Re: AR: I. Hoogiana 'Late Amethyst'

Sharon,

Thanks for checking out the picture and for sharing your experience
with I. Hoogiana. Now that I look at a couple other references, I
do see varied descriptions for the beards. Oh well...

  Ken

arilbredbreeder@cs.com wrote:

> In a message dated 10/26/01 4:40:39 AM Mountain Daylight Time,
> kenww@pacbell.net writes:
>
> > I'll take a closer look at it when it blooms again. The description
> > in the Guide to Species Iris says that I. hoogiana should have
> > a "dense brilliant orange" beard on the falls and  "strongly
> > bearded" standards.  I don't believe this plant has either of
> > those characteristics..
>
> Looking at the photo, I see nothing that's inconsistent with the I. hoogiana
> ID.
>
> Other sources [Innes, for example] describe the beard as yellow.  I've grown
> a number of both collected clones and named variants down through the years
> and, eliminating the obvious imposters, would say that the beard color
> actually does range from soft yellow to bright orange.
>
> The beard on the standards doesn't show in the photo, of course, because it
> is on the inside.   Unmistakable, if you look for it, but I'd interpret
> "strongly bearded" as a comparison to other species with bearded standards
> because these are usually not as dense as the beard on the falls.
>
> Sharon McAllister
>
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