Mystery TB: two of a kind

I have carefully assembled a list of the 110 cultivars I have bought.  I
am in the process of combining maps, handrawn and photographical and
have just about every plant nailed down except for MAYTAG RED, I mean
AVALON SUNSET, I mean CAJUN SPICES :-) and these two.

I do not like yellow as a rule for some reason and so have few yellow
irises -- in fact, THREE.   DAZZLING GOLD, BLAZING LIGHT, and FRINGE OF
GOLD.  That's it.  BUT, I have, planted at opposite ends of the garden,
a cultivar that is none of the above.  It's a lemon self, with the falls
slightly darker than the standards, some white and deep gold veining on
the shoulders, a yellow-gold beard, and a fairly strong sweet fragrance.
It's a heavy bloomer and is blooming now, with the M and ML iris.  In
fact, the one in more shade's bloomstalks are collapsing with the weight
of the iris -- were it blue, I would guess VICTORIA FALLS :-) but it
isn't, and I have to cut it some slack for being in some shade.

Any idees?  I could post its picture to the corkboard as well.

One last comment.  LET'S DANCE was driving me CRAZY because it looked
like the picture of the standards, but the falls were solid -- not the
pale rimmed with centre line.  This morning, however, after the
flower'd been open for a day, it began to resemble its picture!!!

Most iris do not metamorphosis like roses can.  This surprised me.
-- 
Amy Moseley Rupp
amyr@austx.tandem.com, Austin, TX, USDA zone 8b, Sunset zone 30
*or* amyr@mpd.tandem.com
Jill O. *Trades, Mistress O. {}
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