Here is my NOID Iris bloom for this year! It stands about 2.5 feet, so think that makes it a med. bearded ??
(don't know what they're really called??)
I nicknamed this one "seattle sunset"
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Any suggestions on what color you would call this one?

medians & color dark apricot?

Lucy that's exactly what I call it!

I call it very pretty!

Thanks Lori! Me too, and a friend hybridized it, so it is a one of a kind!

Ah, I see! It is a beauty.

Wow. What a great combination of rich colors. If forced, I might call the general color something like "burnt melon." But "Seattle Sunset" is a great name. Does your friend intend to register it?

And mine is blooming, Greg!!

Mary Ann, that is so cool!! I'd love to see a photo!
Brett, he isn't going to register this, he worked at a college where they were hybridizing several plants - mostly Iris. This is what he came up with!
He was throwing it away, I took it, sight unseen, just from his description I knew it'd be a bit unusual!

Greg -- I don't have a picture of it yet -- every time I try, the winds have been strong and have torn up the petals. And each time I can see other buds coming, so I wait -- and the winds destroy them again. It's been a wicked Spring. I'll look tomorrow and see if there's gonna be another chance.

haha! Sounds very tricky!! Thanks Mary Ann!

I had the first bloom on mine a few days ago and didn't have my camera, daughter had borrowed it but I have more blooms coming soon so I will get a shot of it. Thanks again for sharing it, I don't have any iris this color.

Sue I'm so glad!! I took some photos of mine today, but haven't edited them yet, and I know in the one I saw - too much of the funky part of my yard shows - have to "crop" the photo I'm so glad folks got blooms in this first year!! That's cool!

I had to check the tree-mail as to when you sent it, it was near the end of Feb. and it got planted within a couple of days so it looks like it didn't miss a beat!

Sue, I was hoping that I'd sent them out early enough so folks would get blooms

We did -- you done good, Greg!!

That iris just GLOWS! Nice one! ~Jan

Greg -- I never did get a chance to go out there and get a photo of your SS. I'm sorry -- it was a difficult year to take pics here. Next year, for sure!!

Mary Ann, sounds good!! Glad you enjoy the Iris!

Greg, are you going to enter SS in the database? Dave and I had talked about entering unregistered irises when the database first started if there was a reason to. And I think this is a good reason, it's actually a name your friend gave it, and you are sharing it with others. If you think about it, a lot of plants are not registered.

I would put the story under remarks why it has that name, and why it's never been registered, but I would put it in the database.