TB Iris Cross Current

This is from my Image taken May 17, 2017. It is of the TB iris Cross Current which grows beautifully here in Indiana. It is from one of the best in the Hybridizing efforts by Keith Keppel.

Beautiful banner, Leon. Great to see such lovely irises in the middle of winter.

They are gorgeous, sure made my eyes open wide!

Beautiful banner! I love the blue colors, even the beard is blue!

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Cross Current')

Pretty banner, and lovely iris, Leon. Thanks too to you Marilyn for the link. Not for nothin', that's one of the very best database entries we have. Kudos to those who contributed. Leon, how's the bloom time on them?

Leon: Beautifully presented banner. Brings out the warm thoughts of Spring. ⏳ ⏳ ⏳ ⏳ ⏳

Very pretty plants & banner, Leon.

TBGDN said:TB Iris Cross Current
This is from my Image taken May 17, 2017. It is of the TB iris Cross Current which grows beautifully here in Indiana. It is from one of the best in the Hybridizing efforts by Keith Keppel.

What is "TB"?

Would love to see a closeup of the bloom if possible.

TB stands for Tall Bearded.

beautiful Leon; lovely banner!

Cheerful,thanks.

Wonderful Iris Banner, Leon.

Thanks everyone! I had almost forgotten this banner until this morning. It is from my "oldie" TB Keppel collection which grows beautifully here. This is the picture it came from, and a couple of other views. It was a little too sunny that day and I felt the picture color might be distorted. Last picture has too much sunlight.

EscondidoCal said:Would love to see a closeup of the bloom if possible.

Hi Cal- TB simply means tall bearded iris. Here are some close up pictures from years past. Thanks for your interest.

Great pictures and great banner , Leon!

I have no idea what a "Banner" is? Can someone enlighten me please? Tks.

Hello Frank-
A banner is the photo strip across the top of the page above. It is submitted by NGA members, and one is selected daily. By the way I haven't seen you here before, so allow me to say Welcome. I hope you'll like it here, and I see you are up in Nova Scotia.
Again

Wonderful banner Leon

fwmosher said:I have no idea what a "Banner" is? Can someone enlighten me please? Tks.

Frank thanks for the nice T-mail! Do come back again.

I'm not a big fan if the iris, but I do love your banner. It's delicate and colorful. Makes me look forward to spring.

Thanks for the closeups Leon....beautiful.

Now, one last request, please.......zoom down into it, i.e. select the inside part using the original
(4k?) image (3rd one on the right), clip, and then re-size to 1000 pixels wide for a really spectacular view.

I'm always amazed at the details of a bloom when you go deep to see the cellular structure,
pistil, stamens, pollen, even little critters hiding there that are not otherwise noticed.