Color Class--Amoenas

Simply defined an amoena is a flower with white standards and colored falls. It takes its name from Iris amoena which was at first believed to be a species but later was thought to be an ancient cross involving Iris pallida and possibly Iris variegata. Because it was one of the first larger bearded irises to have this color combination it provided the name for this color class.

Historic amoenas include:....

Modern amoenas from 2023 include;....

‘America's Top Model’ 'Art Du Camouflage' 'Bone Chilling' ‘Casual Comfort’ 'Catch Phrase' 'Clodagh Kelway' 'Cocardier' 'Crashing Seas' 'Fade Into You' 'Grape Snowcone' ‘Indecisive’ 'Kettelse' 'L'Argent Du Beurre' ‘Love Is Nice’ 'Miltitzer Blickfang' 'Sawatch' 'Snow Over Tahoe'

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Discussion:

The original amoenas had pure white standards and the above examples were chosen based on that criteria. Others come close with White standards with tinted midribs or bases, but the selections above were pure white.

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-- Main.RPries - 2010-09-09