Tulare Co., California

Blue flag. UC Berkeley Botanical Garden

even in the darkest color

there is outstanding beauty

Elijah's Fire -X- (Abdul Unknownx ((Magic Kingdom x Tender Gender) x ((( Virus Iris x Pauline Hill) x Stngray) x Osay Zanuc)))

Species from California

Common name: Ground Iris, Bowltube Iris

Photographed on Azalea Hill, Marin Municipal Watershed District, Marin County, California

Dancers veil (I think).

One of my favourite irises and only the second one to bloom this year out of nearly 10 plants :(

This is a really lame image, but it shows that the petals are basically gone ("obsolete"), unlike most irises. The big beautiful floppy blue things are the sepals. The bee here was very active (YES, a busy bee...) thrusting him(her?)self deep between the sepal and the inner surface of the style. Of course there is an anther down in there being ravaged.

My first Iris bloom of the season

Iris germanica

@ Clark Gardens

Iris versicolor

Loyalsock,

williamsport.

medium purple, large iris after a rain

Auburn, Ca 42812-389

(Jun 12)

Tall Bearded Iris

Бородатый ирис. Ботанический сад МГУ // MSU Botanical Garden

Iris - au jardin

Circular walk from Casas Novas - Ateanha - Aljazede - Trás de Figueirò. 2 January 2016

T15-1

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P59-2

before rain

婚攝 Stan & Iris 婚禮紀錄

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Blue Iris (Iris spuria). Cultivated specimen.

Found in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

Black Hills Gold -X- Miss Jeanie

Heart of the iris

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© Harold Davis

Spenser and I were waiting outside of a house near St. Anthony and San Ardo Drives this afternoon while Jackee checked out an estate sale. I amused myself by shooting the extremely light blue iris.

iris growing in my bird bath/bucket pond

2 sides

Dramatic, a swirl of the skirt captured in motion. Note: this is not the official variatal "Iris Flamenco" but a poetic expression to title the image.