SHE TALKS TO ANGELS (Melissa Schiller 25 Aust) E-M-L 36” Bathed in twilight hues, this iris feels like a moment suspended between earth and sky, as if she’s just paused mid-whisper, still speaking to something beyond. The standards glow in soft blue-violet, serene and otherworldly, echoed by deeper blue-violet style arms that shimmer like folded wings. The falls draw you in with velvety dark violet, veined in shadows and edged in a luminous amethyst halo. White hafts flicker at the base like celestial echoes, grounding the mystery. At the heart, the beards blaze with brassy orange at the throat, mellowing to yellow, and finally fading into lavender-blue, like a voice moving from warmth into stillness. There’s a hush to this iris, a feeling that something sacred has just been said. She talks to angels, and the garden listens. (Black Y23A, Bright and Shining Star sib X Happy Daydream) Sdlg no. H128-1