Can this be Ola Kala? It is tall, fragrant and a big bloom. I have been trying to ID it for a few years and really "think" it is Ola Kala but don't know for sure about the fragrance. My "test" plant has not bloomed this year.

I'd say, "yes."

Big hugs Arlyn!! Thank you...I trust your opinion!

I would have to agree. Just finally got it ID'd in my garden last year..........

I can't tell from the photo, but Ola Kala has a tiny, serrated edge, particularly on the standards. I think I can see that edge in Mary Ann's photos, but not in Lori's photo. It's like an extremely tiny set of pinking shears cut the edge.

Is that what you are looking for? I actually see it clearer on the falls than the standards but what do I know??

Okay, this has been called Ola Kala for several years. If Lori's and Mary Ann's are, mine can't be. It's neither big nor fragrant. It's also, now that I'm looking closer at the details, only 24" or so, and an early bloomer. This one was attacked by aphids and is much shorter than usual. I see scalloping on the edges, tho.

Hmmm...I think you have a lot more veining than Mary Ann and I do. No fragrance? Mine is quite fragrant! Hmmmm.....

I really can't tell from the photos and it's been a long time since I grew it. It was very yellow and that edge were things that were unique compared to others I grew that were also yellow and of a similar age. The edge was unique to anything else growing, new or old. I don't remember fragrance, but most iris tend to all smell the same to me. They would probably have to be extreme for me to notice any difference. I don't have a photo of what I grew because it was growing in the pre-camera days.

Well poo Donald, I was counting on you to be the man in the "know".

Yes, the veining. That keeps throwing me, too.

What about Berkley Gold, Celia ? It has some pretty definite haft makings, it's about the same color tone as Ola Kala, it's an IB, so both shorter and earlier? You sent me a piece last year ( I think it's the same one we're talking about ) ,so maybe, if it blooms, I'll get a better look at it. I don't grow BG, but I have lots of 'old yellows'.

I'll take a look, Arlyn.

Here's the beard. Golden Bow? My eyes are going crossed looking at yellows.

That's another "possible", and it's one I both thought of, and grow, so, maybe if they both bloom (they *should*), and neither one rots out (they BETTER not !), we can have either a "Yea", or "Nay" on Golden Bow

Okay, thanks, Arlyn.

Donald mentioned the tiny slightly serrated edge, which I hadn't noticed on my striking yellow Iris that I have been trying to identify for a few years. I think that clinches it for me! I saw a photo on a yellow thread somewhere recently, that said Ola Kala, so I went to the database and there it was! The same slightly dog eared falls, the rich orange gold longish beard, and the perky standards. Tall and late and fragrant, reminding me of Yukon Fever.
This is the first time I've tried to upload an image from picasa. I had cropped it tighter than it appears here. I'll have to try saving the cropped photo to the disc - I think that will work. I have a photo of the plant rather than just a bloom, that I will try to upload to the Iris database. With my son's help I successfully managed getting two photos of Hem. Ophir up on the hemerocallis database. It took 30 years to find the identity of that one!

Exciting, isn't it Nora? Mine came from my Dad -- who spotted that brilliant yellow in a neighbor's yard, and stopped in to ask if she had any rhizomes to spare. She did, and she did. My goodness -- that was fifty years ago. And mine was just identified in the past year or two!!

Thank you, Mary Ann, for your kind response. I do find it so rewarding to finally get it right, after searching for so many years for the correct identity. It endears one to the plant. One can really bond with it, appreciate it and thank it for letting you in on some of it's history!
I have a few more mystery Irises and Daylilies to work on.

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