■(TB) 'Shekinah'
1918, Sturtevant
'Shekinah' (
Grace Sturtevant, 1918) 36" Midseason bloom. Color Class-Y4L. Standards and falls pale lemon yellow, deeper at base of Standards; olive reticulations on claw; yellow-orange beard.
'Hope' x
'Hope'. Sturtevant 1918.
See below:
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References:
From Sturtevant Glen Road Iris Garden catalog, 1920: SHEKINAH — A Pale Lemon Yellow deepening thru the center; the first clear yellow of pallida growth, 3 ft. SILVER MEDAL (MHS) 1917. $25.00. |
From Robert Wayman,"Best Twenty-five Irises", The Flower Grower, Oct 1925: SHEKINAH is a pale yellow pallida originated by our American hybridizer Miss Sturtevant. When seen in a mass it is exquisitely beautiful. |
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