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Paul T

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Iris spuria ID?
« on: November 14, 2011, 09:40:20 AM »
Howdy Folks,

Can anyone help with the name for this Iris spuria cultivar?  I've had it for something like 15 years, and I will know the name when I hear it.  I only had 6 spurias originally, but I can't find records of the names to work out which one this is by deduction.  ::)  It's glorious, and I've included a couple of photos in slightly different lights to show the wonderful colour combination.

Thanks for any help you can provide. :D
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Re: Iris spuria ID?
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2011, 10:07:05 AM »
Can't help with the name but what a stunner it is. Can you get hold of an iris book and go down through the list of cultivars? Kohlein lists quite a lot.
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Re: Iris spuria ID?
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2011, 10:47:45 AM »
I'm with Lesley all the way Paul !  A real beauty !!!
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Re: Iris spuria ID?
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2011, 10:59:56 AM »
It's glorious in person, that is for sure.  I thought I had kept the 6 original tags, but do you think I can find them? ::)
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Re: Iris spuria ID?
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2011, 11:14:47 AM »
I've been dredging my memory for the names and have come up with a few of them somehow.  The one I really want to have amongst them is 'Mahogany Lord' (chocolate burgundy with gold signal), there was a pure yellow called "Gold" something-or-other, plus the other two names I can mentally retrieve are 'Evening Dress' and 'Look Lively'......

And I think we have a winner.  Checking the Net, I came up with pictures for 'Evening Dress' and we have the following....
http://www.irishowseandgardens.com/html_pages/spurias.htm  (click on the pic for a bigger version)
Allowing for shape difference due to conditions (I find that some years Spuria iris can be much more "spidery" than others), I think that looks pretty right?  Thoughts anyone?

I looked for a 'Mahogany Lord' to show you as well.... and this is the best I cam up with.  
http://www.flowerfantasy.net/shop/product.php?id_product=743
Mine had much heavier flowers than this, but then my 'Evening Dress' if that is what it is has much heavier flowers than in the online picture as well?

Added a few minutes later..... I think the yellow one's name I was trying to think of was 'Gold Mania'?  That's just popped back into my mind, but it could be something else entirely rather than Spuria Iris. :-\  Not sure.
« Last Edit: November 14, 2011, 11:19:59 AM by Paul T »
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