Irises: I've entered the Twilight Zone, 1 by flowerfrenzy

flowerfrenzy wrote:
Okay, this is just the wierdest thing. I was hoping that someone could help me by giving me an explanation of a phenomenon that I'm experiencing in my garden this year.

The saturation of blue and/or purple pigmentation on my blooms has changed and I can't figure out why. The first set of blooms were the normal color that I see year to year. However, the second and third sets have gotten progressively darker.

Here are some examples:

Spouting Horn-normal first set of blooms: