Re: SIB: Flight of Butterflies?
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: SIB: Flight of Butterflies?
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 10:18:17 -0600 (MDT)
Gianna E. wrote in part:
>Several years ago I purchased a siberian iris called 'Flight of
>Butterflies' from one of our local nurseries. (snip)
> Does anyone have any information regarding
>this iris?
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'Flight of Butterflies' (Witt '72) - The cumulative Siberian
Check List says: SIB possibly a 40 Chrom.(33" 84cm) M S. medium
violet-blue, stylearms slightly more toward red-violet side, F.
white, entirely covered with butterfly wing pattern of violet-
blue veins. Unknown parentage.
Looks like you got the real McCoy, Gianna.
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher \ e_galla@moose.ncia.net \ Lancaster, New Hampshire,USA
USDA Zone 3a \ Northern White Mountains\ AIS Region 1 {New England}