■(AB) 'Sailing At Dawn'

2018, Tasco

'Sailing At Dawn' (Richard Tasco, R. 2018). Seedling 14-AM-09-06. AB (OGB-), 27" (69 cm), Late midseason bloom. Standards pale blue-white, strong golden wash up midrib spreading out into gold veins; style arms bright golden yellow, darker at crests, brick glow along upper ridge and edge, plum glow above stigmatic lip; falls oxblood red (RHS 183C), some yellow and white veining around upper beard and in throat, burgundy signal slightly veined darker, veins and some dots around signal edge; beards golden bronze, few light blue hairs at end; lightly ruffled; medium purple based foliage; pronounced sweet fragrance. 'Navajo Velvet' X 'Feel the Heat'. Superstition 2018. Honorable Mention 2023.

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Superstition Iris Garden catalog 2018 - SAILING AT DAWN (Tasco 2018) AB(OGB-, 1/4 Aril), 27", ML. Seedling 14-AM-09-06. Pale bluish white standards, strong golden wash up midribs spreading out into gold veins. Oxblood red falls, burgundy signal, slightly veined darker with veins and some dots around edges of signal. Some small yellow and white veining around upper beard and in throat. Golden bronze beards with a few light blue hairs at the end, medium purple based foliage. Three lightly ruffled buds with a sweet fragrance. Navajo Velvet X Feel the Heat. $22.00

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