Re: Re; Brown Iris (Question)
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- Subject: Re: Re; Brown Iris (Question)
- From: "* a* C* W* <c*@digitalpla.net>
- Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 18:25:39 -0700
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <cwalters@digitalpla.net>
Bill Stone writes:
>
> Question;
> I noticed in the recent replies Cable Car was mentioned. This
> Iris was Hybridized by Luihn in 81 a similar iris was hybridized by
> Luihn in 80 called Honey Mocha....According to purchases I have both
> but I have not detected a difference. Could anybody explain how to
> distinguish the two from each other. My Irises come from different
> sources.
Bill,
I have grown CABLE CAR for a number of years, but never HONEY MOCHA, so I
cannot help distinguish between them for you on the basis of personal
inspection. CC is described as "betwen saddle leather brown and caramel
brown" (if I were asked to describe it, I would probably say "burnt sugar
brown"); HM is described as "mocha brown standards and mocha falls with
honey wash on shoulders which spills down falls". This makes HM sound less
uniform in coloration than CC, which is essentially a self. HM is described
as lightly laced; CC is ruffled, but not laced. HM's beard color is given
as "bronze, tipped mocha"; CC has a cadmium orange beard. CC has purple
based foliage; I do not know about HM in this regard.
Hope this will give you some clues as to the identity of what you are
growing!
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4, Sunset Zone 2)
cwalters@digitalpla.net
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