Louisiana Iris - 'Birthday Suit'

Louisiana Iris - 'Birthday Suit'

R2010, Patrick O'Connor.   Sdlg. 06-25.  36", EM.  Falls white with very pale overlay of pink. Standards near white with some very pale pink toward edges. Styles cream with deeper, fleshy pink in alongside a lighter midrib.  Signals are a loosely defined series of yellow lines, darker toward the middle; a few yellow lines repeated on standards.  Slightly ruffled petals.  Honey Star x Nottoway.  The amount of pink coloring seems variable with the season; in 2009 it was near white but it has been more distinctly pink before.  Growers in some areas of the country also have reported that the iris appears essentially white.