Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Keith Keppel
Year Of Registration: 2002
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2003
Seedling Number: 97-86B
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 38 inches (97 cm)
Bloom Season: Early Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Lavender
Purple
Silver/Grey
White
Flower Patterns: Luminata
Bloom Color Description: Lavender orchid standards, center paling to agate grey; cotinga purple falls, white luminata circle and veining
Beard Color: White at end, tipped yellow in middle, red in throat
Style Arm Color: White, faint lavender cast
Fragrance: Pronounced
Sweet
Awards: Honorable Mention: 2005
Award of Merit: 2007

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Fancy Dress X New Leaf
Child plants: 11 child plants

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  • Iris
  • Tall Bearded Iris

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Location: Western Kentucky
Date: Spring 2016
Location: Western Kentucky
Date: Spring 2016
Location: Cawston, BC
Date: 2022-10-31
From Hillside Irises
Location: Russia, Krasnodar region, Novokubansk
Date: 2020-05-14
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2011-05-20

Telepathy
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-05-20
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-05-04
Uploaded by iciris

Date: 2019-05-04
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2024-05-27
Location: In my garden at Middletown, DE
Date: 2018-05-21
Location: Mexico, Missouri 
Date: 2022-05-11
Location: Bytom/Poland/
Date: 2015-05-17
Location: Willamette Valley, Oregon 
Date: 2015-04-28
Location: Schreiner's Garden
Date: 2011-05-20
Location: Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Salen, Oregon
Date: 2015-05-18
AIS National Convention, Portland, OR--Iris in Wonderland 2015
Uploaded by Betja
Location: Wilhoit, AZ
Date: April 2024
Telepathy at Bloomer-Rang Iris Farm
Uploaded by Betja

Date: 2014-05-20
Uploaded by Misawa77
Uploaded by Misawa77
Location: Tabby's Garden
Date: 2012-05-10
Location: Glen Rock PA
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-21
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Uploaded by MaryDurtschi
Location: Keith Keppel's garden in Salem, OR
Date: 2011-05-21

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris. Used with permission.

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