■(SDB) 'Platinum Gold'

1967, Roberts

'Platinum Gold' (Earl Roberts, R. 1964) SDB, 11" (28 cm), Early bloom. Standards deep lemon-yellow, white reverse; falls white, deep lemon spot at white beard, lemon edge and reverse. (Orchid TB seedling x 'Barium Gold') X Zickler seedling: (('Twilight Sky' x white I. pumila ) x ('Desert Song' x white I. pumila )). Roberts, Tell 1967. High Commendation 1966; Honorable Mention 1968; Judges Choice 1968, 1969.

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A most unusual combination of canary and white was named PLATINUM GOLD; name suggested by Bonnie Dunbar. The standards are canary yellow with a white reverse and mid-rib; the falls are white with a deep lemon half spot around the white beard, a narrow lemon edge, and yellow reverse. It is a beautiful pattern and something entirely new. It is not perfect since the falls tend to be strappy, but we expect to introduce it in 1967. [Earl R. Roberts, “A New Color Class in Medians,” The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 184 (January 1967): 48.]

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