This is one of the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen! Form and colors are wonderful! Is it available to the public?

Joseph Ghio is the hybridizer and has been selling his PCI's from his Bayview Gardens. Joseph has a Facebook page devoted to Bayview Gardens and you may be able to reach him by messaging him on Facebook. Of note, Joseph is winding down his operation and has transferred his Tall bearded iris introductions to Schreiners, so just want to inform you that there is no guarantee that Joseph will continue to sell his PCI's to the public. I was going to offer to send you a plant in the future, but I now realize that I should have started out my reply by mentioning that PCI's are tolerant to a very narrow range of climate zones, and Canton Ohio's winters would be too severe for this iris to survive. An indoor greenhouse might work, but that too has a bleak outlook since PCI's are vey finicky and are very challenging to keep alive in a pot. They do much better planted in the ground. I'm so sorry to relay this news, as it's very discouraging and heartbreaking to know that the PCI's, such beautiful cultivars are not available for most folks to grow. There is some hope thought from what I've been reading that some hybridizers are attempting to cross Siberians and cold tolerant PCI's to achieve a hybrid with the physical characteristics typical of the Pacific Coast Native iris, but with the added bonus of being cold hardy. This can not come too soon!

It IS an incredible flower!! And great pic of it!

Thank you. The PCN's are absolutely exquisite when in bloom, but sadly they are very limited in the geographic climate zones that will successfully support their growth and survival, so most of the folks only can enjoy them through photographs or if they are fortunate/ wise enough to plan an iris vacation to the west coast they may be able to see them first hand from mid April through the end of May or early June. Of note, as amazing as they are in photographs, (similar to other iris) there is something unique and even more spectacular about seeing them in person. For me, I first saw a photo on Joseph Ghio''s facebook page of Blue a Fuse, and was hooked. My first order unfortunately didn't include that hybrid which had to be substituted, but the following year Joseph came through for me and sent me Blue a Fuse, which will always hold a special place in my heart. This coming spring I have almost 2 dozen seedlings that have survived the summer, and three are children of Blue a Fuse, so hopefully you might get to see more photographs, and with any luck, perhaps a new hybrid registered in the next 5 years?

You can check Blue a Fuse and see a photo that I submitted from previous years.
R

Terrica,
This was available to the public in previous years (not certain if Ghio will be selling this hybrid going forward due to health issues), but PCI's grow in a narrow climate zone range, and thus will not survive in most parts of the world/ US. If someone lives in an area that will support this iris successfully, I would write to Iraygus and ask if he would be willing to make a plant available in the future.