Iris Id Please, so many unknown named Iris

I bought this Iris from the coop here on daves last summer and it's supposed to be Brown Lasso, I don't think that's what I got. I do love the color of this Iris.

A good friend of mine thought this might be Edith Wolford, I looked it up and I think thats what this one is.

Jurassic park is a little darker, I do have Jurassic Park, but its still one fan after 3 years and has never bloomed. I moved it last year to see if it would grow for me, and it just sits there.

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Love the color on this purple Iris, any idea's on my name

Unknown peach colored, love it.

I found the name of 3 of my Iris, I purchased them in 2001, this one is called

Iris Germanica Orange Monarch

This message was edited Jun 4, 2007 11:44 AM

Same as above in a clump form

Love the color on this one also, I think some of these might have came from Wandasflowers a few years back. I used the mini blind tags then and the marker wore off now I don't know who is who.

ID as Artshow

This message was edited Jun 4, 2007 11:41 AM

Pink/purpleish color

I found the information on this Iris, purchased in 2001

Iris Germanica Pink Horizon, but I not sure if that's the correct name because mine seems so much darker pink than the ones I've seen online

This message was edited Jun 4, 2007 11:46 AM

Love the ruffles on this lavender color Iris.

My friend also thinks this one is Beaux Arts, it looks very close to me.

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This Iris has been blooming for 2 1/2 weeks now, and the foliage is beautiful.

I'm not sure if this is Chantilly, mine don't have the ruffles like the picture in Stoney Creek. Thanks for your help, this is a wonderful Iris, the foliage is always beautiful.

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same as above in clump form

Dark and beautiful, any ideas who I am

Another unknown named Iris

Looking at one of this sites I was wondering if this could be

Dauntless
Connell,1929

Ok this could be 'Christabel' Lapham, 1934
described as; TB 34" M, Dark red bitone with yellow highlights and gold beards.

Or

'Indian Chief' Ayres, 1929
describes as; TB 35" EM , Maroon bitone. Translucent standards are wire-edged fall color. Falls are deep and velvety. Vigorous grower, will take quite a bit of shade and still bloom.

I think Wandasflowers sent these to me, maybe she will know. Thanks for all your help.

Cathy


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This message was edited Jun 4, 2007 7:09 AM

Last one, this came from my aunts house about 10 years ago. This was the only Iris I had up until about 4 years ago when I started adding a few to my gardens. Now that I've seen this year all the wonderful early color in the garden I want more. I put in a order with Shriners, I purchased all three collections of the mini's and dwarf Iris for early color in the garden, can't wait to get them in July.

Linda it looks like Honorabile to me, comparing the pictures. Now that it has a name do you want some? LOL.

Thanks,

Cathy



This message was edited Jun 4, 2007 6:58 AM

cb,
I am no expert but, your 11th pic (next to the last one) sure looks like my historic Indian Chief.

And the 8th pic looks like historic Chantilly. There is a pic of it on the Stoney Creek iris web site.

And this is TOTALLY a guess but I love that first one. Could it be Jurrasic Park ?

I just found the pic of my Indian Chief. Of coarse it's the one in the back of the pic.

Post #3542422 Is possibly
'Christabel' Lapham, 1934
described as; TB 34" M, Dark red bitone with yellow highlights and gold beards.
I don't think it is,
'Indian Chief' Ayres, 1929
describes as; TB 35" EM , Maroon bitone. Translucent standards are wire-edged fall color. Falls are deep and velvety. Vigorous grower, will take quite a bit of shade and still bloom.

the standards of 'Indian Chief are translucent in almost any light, and from my experience it will bloom in shadier spots of the gardens where other Iris rarely bloom.

DebiV
Here is a picture of my 'Indian Chief' ,taken in late afternoon sun, this spot receives very little full sun, it's shaded most of the day, if you look very closely you will see the 'wire of color' along the very edge of the standards.

http://www.worldiris.com and http://www.hips-roots.com are two places to check out some historic Iris pics and descriptions. I have found it helpful trying to ID some of the older Iris that are very hard to find pics of.

DebiV

Thanks everyone, I did edit the posts to add the names of the unknown Iris. This is the first year I've had so many Iris blooming, seems to take me 2-3 years to get blooms, but they are sure worth the wait.

Cathy

http://www.worldiris.com/public_html/Frame_pages/QFix_Index_Frame.html
Here is another good link for ids

Cathy, check the picture of Honorabile at www.hips-roots.com that I told you about. I think it is the name of the yellow/maroon from your Aunt's house!

Linda

cbrandenburg,

I'm providing these links from another thread - - concerning "naming Unknowns". The important information in this conversation /links may be of value to you.

http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3570266
http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3571364
http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3571451
http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3572282

Thanks,
~Margie



This message was edited Jun 4, 2007 2:32 PM

Thanks for all the links, I'm going to check them all out.

Cathy

your picture of Pink Horizons doesn't look at all like mine......it is a beautiful iris but yours seem to have more lavender..
I fell in love with your orange monarch and artshow

Your picture looks like the pink horizon that I've seen online. A beautiful soft pink, I think mine was sold to me under a wrong name, but I still love the color of the iris.

Thanks for posting your picture!

Cathy

your Dark & Beauty looks like Superstiion(Schreiner 1977)