Central Intelligence is a plicata with a distinctive form. Petals are tightly clasped at the base, resulting in widely overlapping and flared falls. Blue white standards are completely covered with pale blue dotting; white falls with concord blue haft netting and midline, a dotted 1” border heavier toward the edge becoming near-solid at distal end. Look closely and you’ll see a small, very faint tan overlay on the standard edges. Well-branched stalks with three branches that sometime sneak in an additional spur and re-branching, totalling up to ten buds. Central Intelligence grows to a tall 40” and is an early/mid-season bloomer. Honorable Mention, 2024. (Keppel, 2022)