1992, Black
'Tweety Bird' (Paul Black, R. 1991). Seedling# 89259A. SDB, height 12" (30 cm), Early bloom. Standards pastel yellow; style arms yellow; falls yellow with olive cast, orange overlay on hafts; beards bright orange; slight fragrance. 'Wake Up' X seedling# 86384A: (('Oriental Blush' x 'Gigglepot') x ('Gigglepot' x 'Chubby Cheeks' sibling)). Mid-America 1992.
Hybridizer's comment: 'Tweety Bird' is from a one seed cross. Fortunately that one seed germinated !
Pod parent, 'Wake Up' has the purple 'Velvet Pride' in its background. 'Velvet Pride' was an exceptionally nice SDB at that time. 'Wake Up' also has 'Soft Air' as part of the pod parent which ties it back to 'Chubby Cheeks'.
The pollen parent has tangerine bearded plicatas to reinforce the orange beards and also 'Chubby Cheeks' sib, again to tie it back to 'Chubby Cheeks' and reinforce the genes for form and plicata.
The cross was made as the beginning of a project to put orange beards on purple irises. 'Tweety Bird' was initially a better parent for orange bearded yellows, salmons, and apricots than for orange bearded purples. Only later did the orange bearded purples evolve.
Kitty Dyer is Perry Dyer's mother. Many of you know Perry. When 'Tweety Bird' bloomed, I was so excited I called her and Perry and told them they had to see it. In her haste to get there, Kitty received a speeding ticket. She did get a Tweety for free to help ease the pain of the ticket.
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I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
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jpg | TweetyBird02.jpg | manage | 71 K | 30 May 2014 - 20:37 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Paul Black |
JPG | TweetyBird06.JPG | manage | 104 K | 22 Dec 2016 - 14:42 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets |
jpg | TweetyBrd.jpg | manage | 26 K | 13 Feb 2010 - 21:58 | Main.shanatse | 'Tweety Bird' |
JPG | Tweety_Bird_1992_Black_SDB.JPG | manage | 57 K | 03 Dec 2009 - 08:32 | Main.tasquierloic | Photo taken in the Netherlands - Zone 7 by Loïc Tasquier |
JPG | sdb_tweety_bird.JPG | manage | 52 K | 27 Oct 2010 - 17:01 | Main.plantaddict487 | BJ SW MB Canada, Zone 3USDA |
JPG | tweety01.JPG | manage | 64 K | 30 May 2015 - 14:21 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Paul Black |
jpg | tweetybird01.jpg | manage | 53 K | 22 Aug 2014 - 22:32 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Iris City Gardens |
jpg | tweetybird02.jpg | manage | 87 K | 22 Nov 2015 - 03:45 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Barry Blyth-Australia |
jpg JPG | tweetybird05.jpg tweetybird03.JPG | manage | 27 307 K | 07 Jul 2013 02 May 2017 - 23:31 02:46 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Schreiner's Wisconsin Iris Gardens Society |
jpg | tweetybird1.jpg tweetybird05.jpg | manage | 143 27 K | 03 Jun 2016 07 Jul 2013 - 19:18 23:31 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Karen Schreiner's Lockyear at Aurora Borealis Iris Garden,Aurora,Ontario,Canada Gardens |
JPG jpg | tweetybird10.JPG tweetybird1.jpg | manage | 59 143 K | 02 Feb 2012 03 Jun 2016 - 07:21 19:18 | Main.htb Main.TLaurin | ©2006 Laurie Frazer Photo by Karen Lockyear at Aurora Borealis Iris Garden,Aurora,Ontario,Canada |
JPG | tweetybird2.JPG tweetybird10.JPG | manage | 353 59 K | 01 02 Feb 2017 2012 - 03:34 07:21 | Main.TLaurin Main.htb | Photo by Elizabeth ©2006 Laurie Frazer Rieniets |
JPG | tweetybird3.JPG tweetybird2.JPG | manage | 458 353 K | 01 Feb 2017 - 03:36 03:34 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets |
JPG | tweetybird4.JPG tweetybird3.JPG | manage | 312 458 K | 01 Feb 2017 - 03:37 03:36 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets |
JPG | tweetybird4.JPG | manage | 312 K | 01 Feb 2017 - 03:37 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets |