Schreiner
'Carpathia' (Robert Schreiner). MDB, height 4" 3" (10 cm). Early bloom. Standards full Schreiner's 1942. yellow; falls yellow-brown, edged lighter yellow. A Transylvanian (Rumanian) form of I. pumila from collected seed. Schreiner.--Source of this description unknown?
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Awaiting original catalog description From the 1942 Schreiner's Iris Lover's Catalog: Diminuitive 3 inch yellow; beard and all the same color. An ideal minature and companion to Sulina. |
‘Carpathia’. (Robert Schreiner, Transylvania). MDB; 4” (10 cm), E. Selected by Robert Schreiner from seed sent by the University of Cluj, Cluj, Romania, which had been originally collected in Transylvania near the mouth of the Danube River. “A real midget, only 4” high. Standards clear light yellow, crinkled. Falls olive yellow, edged light yellow. Beard particularly interesting and unusual: outer part tall, clear cream; inner part deepest orange. Exceedingly floriferous.”--Rainbow Gardens 1951. 2n=32. Iris pumila L.. |
(Schreiner, R. 1942) MDB, 3" (8 cm), EM Standards clear light yellow, crinkled; falls olive yellow, edged light yellow. Beard deepest orange in throat, end clear cream. Parentage unknown. I. pumila seed from Cluj Botanic Garden, Romania. Retroactively registered by AIS 2017. Schreiner 1942. |
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I | Attachment | Action | Size | Date | Who | Comment |
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JPG | carpathia.JPG | manage | 872 K | 12 Jun 2018 - 02:51 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Larry Harder slide collection |
JPG | carpathia1.JPG | manage | 702 K | 12 Jun 2018 - 02:54 | Main.TLaurin | Photo scanned from the Larry Harder slide collection |
jpg | Iris_Carpathia_0010.jpg | manage | 62 K | 14 May 2016 - 01:40 | Main.brian | Carpathia |