I found a great website for some of the historic irises, as well as moderns. It belongs to Iris Paradise aka Brennet Iris Garden in Germany. They have a fantastic collection of photos of Historic and Modern irises including MDBs, SDBs, IBs, BBs, TBs, ABs, Species Iris, LAs...and I'm not sure what else. They have special listings of the irises of Cayeaux, Bianco, and Schreiner too.
If you go to the home page and then click on "Our Collection" on the left menu bar it will take you to a site for all their photos. They have over 6000!!! I spent some time poking around the historic iris page trying to identify some of the Noids that were posted today.
http://www.irisparadise.com/Ir...
We all know you can't identify an iris by a photo alone...but a photo can give you a starting place to begin your research. These are the notes I made during my 'playtime'. I hope some of them turn out to be valid leads for you:
These are from the historic listings...I didn't get to the modern ones.
Rob
# 13 Gilvey, Terada, 1960 (Except that this one is not in the AIS or ATP databases...?)
# 16 Mary Mc Clellan Tim Craig, 1952 (listed 50" tall ?)
# 10 White Tower, Robert Schreiner, 1951, or
Winter Carnival, Robert Schreiner, 1940, or
Queen Ann, J. Robinson, 1955
Arlyn
# 9 Crispette, Robert Schreiner, 1954
# 8 New Snow, R. Fay, 1946
# 7 Eleanor's Pride, Edward Watkins, 1956
Tom (in the process I ran into this one...but the pictures are from other sites)
If # 3 is the right height to be an IB check Fantastic Blue
http://www.breezewayiris.com/i...
http://wiki.irises.org/bin/vie...
Some of My Favorites:
Harpe Vilmorin, 1950
Pink Cameo, R. Fay, 1946
City Of Lincoln, H. P. Sass 1937
Clara Noyes, H.P. Sass , 1930
Havamal, Goos & Koenemann, 1927
Vingolf, Goos & Koenemann, 1924
Balder, Goos & Koenemann, 1924
Giant Rose, Schreiner, 1959
I hope you enjoy these photos!!!
