Masked Bandit

Tall Bearded Iris Masked Bandit (Keith Keppel, 1998) IB, 26" (66 cm), EM & SA S. blended greyed mauve to wineberry shading to khaki on outer third, speckled colonial buff in center; style arms buckthorn brown, edged brass; F. chrome lemon ground heavily marked velvety port wine to dahlia purple, almost solid except for blaze and haft striping; beards sudan brown to burnt umber; heavily ruffled; pronounced sweet fragrance.