Difference: IbPurpleKing (r8 vs. r7)
■(IB) 'Purple King'
1830, Collector Nathanael Wallich
'Purple King' (Nathanael Wallich, collected 1830, Katmandu, Nepal). Section Iris. IB; Color Class-R1D.
"Unlike most of the Iris germanica forms mentioned, 'Nepalensis' has the falls and standards almost the same shade of deep red-purple. The beard hairs are bluish-white at the apex of the beard, graduating to white with orange tips on the haft." -- B. Mathew The Iris. Royal Gardens in 1933 lists as" 30 inches. 'Kochii' color, but larger blooms with broader segments and flaring falls. better grower";2n=24?. Clibran 1881. Iris germanica.
Synonyms: Midnight, Nepalensis, Purple Blush, Purple Prince, Purple Queen, Royal Purple, Spectabile, Spectabilis, Strata, Trautlieb, aatropuurpurea Dykes, germanica atropurpurea, purpurea.
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Your Observations Are Valued. Please make note of bud count, branching, purple based foliage and bloom time, etc. Because these are affected by climate, note date, year and geographic location and write these and other comments in the comment box below.-- Main.RPries - 2010-04-14
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 jpg | PurpleKing2SG.jpg | manage | 40 K | 13 Dec 2011 - 23:52 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Seagate Iris, UK |
| jpg | Purple_King_edited-1.jpg | manage | 52 K | 14 Apr 2010 - 23:42 | UnknownUser | Purple King first year planting, NC Pries photo |
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