)
over the years, and of course, many of them are quite similar to one
another in appearance. However, if you have a name for your iris, even if
it is not quite exact, it is possible to compare it to the printed
descriptions.
> In October 1997, I was given the 6 new ones...Magic Hope (purple below
and
> bronz above. Rocky Mountain High which did nothing. Jewel Starlight
which
> is doing nothing but leaves. The Congrats did nothing either. Fortune
> Teller is the largest
> iris that I have seen...it is a pale lavander all over and is probably
about
> 6-8 inches...a very showy flower. Mary Madrigal is a medium purple
bottom
> and creamy top... a smaller iris but charming. This flower will also
> ususally produce a seed pod nearly every year... by itself. I have been
told
> that this is rare???
>
> This year I have planted 3 others that were girfts....Radiant Apogee, it
is
> suppose to be yellow. Prissy Miss which is suppose to be pink. The last
is
> Superstition which is suppose to be blackish-blue.
MAGIC HOPE (Jim Gibson-CA, 1984) TB 36" Midseason. Ruffled and laced
yellow-orange ground plicata, stitched grey purple, deeper tone on F.,
edged orange; yellow tipped beard.
In the above description Jim Gibson is the hybridizer (the person who
"created" this particular variety (cultivar)), CA (California) is the
location where this iris originated, 1983 is the year it was introduced to
commerce, TB=tall bearded is the type of iris it is, 36" is the expected
height of the stalks in bloom, Midseason is the time of bloom relative to
other irises of the same type (TBs in this case), "F." stands for Falls
(the petals that tend to "fall" downward) - the petals that tend to stand
up are called Standards (abbreviated "S." in descriptions).
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH (Frank Foster-CO, 1981) TB 34" Midseason. Heavily
ruffled and fluted white, yellow beards.
JEWELED STARLIGHT (James Burch-AL, 1980) TB 45" Midseason-Late. S. yellow;
F. white, gold hafts, 1/4" gold band around edges; orange beard. (The hafts
are the area of the fall on either side of the beard)
CONGRATULATIONS (Keith Keppel-CA, 1983) TB 35" Midseason. S. blue, violet
flush on midrib; F. pansy violet, slightly lighter toward edge; beard blue
at base, tipped yellow.
FORTUNE TELLER (Glenn Corlew-CA, 1986) TB 32" Midseason. S. warm white; F.
white with violet plicata markings on edge, intensifying at hafts; white
beards tipped yellow. (plicata markings are darker colored dotting or
stippling around the edge of the petals, sometimes extending almost to the
center)
MERRY MADRIGAL (Sanford Babson-CA, 1982) TB 37" Midseason. S. lemon cream;
F. lavender over cream, edged cream; pale yellow beard.
RADIANT APOGEE (Jim Gibson-CA, 1966) TB 38" Midseason. S. orange-yellow; F.
white ground, light orange-yellow markings.
PRISSY MISS (Larry Gaulter-CA, 1983) TB 34" Midseason. Lightly ruffled
bright mauve; deep tangerine beard.
SUPERSTITION (Schreiner's-OR, 1977) TB 36" Midseason. Ebony-hued self;
blue-black beard.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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