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Feb 17, 2015 11:07 AM CST

Name: Marilyn
Central California (Zone 9b)

Thornbird

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Thornbird')
Uploaded by MShadow

| @Moiris | Post #791439 (2)

Feb 17, 2015 11:07 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

BTW - there are lots of plicatas that have a Emma Cook type pattern (i.e. Instructor) but I am saving those for when we post plicatas.

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #791440 (3)

Feb 17, 2015 11:07 AM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

Ball Of Confusion has lots of unusual things going on.

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Ball of Confusion')
Uploaded by tveguy3

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.

| @tveguy3 | Post #791441 (4)

Feb 17, 2015 11:07 AM CST

Name: Marilyn
Central California (Zone 9b)

Green and Gifted

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Green and Gifted')
Uploaded by Misawa77

| @Moiris | Post #791442 (5)

Feb 17, 2015 11:08 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Isn't This Something:

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Isn't This Something')
Uploaded by Lestv

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #791444 (6)

Feb 17, 2015 11:09 AM CST

Name: Marilyn
Central California (Zone 9b)

Devil David

http://wiki.irises.org/bin/vie...

| @Moiris | Post #791445 (7)

Feb 17, 2015 11:09 AM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

Haunted Heart has some unusual color and lines going on, Love this one.

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Haunted Heart')
Uploaded by tveguy3

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.

| @tveguy3 | Post #791446 (8)

Zencat

Feb 17, 2015 11:09 AM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

Okay...Elizabethan Age. It's a luminata but also multi-colored.

| @Zencat | Post #791447 (9)

janielouy

Feb 17, 2015 11:10 AM CST

Name: Jane H.
Kentucky (Zone 6b)

I guess this is a plicata but has lots of different colors. Secret Santa by Spoon.

| @janielouy | Post #791451 (10)

Feb 17, 2015 11:10 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Since I mentioned it earlier, Kilimanjaro Sunrise (great pic from Paul):

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise')
Uploaded by Paul2032

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #791452 (11)

Feb 17, 2015 11:10 AM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

Lady Jane, another unusual color.

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.

| @tveguy3 | Post #791453 (12)

Feb 17, 2015 11:11 AM CST

Name: Marilyn
Central California (Zone 9b)

I know some people put this in Yellow...which works, but I think of it as more of a warm creamy buff color:

Cotillion Gown

(on order)

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Cotillion Gown')
Uploaded by ARUBA1334

| @Moiris | Post #791455 (13)

Feb 17, 2015 11:12 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Save your luminatas! I am sure Mary Ann is going to do that as a color/type group!

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #791456 (14)

Feb 17, 2015 11:12 AM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

Legerdemain

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Legerdemain')
Uploaded by tveguy3

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.

| @tveguy3 | Post #791457 (15)

Zencat

Feb 17, 2015 11:13 AM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

I'm going to share there, too!

| @Zencat | Post #791458 (16)

Feb 17, 2015 11:13 AM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

Really like Cotillion Gown and can't wait for mine to bloom.

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.

| @tveguy3 | Post #791459 (17)

Feb 17, 2015 11:13 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Another green - this time "mustard green"

Killarney Green:

Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris (Iris 'Killarney Green')
Uploaded by grannysgarden

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #791461 (18)