(SPEC) 'Korolkowii Concolor'
1888, Baker for Foster
'Korolkowii Concolor' (
John Gilbert Baker for
Sir Michael Foster, 1888)
Section Regelia. Color Code-S7M, Smooth heliotrope with pink tinge and fine veining of dark red-violet. Described by Royal Iris Gardens 1933 catalog as "24 inches. Standards and falls a very lovely and pleasing shade of pink violet, veined and netted with almost black purple. The beard and signal patch on the falls are black, and the styles almost so. The segments of the bloom are elengated and pointed, but of good width, forming a nice-sized bloom of attractive shapr." Pictured in Curtis's Botanical Magazine 114: tab. 7025. 1888; Krelage & Sons 1893. A form of
Iris korolkowii Regel
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