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(SPEC) Iris samariae Dins. or 'Samariae'

1933, Dinsmore

Iris samariae (John Edward Dinsmore, 1933, Bayta, Palestine). Section Oncocyclus , 28" (70 cm). Early bloom. Color Code-Y8D. Flower resembling I. lortetii, but larger, 12 cm in diameter, and falls wider, not strongly reflexed, with larger dots, 4-5 x 6-7 cm, narrowed slightly to a very short haft, purple-lined and dotted on a creamy ground; spot small, dark-brown, hairs red-brown on a white ground. Standards 6.5 cm, orbicular with a short claw, lined with dark-pink, dark-brown at the base; style branches 5 cm, reddish-brown, the crests purple-dotted, recurved. As Iris samariae Dinsm. now a variety of Iris lortetii. (Iris lortetii W. Barbey). Iris lortetii variety samariae has no cultivars other than 'Samariae'.

As Iris samariae it has been involved in the following crosses: 'Amboy Agate', 'Ashkol', 'Bedouin Queen', 'Marganit', 'Tirat Tsvi'

ΒΌ Iris samariae crosses: 'April Apogee', 'Mansions Of Light', 'Nomad's Child', 'Pastel Lady', 'Thine The 'Glory', 'Tzor'.

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