REF: plural of iris

Greetings, all. I've missed your chatty company for the past two weeks, but
now I'm back on-line, eager to batter you with my silly questions once
again. And here is one that bugs the dickens out of me: Why do so many
clubs insist upon using "iris" as a plural noun? Where does this custom
originate? The plural is "irises," is it not?

Is this practice the verbal equivalent of tea time's pointy pinky, or is
there  a fascinating linguistic history to be told here?

celia
storey@aristotle.net
Little Rock ... where I'm fuzzily trying to recover a Central Time Zone
sleep schedule after having become very well-adjusted to San Diego sunsets.
Our San Diego list members are superior people, by the way: kind,
considerate, friendly and smart. And those Rochas are even good-looking.
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