Sailor’s Dance


  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

ORIGINATOR: Schreiner

INTRODUCED: 1973

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 35"

BLOOM SEASON: Mid to Late

DESCRIPTION: Ruffled solid medium blue self; white beard tinted blue.

PARENTAGE: A 175-A X Y 203-A: (R 631-C: (First Violet x Arabi Pasha) x S 635-A: (Salem x Bluebird Blue))

AWARDS: High Commendation 1972, Honorable Mention 1974

PBF: Unknown

INTERESTING INFO:
From the 1973 Schreiner's Iris Lover's Catalog: Iris come and go, but we predict this uniform "clean as a whistle" solid medium blue iris will go on delighting iris fanciers year after year. It has everything—a perfection of beauty with a lilt and character and that enchanting fluting plus a liberal degree of ruffling, good form and haft pattern. The fluting and ruffling increases as the flower expands. Exquisitely formed and delicately finished clear blue self. Sturdy, well-branched stems; three branches plus a terminal with 7 to 8 buds. Highly Commended AIS '72.