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Mar 4, 2016 2:19 PM CST
Name: Carl Boro
Milpitas, CA (Zone 10b)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Photo Contest Winner: 2015
It looks like I. fulva. It could be an intentional hybrid or just a collected natural hybrid.

red I. fulva
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It could also be I nelsonii. Both can be very red. Nelsonii has a much smaller natural habitat.

I. nelsonii formerly known as the Abbeville Reds
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Telling the two apart is not an easy thing to do.

The Society for Louisiana Iris website has a commercial directory. You might start there.

http://www.louisianas.org/inde...
Carl

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