Photo Courtesy of Diana Williams

ORIGINATOR: Schreiner

INTRODUCED: 1999

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 36"

BLOOM SEASON: Mid to Late

DESCRIPTION: S. crystalline white, midrib golden yellow; F. light creamy yellow to white, yellow shoulders, 2" rosy magenta marginal band; beards golden yellow.

PARENTAGE: AA 1324-G: (Gypsy Woman x N 502-FF: (I 335-5: ((C 973-A: (Lilac Champagne x (Toll Gate x After Dark)) x ((Alpenrose x Whole Cloth) x Cashmere)) x (C 973-A x (((Broadway Star x Giant Rose) x ((Maytime x Opal Beauty) x Whole Cloth)) x Wine and Roses))) x H 238-A: ((Champagne Music x (R 1052-2 x Christmas Time)) x (Orchid Brocade x (Annabel Lee sib x Emma Cook))))) X AA 1374-A: ((Sailmaster x ((Mysterious x (Matinata x ((Agatine x Tompkins 50-82) x Edenite))) x (Shoreline sib x Brook Flower))) x Ragtime)

AWARDS: HM'01, AM'03

INTERESTING INFO: Named after the popular television show that sparked an entire generation of Sci-Fi movies and "Trekies," Starship Enterprise was the featured iris in the 1999 Schreiner's Iris Lovers Catalog.