Fulene, there are couple threads concerning Our "favorite" iris vendors, here, and on Cubits, and there are always offers of "iris for postage", or trade offers, so a person can get a nice selection for minimal expense. In your search for possible names for your iris, there are few things that it helps to know, and you may want to make notes of them, with the pictures, so you can refer to them if you need to; 1) How tall is it.?..from the ground to the top of the blossom (average of all typical stalks), 2) Does it have an aroma?..if so, how would you describe it? sweet? perfume ? Musky ? Smells like ...grapes?( i.pallida ),,Root beer, or anise? 3) Does it have 'PBF" (that stands for P urple B ased F oliage , the leaf bases, right at ground level, sometimes appear stained with a reddish, or purple color) . 4) when does it bloom ? is it the first to bloom in your garden? , or the last?5) How many "branches' on the stalk, and how many buds on each branch? (again an average), and 6) how long has it been in your garden? (or 'how long you have known this iris to have been grown). In other words, if you have had it for 15 years, and you got it from your Aunt Sally, who had it for 20 years... you know it is at least 35 years since it was introduced, and that eliminates LOTS of iris from the "search parameters!" I'm sure some of the others have tips, or additions they can share with you about I. D., but another thing to remember is you really can't positively I.D. an iris by 'picture alone" ! The only sure way, once you have arrived at a "tentative" name (or two), is to either find an "iris buddy"(there are lots here, and on Cubits, and the HIPS site, as well) who will either accept a" start" of yours, to grow next to their known iris, or who will send you a piece of theirs, for comparison. When they are grown "in the same dirt, side by side", that will tell the tale ! And , if you are like most of us, you'll love them whether they have a name, or are just "waifs and strays", because they all have beauty and also the ability to make the world seem a little better place !...Arlyn
