Difference: TbDuskyDancer (r20 vs. r19)
(TB) 'Dusky Dancer'
1967, Luihn
'Dusky Dancer' ( Walter Luihn, R. 1966). Seedling 63-50. TB, 36" (91 cm). Midseason to late bloom. Color Class V1DD, Extremely dark violet-black self; ruffled; self beard. 'Dark Fury' X 'Black Swan'. Tell, Mission Bell 1967.
On past See below: performance, we would pick 'OPENING NIGHT', but we didn't see it this year, so let's pick DUSKY DANCER. About the darkest iris available with immaculate form and slight ruffling. A sterling achievement. As with most blacks, bud-count is minimum. In Coastal California it loves to rebloom in the summer. [Joe Ghio, âThe Eye of the Beholder,â The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 199 (October 1970): 43.]
References:
| From AIS Bulletin #185 April 1967 Introducing DUSKY DANCER (Luihn). Midseason to late. 36". This could be described as a very dark black-violet-several shades darker than either parent-including the beard. But the blossoms are as romantic as the name And appear to have been fashioned from lustrous black velvet with form near perfection. Wide ruffled petals, domed standards, flaring swirling falls. Fine substance and habit of growth, with well-branched stalks and good placement of buds. DARK FURY X BLACK SWAN. No. 63-50. HC '64, '65, '66. Net $25.00. Mission Bell. |
| On past performance, we would pick OPENING NIGHT, but we didn't see it this year, so let's pick DUSKY DANCER. About the darkest iris available with immaculate form and slight ruffling. A sterling achievement. As with most blacks, bud-count is minimum. In Coastal California it loves to rebloom in the summer. [Joe Ghio, The Eye of the Beholder, The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 199 (October 1970): 43.] |
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| I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
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 jpg | DuskyDancer12BHI.jpg | manage | 86 K | 17 Apr 2012 - 19:21 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Bluebird Haven Iris Garden |
| jpg | DuskyDancerEI.jpg | manage | 45 K | 11 Dec 2012 - 19:00 | Main.Betsy881 | Photo by Exline Iris Garden |
 JPG | Dusky_Dancer_Luinh_1967.JPG | manage | 73 K | 17 Dec 2009 - 16:52 | Main.Laymont+ | by Dejoux in my garden : sud-ouest France |
| jpg | Dusky_Dancer_com.jpg | manage | 39 K | 26 Jan 2011 - 22:28 | Main.Selina49 | Dusky Dancer at Selina's Iris Garden |
| jpg | dusky01.jpg | manage | 90 K | 08 Jun 2015 - 03:01 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Exline Iris Garden |
| jpg | duskydancer1.jpg | manage | 114 K | 21 Apr 2016 - 02:54 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by HIPS Archives |
| jpg | duskydancer5.jpg | manage | 75 K | 07 Nov 2013 - 22:02 | Main.TLaurin | Photo by Alain Chapelle-France |
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