Aril Section 
Che Oncocpclus Species 
ATROPURPUREA EE 12-18” $1.50 
The standards are of a dark reddish-purple with black veins, 
while the falls are a uniform almost black tone. There is a 
greenish-yellow signal patch which is bordered velvety black 
while the beard is of scattered yellowish hairs. This one 
grows in the sandy lowlands near the coast where the annual 
rainfall is about twenty inches. 
ATROPURPUREA var. EGGERI E 15-20" $1.50 
Very similar to the specie above—it varies in being quite 
brown. It is handsome and seems to bloom rather easily. 
BARNUMAE var. MARIAE E 6-9” $1.50 
This low growing specie has very small leaves. The rounded 
standards and falls of red-purple make an almost globular 
flower. The standards are veined with deeper purple. It 
comes from a sandy hill country which has a mere 6” rain- 
fall in a year. 
BISMARKIANA E 12-15” $1.50 
This rather large plant produces globular blooms which have 
something of the spectacular quality of ‘Lorteti’, ‘Susiana’ 
and similar species. The standards have a white ground 
which has blue veins and a heavy dotting of purple. The 
falls are of cream with a heavy network and dotting of 
black-purple. The brownish-red signal patch is accented by 
a dark purple beard. 
GATESI E 15-20” $7.50 
The very large flowers are globular and most exotic. Dykes 
called this one ‘The Prince of Iris’. The silvery standards are 
lined and dotted with soft violet while the creamy falls have 
brownish-purple dots and a more deeply toned signal patch. 
LORTETI E 12-18” $7.50 
This fabulous flower sometimes grows to be 7 or 8 inches 
in diameter. The standards are white with a flush of lilac- 
pink and very finely engraved lines of lavender. The cream 
colored falls are covered with minute dots of crimson which 
are so sparse at the edge as to almost fade out but are 
then so closely concentrated at the signal patch as to become 
solid dark crimson. It has been almost totally unavailable 
until the very recent past which perhaps accounts for the 
scarcity of any hybrids even though it sets seed and has 
pollen. Many years ago Van Tubergens made reciprocal 
crosses involving this one with ‘Gatesi’. The progeny is 
scarce and we are very proud of the small stock of one 
called ‘Sylphide’. We have never seen a bloom—but can 
only guess at its possibilities. Perhaps one day we shall be 
able to catalog it. 
NAZARENA VE 10-12” $5.00 
Another very rare item! Considered one of the most magnifi- 
cent of all the Oncos. The standards are of a glistening white 
with very faint lines of lavender. The rich creamy-yellow 
falls are covered with embossed oval dots of chocolate-brown 
and the signal patch is an intense velvet-black! 
NEW SPECIE $1.50 
An unidentified specie which seems about half way between 
atropurpurea and barnumae and may eventually prove to 
be a natural hybrid between them. Treat it as barnumae—it 
is quite worth while. 
SARI E 12-15” $3.50 
This one comes from Turkey and is quite variable—as indeed 
many of this branch of the genus are. The ground color is 
generally from dull white to creamy-yellow with veins and 
dots which range from light brown to dull purple. It displays 
a darker toned signal patch. 
SUSIANA VE 12-18” $2.00 
This is the most easily grown of all the ‘Oncos’ and is one 
of the most dramatic! Once seen it is never forgotten. While 
it is commonly called the ‘Mourning Iris’ and seems funereal 
to some we consider it very handsome. The flowers are 
globular and huge and we have seen it on heavy stems of 
twenty-four inches with a huge globular flower. The ground 
color is silvery to creamy-white and spread over this is an 
intricate pattern of veins and dots of a grayed violet, so 
dark as to seem black. Has pollen and will set seed. 
The Regelia Species 
HOOGIANA E 24” $1.00 
Comes from southern Turkestan near Tibet and its discovery 
was in comparatively recent times. It is considered to be the 
nearest to true blue in Iris—however it will vary into the 
lavenders at times. It is noted for its satiny quality. 
HOOGIANA PURPUREA E 24” $.50 
Same as the type although the color is a rich royal purple 
with a deeper signal patch. 
KOROLKOWI E 20” $1.00 
All of the blooms in this section have very elongated and 
conical shapes rather than the globular. This one has a 
creamy-white ground and chocolate-brown veins and a dark 
signal patch. 
KOROLKOWI VIOLACEAE E 18” $1.00 
Similar to the type but has a whiter ground and reddish- 
violet veins and a dark signal. This in combination with 
several Oncos has given more hybrids than almost any 
other. 
STOLONIFERA E 20° $1.25 
The standards are white shaded at the edges with heliotrope 
in a plicata pattern and the falls are shaded lilac and there 
is a broad edging of chocolate-brown. 
STOLONIFERA LEICHTLINI E 20” dl 
This is similar to the species but is more deeply shaded and 
more ruffled. 
Che Regelia Hybrids 
HOOGIANA BRONZE BEAUTY E 24” $1.25 
(Hoogiana X Stolonifera) 
This outstanding vigorous hybrid has tall strong stems and 
lovely flowers. The standards are of a light heliotrope-violet 
while the falls are a rich dark violet. There is a cinnamon- 
brown edging to both. 
LUCIA (Lu-ci-a) E 20” $2.00 
(Korolkowi X Stolonifera) 
This handsome ruby-red flower with the elongated and 
pointed flowers takes its form from korolkowi. The beard is 
of.a peculiar steel blue. 
