Photo Courtesy of Fritz Lehmann

ORIGINATOR: Schreiner INTRODUCED: 1968 CLASS: Tall Bearded HEIGHT: 37" BLOOM SEASON: Mid to Late DESCRIPTION: S. rich orange-yellow blended buff-russet; F same overlaid bronze-amber. PARENTAGE: Olympic Torch X Brasilia AWARDS: HC'67, HM'72 INTERESTING INFO: From the 1968 Schreiner's Iris Lovers Catalog: A flower of ever changing hues. In color effect a beautiful combination of rich orange, buff russet and deeper bronze amber. The flower literally pulsates, glittering as if releasing imprisoned light. The two-toned effect is embellished by an exciting melded copper-amber overlay on the falls. Blooms of suede-like texture, well branched stems with 9 buds. Won its Highly Commended (HC) at the National Iris meeting in Denver 1967 under seedling number T 1420-1.