Pot Luck is a Plicata whose petals have cream colored centers edged with a narrow stippling of yellow with a wider band of mulberry overlapping it. Often the edges of a Plicata look like some one painted on the color with a stiff dry brush, leaving distinct spots of varying sizes. Here I found one of my best bloomers a true brown with silky Standards and slightly darker velvet Falls, called mysteriously, Witch of Endor. It is what is known as a Rebloomer, often producing a second round of blossoms in the fall. Another similarly named favorite is Witch's Wand with black Falls and a purplish black Standard.
Some people collect mostly one color, others a rainbow of hues.
The oldest irises are often tall and simple. I rescued a bunch of irises from the garden of an older house being torn down a few blocks away from my home. Digging them up, a few steps ahead of the bulldozer, all I remembered was that they were a soft lavender I had often admired in driving by. When the irises blossomed the following spring, I had two varieties one lavender and one white, both Selfs, with simple old fashion flowers that reach four to five feet in height. Soon I had more irises than I had room or sunlight.