Re: Iris hexagona

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By "real", do they mean Iris hexagona sensu stricto? Some taxonomists consider most of the plants usually called hexagona to be a seperate species, Iris savannarum. The name I. hexagona is then restricted to a rare species found only in South Carolina and Florida. Most, however, consider them to be the same species. The flowering period is reportedly dramatically different where the two overlap. The Rainbow River plants would be the earlier-blooming I. savannarum. I would guess nobody sells the "true" hexagona, since savannarum is far more common and widespread and usually goes by hexagona.