crowrita1 said:I don't think it's germanica.....yours has bronzed ,or "brownish" hafts....very similar to lent A. Williamson, but the beard on yours is too "wimpy', and not orange enough.....I'm with Lori, not sure what he is, but I want him

Arlyn -- I'll put you down for some.

I'm so enjoying your bloomers!!!

Thanks !!

What's the HIPS site???

hIPS= Historic Iris Preservation.. Google that and you'll get the website.. Sorry. Paste and copy is a pain on the iPad.
You'll enjoy the gallery of pictures and descriptions. If you get bit by the bug.. Join!

Ok. Thanks!!

TBGDN said:I thought I saw where Arlyn had posted a picture of this somewhere
in this thread. If I didn't then I stand corrected. But in case he did I
have had this old NOID for at least 25 years that looked something like
it. Maybe there's a chance he (or anyone) might know what it is. It
was taken in bright overcast.



(Hope I'm not seeing 'things': They say the mind is the first thing to go! )

Do you have any more pics of this one ? Maybe showing the whole fall?

Arlyn, it is really too bad we don't live close together! We could just have one big ole combined garden. Can you imagine how much stuff we could have if we worked together. A couple of acres and a couple of people...we could get in a lot of trouble!!!

Arlyn [and others], you are so right that the one I posted was not a match, too little yellow in beard, etc. The other one posted looks a better match to mine. So many bitone purples and each subtly different.

All the pictures are beautiful. It is amazing how many color combinations there are.

HIPS=Historic Iris Preservation Society, site is historiciris.org. Site is being upgraded, added to, well modified. Sale list of historic irises is posted now.

A couple I missed posting from yesterday's blooms:
Harmony


President Pilkington

crowrita1 said:
Do you have any more pics of this one ? Maybe showing the whole fall?

Arlyn, here's the only other pic I have close up.

Then this clump is a long shot: Notice it's in the shade here.

Appreciate your help.

Looks to me on "second glance " to be" Monsignor", Leon......at least close enough for a "grow beside".

sI don't think the world is ready for that combination, Lori !!

A few more from yesterday:

G.P. Baker




Pretty Pansy



Rameses

crowrita1 said:Looks to me on "second glance " to be" Monsignor", Leon......at least close enough for a "grow beside".

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Monsignor')
• Uploaded by crowrita1

Thanks Arlyn. I think I'll call it "Maybe Monsignor" in my NOID list.

Arlyn, what is that dark garnet beauty behind Rameses?

Pretty Pansy is a sweet one!

I believe you're seeing a NOID ,recently ID ed as "Vice Regal "(by Lori!)

Aargh!... 2 years in the ground, and my Pretty Pansy has not bloomed yet. So jealous, Arlyn.

I'll post these, from today...not all are "new", but, with the wind from the south at over 30mph (and gusting over 40!) and the temps at about 87-88deg, they aren't going to last long !:


Ballerine



Blue Shimmer



Dogrose



Dover Beach



Drady



Coronation



Elsinore



Evolution



First Violet




Foxfire



Frontier Marshall



Glen Ellen....did I say it was a little breezy today ?



Indian Hills



Jean Cayeux



Juniata



Lady paramount



Mexicana



Minnie Colquitt



Miss Illini




Navajo



Pinnacle



Port Wine



The Red Douglas



Tom Tom


Vanity





The "undamaged end" of the Historic bed

Gorgeous iris bed Arlyn!

Looking great Arlyn!

What an awesome series of photos of absolute beauties, with that awesome finale with those bed shots -like the end of a fireworks display! Pinnacle, Port Wine, Minnie Colquitt, Drady, and on and on....so gorgeous! And yes, Vice Regal is the one si was seeing- also beautiful.

Easy on the Vice Regal ID! I don't grow that one so I am not 100% sure.