In article , Dan.Espen
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Mad Cow writes:

Richard Cayeux' Iris 'Domino Noir' - the breeder was there himself.

Beautiful picture and the form of the plant is nice.
But how can a flower with brown petals come in second.

Brown petals? The standards (upper petals) are white with purple edges
and the falls (lower petals) are dark purple. I'm afraid my picture
doesn't do it justice: it's meant to be seen from above, not staged on a
podium, so perhaps you were seeing the papery bracts or the petal bases,
which would normally be under the flowers.
I thought the judges did a good job considering the variety of plant
types, from a Streptocarpus to a clematis on a five-foot cane.
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Sue ]