Difference: SdbTweetyBird (r25 vs. r24)

■(SDB) 'Tweety Bird'

1992, Black

'Tweety Bird' (Paul Black, R. 1991). Seedling# 89259A. SDB, height 12" (30 cm), Early bloom. Standards pastel yellow; style arms yellow; falls yellow with olive cast, orange overlay on hafts; beards bright orange; slight fragrance. 'Wake Up' X seedling# 86384A: (('Oriental Blush' x 'Gigglepot') x ('Gigglepot' x 'Chubby Cheeks' sibling)). Mid-America 1992.

Hybridizer's comment: 'Tweety Bird' is from a one seed cross. Fortunately that one seed germinated !
Pod parent, 'Wake Up' has the purple 'Velvet Pride' in its background. 'Velvet Pride' was an exceptionally nice SDB at that time. 'Wake Up' also has 'Soft Air' as part of the pod parent which ties it back to 'Chubby Cheeks'.
The pollen parent has tangerine bearded plicatas to reinforce the orange beards and also 'Chubby Cheeks' sib, again to tie it back to 'Chubby Cheeks' and reinforce the genes for form and plicata.
The cross was made as the beginning of a project to put orange beards on purple irises. 'Tweety Bird' was initially a better parent for orange bearded yellows, salmons, and apricots than for orange bearded purples. Only later did the orange bearded purples evolve.
Kitty Dyer is Perry Dyer's mother. Many of you know Perry. When 'Tweety Bird' bloomed, I was so excited I called her and Perry and told them they had to see it. In her haste to get there, Kitty received a speeding ticket. She did get a Tweety for free to help ease the pain of the ticket.

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• THIS is a very important SBD : 53 registrations mention it's name and it is in the pedigree of many SDBs that are born nowdays. And you know why? It is the best 'Shape Improver' you can think of!

-- LoicT - 03 Dec 2009

I	Attachment	Action	Size	Date	Who	Comment
jpg	TweetyBrd.jpg	manage	26 K	13 Feb 2010 - 21:58	Main.shanatse	'Tweety Bird'
jpg	tweetybird05.jpg	manage	27 K	07 Jul 2013 - 23:31	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Schreiner's Iris Gardens
JPG	sdb_tweety_bird.JPG	manage	52 K	27 Oct 2010 - 17:01	Main.plantaddict487	BJ SW MB Canada, Zone 3USDA
jpg	tweetybird01.jpg	manage	53 K	22 Aug 2014 - 22:32	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Iris City Gardens
JPG	Tweety_Bird_1992_Black_SDB.JPG	manage	57 K	03 Dec 2009 - 08:32	Main.tasquierloic	Photo taken in the Netherlands - Zone 7 by Loïc Tasquier
JPG	tweetybird10.JPG	manage	59 K	02 Feb 2012 - 07:21	Main.htb	©2006 Laurie Frazer
JPG	tweety01.JPG	manage	64 K	30 May 2015 - 14:21	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Paul Black
jpg	TweetyBird02.jpg	manage	71 K	30 May 2014 - 20:37	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Paul Black
jpg	tweetybird02.jpg	manage	87 K	22 Nov 2015 - 03:45	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Barry Blyth-Australia
JPG	TweetyBird06.JPG	manage	104 K	22 Dec 2016 - 14:42	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets
jpg JPG	tweetybird1.jpg tweetybird6.JPG	manage	143 138 K	03 29 Jun 2016 2017 - 19:18 14:27	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Karen Lockyear Lockyear-taken at Aurora Borealis Iris Garden,Aurora,Ontario,Canada Garden,Aurora,Ontario-Canada
JPG jpg	tweetybird03.JPG tweetybird1.jpg	manage	307 143 K	02 May 2017 03 Jun 2016 - 02:46 19:18	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Wisconsin Karen Lockyear at Aurora Borealis Iris Society Garden,Aurora,Ontario,Canada
JPG	tweetybird4.JPG tweetybird04.JPG	manage	312 154 K	01 Feb 29 Jun 2017 - 03:37 14:23	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets Karen Lockyear-taken at Aurora Borealis Iris Garden,Aurora,Ontario-Canada
JPG	tweetybird2.JPG tweetybird5.JPG	manage	353 172 K	01 Feb 29 Jun 2017 - 03:34 14:25	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets Karen Lockyear-taken at Aurora Borealis Iris Garden,Aurora,Ontario-Canada
JPG	tweetybird3.JPG tweetybird03.JPG	manage	458 307 K	01 Feb 02 May 2017 - 03:36 02:46	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets Wisconsin Iris Society
JPG	tweetybird4.JPG	manage	312 K	01 Feb 2017 - 03:37	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets
JPG	tweetybird2.JPG	manage	353 K	01 Feb 2017 - 03:34	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets
JPG	tweetybird3.JPG	manage	458 K	01 Feb 2017 - 03:36	Main.TLaurin	Photo by Elizabeth Rieniets