Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: James Whitely
Year Of Registration: 2003
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2004
Seedling Number: W87-84A
Classification: Arilbred
Registered Height: 23 inches (58 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid Late
Bloom Color Classification: Black
Purple
White
Bloom Color Description: White standards, heavy chocolate purple midrib, purple veining extending to edge; white falls heavily veined and peppered dark violet chocolate, dark purple black signal at tip of beards, continuing as pyramid-shaped dark violet chocolate area
Beard Color: Brownish
Style Arm Color: White with brown purple crests

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Flowers: Showy
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Parentage: Holden Hs10-T: (Norris T-N79G63: ((Vulcanus x Persian Pansy) x (Bushey B66P3: (Bagdad Beauty x (I. susiana x Andromache)) x I. sari)) x Holden Hp10a-T: (CHk52: ((((Sylphide x I. haynei) x (I. gatesii x I. hermona)) x Fairy Fantasy) x (I. urmiensis x ((I. samariae x I. barnumae) x ((Austin 510-O-Y x (I. susiana x I. gatesii)) x Austin 510-O-Y-60)))) x Norris S-N1: (Bushey 66T10 x I. sari))) X Grand Vizier

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  • Arilbred Iris
  • Iris

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Location: north central Texas
Date: 2016-03-27
Location: Superstition Gardens - Cathey's Valley CA
Date: 2016-04-07
Location: Catheys Valley CA
Photo courtesy of Superstition Iris Gardens, posted with permissi

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