Re: NOIDS [was: Just in from seller]

John,

I agree, absolutely.  That's why I think the photo list does well 
when it says what something isn't.  I have several that I posted 
without realizing they were wrong.  Having the mis-identification 
pointed has kept me from distributing further under a mistaken ID.  
One is so close that it may even be correct, but doubt keeps it from 
going out under the name it was sold under.  As for a positive ID, I 
suppose I might have an AB at some point that I wanted to be sure 
enough to acquire and grow another side by side to see if I could 
ascertain if I had a correct cultivar.  But I'm skeptical even on 
doing that.  If a misnamed iris gets distributed widely enough under 
the wrong name, then the comparison might match and it still be a 
mistaken identity.  I think the older iris may have this problem 
more than recent intros, but it's a scenario that I fear is more 
plausible than we'd like.  After all, one commercial distributor 
unknowingly distributing a misnamed cultivar over several seasons 
and those acquiring it sharing and trading under the wrong name is 
all it would take.  It probably would take years, if ever, to get it 
straightened out.  So I think this forum is good for raising 
questions on IDs.  Sometimes one just doesn't know what they think 
they know.  I personally like to know of the mistake so I don't 
perpetuate it further.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA

--- In iris-photos@yahoogroups.com, John I Jones <jijones@u...> 
wrote:
> I guess I would say that it is reasonable to say one iris is 
obviously 
> not a particular cultivar (e.g., Splashacata is obviously not 
Edith 
> Wolford) from two pictures, but unless you had some additional 
> information such as "I think I switched name stakes on these two 
> irises, which one is which?" you can not identify either one 
> absolutely.
> 
> I know I am being a pain in the you-know-what here, but I have 
seen way 
> too many mis-identified irises to not stand on this soap box....
> 
> John
> 
> 
> On Sep 2, 2005, at 6:37 AM, Char Holte wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I think Betty is absolutely correct here.  Trying to sort out 
Two very 
> > similar Iris is pretty difficult and maybe impossible.  Trying 
to sort 
> > out two very different Iris would be pretty easy.
> > Char, New Berlin, WI
> >> -----Original Message-----
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> >> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 6:32 AM
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> >> Subject: Re: [iris-photos] Re: NOIDS [was: Just in from seller]
> >>
> >>
> >> In a message dated 9/1/2005 9:35:54 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
> >> donald@e... writes:
> >>> <<I doubt that no matter how bad the photo, VANITY is going to 
> >>> mistaken with STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN. >>This type are easy!  
Also, the 
> >>> one that was supposed to be CHILI PEPPER.  You just don't get 
an 
> >>> iris that looks like that from those parents.  This type of 
> >>> correction CAN be made from a photo.  I bought DIAMOND LIL 
from our 
> >>> local sale because I wanted more DIAMOND LIL.  When it 
bloomed 
> >>> purple, I knew it was wrong. 
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