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Load a fast film in the camera and you may be able to capture the magic of Irises forever. The colour we see is the colour that is reflected back to our eyes, the other colours having been absorbed. Even in this aspect irises excel. In many iris, particularly in some of the bearded iris and in many of the exquisite miniature reticulata iris, parts of the surface of the petal may be covered in minute papillae, a bit like the surface of a cats tongue. This means that the light hitting the petal bounces down among the stems of the papillae before bouncing back up again, and each time the light hits a papillae more of the unwanted colours are absorbed so that the light that eventually bounces back to our eyes is of the richest most velvety colours imaginable. This velvet colour is hard to catch on film but check out www.reticulatas.com for some amazing varieties. |
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Bearded Irises |
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Pacific Coast Irises |
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Siberian Irises |
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Spuria Irises |
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Japanese & Water Irises |
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Louisiana Irises |
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Species Irises |
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Please click on pictures for more examples |