1885, Foster
'Amas' (Sir Michael Foster, 1885, Collected, Amasia). TB; Color code =B3M, Height 30" (75 cm), Early bloom. Standards paler blue, Falls deep blue purple, prominent beard bluish white hairs tipped orange.
See below:
The Bulletin of The American Iris Society gives "Flowers large; early; light hyssop violet; Falls smooth petunia violet; stalk low and very well-branched; growth vigorous; 30 in. Details. Standards very finely veined, floppy; beard bluish white, orange tipped. One of the best germanicas, the parent of 'Oriflame' and many other large hybrids. The pollen only is fertile. As a parent it carries its size, height, often its color and poor substance." Despite this quote 'Dorcas Hutcheson' and 'Ursula' are said to be from pods on 'Amas'. 2n=48. Dammann 1895; also considered by some as synonymous with 'Macrantha'. Generally classed as Iris germanica L.. |
Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society 15: 3 Oct. 1889; Dammann 1895, Farr 1912, Francis 1920; Wing 1920; Cornell Arigricultural Experiment Station Memoir 100: 79 1926 illustrated, Berry 1929; Perry 1938; Tip Top 1938, Vilmorin 1938; Katkamier 1939, Gilbert Wild & Sons 1939, Journal Royal Horticultural Society 53: Pt 1, 131January 1928 Trials, High Commendation Royal Horticultural society 1916; AAclix. |
See also information on the Historic Iris preservation Society website |
Amas was one of the most important "Germanica" cultivars in the creation of the modern tetraploid tall-bearded Irises. Here is a list of it first generation crosses;
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-- Main.RPries - 2010-03-31
I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
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jpg | 1885Amas.jpg | manage | 27 K | 18 Jun 2017 - 02:45 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Daniel Boris,Iris Du Grand Barbu-France |
jpg | 1amas_2jb.jpg | manage | 301 K | 08 Mar 2017 - 17:40 | Main.Harloiris | Photo by John Black, zone 4, Montana |
jpg | AMAS.jpg | manage | 226 K | 05 Aug 2013 - 01:42 | Main.LTE46951 | Photo By Leon Elliott: My Garden |
JPG | Amas.JPG | manage | 71 K | 30 Jan 2011 - 18:54 | IrisP | |
jpg | Amas.jpg | manage | 23 K | 10 Nov 2010 - 18:43 | UnknownUser | Curtesy of Mike Lowe from original HIPS website |
jpg | AmasBHI.jpg | manage | 61 K | 14 Apr 2012 - 14:42 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
jpg | AmasRT.jpg | manage | 25 K | 22 Jan 2012 - 14:53 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Rick Tasco |
jpg | AmasTIF.jpg | manage | 28 K | 04 Dec 2011 - 15:56 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by The Iris Fan |
jpg | Amas_Cornell.jpg | manage | 178 K | 28 Jan 2014 - 15:40 | Main.davepote | Sand, Austin W. W. A Study of Pogoniris Varieties. 1925. Ithaca: Cornell University. 79. Historical Iris Preservation Society Photocopy edition, 2003. Print. |
jpg | amas01.jpg | manage | 138 K | 07 Feb 2017 - 15:44 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Breezeway Iris Garden |
jpg | amas02.jpg | manage | 38 K | 27 May 2017 - 23:43 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Sandy Gessner Eggertson-Merlebleu Iris Garden-Manitoba,Canada |
jpg | amas07.jpg | manage | 81 K | 09 Jul 2013 - 00:45 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Schreiner's Iris Gardens |
JPG | amas9.JPG | manage | 82 K | 12 Sep 2013 - 14:39 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Nancy McDonald |
jpg | rsz_amas_1.jpg | manage | 398 K | 29 Mar 2016 - 19:26 | Main.Harloiris | Photo by John Black, growing in Montana, zone 4 |