Faint Praise
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Keith Keppel 1991/1992
Iris Class:
Bearded
Bearded Class:
Tall Bearded
Age:
1990-1999
Fall Color:
White Ground Blue/Purp Stitch
Standard Color:
White Ground Blue/Purp Stitch
Pattern:
Plicata
Beard Color:
Lemon/Light Yellow
Hybridizer:
Keppel
Rarity:
GG eligible - protected

Full Description

TB, height 34″ (86 cm), Early bloom. Standards white, pale lilac (M&P 41-C-4/5) allover suffusion; falls white, finely dotted french violet (44-H-7) hafts paling to soft chinese violet (41-I-7) to lilac shaded edge; beards white, tipped indian orange (1-D-12); pronounced sweet fragrance. Seedling# 80-74A: (‘Pink Froth’ x (seedling# 77-95A: ((‘Picayune’ sibling x ‘Roundup’) x ‘Osage Buff’) x ((‘Barcelona’ x (Jones seedling# 743 x (‘Marquesan Skies’ x ‘Babbling Brook’))) x ((‘Roundup’ sibling x ‘April Melody’) x ‘Osage Buff’)))) X seedling# 81-259H: (seedling# 77-101A: (((‘Roundup’ sibling x ‘April Melody’) x ‘April Melody’) x ((seedling# 68-39D: (((‘Irma Melrose’ x ‘Tea Apron’) x ((‘Full Circle’ x ‘Rococo’) x ‘Tea Apron’)) x ‘April Melody’) x seedling# 68-40B, sibling) x ‘Osage Buff’)) x seedling# 77-71A: ((‘Pink Taffeta’ x (‘Roundup’ sibling x ‘April Melody’]])) x ‘Pink Confetti’)). Keppel 1992.