On my most recent visit to Filoli, there were more Bearded Irises in bloom than I had ever seen there before. The flowers of Bearded Irises include three petals, also called Standards (the upward curving parts of the flowers) and three sepals, also called Falls (the downward curving parts of the flowers). The beards are the fuzzy parts on the Falls.
Iris ‘Ovation’
SOURCE: Iris ‘Ovation’ (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 08 May 2009.
Iris ‘San Francisco’
SOURCE: Iris ‘San Francisco’ (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 08 May 2009.
Iris ‘Honorabile’
SOURCE: Iris ‘Honorabile’ (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 08 May 2009.
Iris ‘Lent Williamson’
SOURCE: Iris ‘Lent Williamson’ (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 08 May 2009.
Copyright © 2009 by Stephen J. Danko
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