That's a gorgeous flower. Is it fragrant? That soft peach is just beautiful. What a great combination of colors.

Thanks.I dont think there is a scent. The peach is fading with every hour. I really like the colors when iris first open.

I'm going to have to get some of those old cultivars from my childhood. I have to have that strong scent. It's more important to me than the look of the flower, even though I'm an artist. Besides, I remember those old ones as being very big and beautiful too!

Fulene : I am on the same page as you. I appreciate the extra curves and pleats on the hibreds and what ever other details there are but as a fellow artist I am more interested in form and color of the entire plant.

That's why I prefer " species" orchids to the fancy hybrids. I like their old provenance too.

Day Lilies went the way of extra frills so called ( chicken fat ) . Any over developed flower seems like a body builder to me,muscles for muscles sake. I just cant see the beauty there.

Wow! We are kindred spirits! That's funny about " chicken fat". The original daylilies are lovely in their simplicity and clean lines! I have a bunch of asiatic lilies about to pop. I wonder what they'll end up looking like. I think there's something kind of " Frankensteinian" about hybridization......
In addition to the " frills" there are the spots and stripes and other embellishments that people like to cram onto a flower. Does this sort of thing ever confuse natural pollinators?

I like some tango varieties of lilies but I suppose there will be a perversion of that some day.