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(TB) 'El Gato'
1960, Knopf 'El Gato' (Mary Ellen Knopf, R. 1959). Seedling 15-E-99. TB, 38" (97 cm), Early midseason bloom. Color Class-V2, Standards cyclamen picoted lighter; falls cream ground bordered plum-purple, dotted plum-purple. Sdlg. 1891 x sdlg. 1740. Knopf 1960. See below:
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| From AIS Bulletin #157, April 1960. Introducing EL GATO (Sdlg No. 15.E-99) 1891 x 1940. A heavily laced plicata. Cream background over all. Standards cyclamen purple pequoted in lighted shade. Style arms cyclamen purple, wide and heavily laced and serrated. Lush thick bronze beard. Falls outlined wide band plum purple (934 Wilson's). Dotting of same color on falls. Maroon hafts (1030 Wilson's). An altogether elegant flower wide of parts and nicely branched on sturdy stalks with 3 buds to a socket. Vigorous and floriferous. Fertile both ways. E.M. 38". $25.00. Knopf Iris Garden. |
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