That is why I do not try to I.D. every Noid I have Tom, unless it has distinctive features and originally had an I.D. Then I know it had a name at one point. Some people just forget names or are away from the garden several seasons and lose the name. Those are worth pursuing.
If I get a NoID I admire from someone else, or it grew in my garden, it is likely a seed fallen from a seedpod that was overlooked. Especially the older ones around abandoned home places. Those are tough survivors and likely are from a bee pod.
I tried to I.D. this little NoID I call 'Beverly's Gift', as she bought it named, but still never got a match.
I am happy to grow it as a NoID.
Another NoID that I know once had a name. There are simply thousands of possibilities for a match and I am not comfortable calling it by a name because it is 'close enough'. And to buy all the close lookalikes is space and funds prohibitive.
A lot of the modern irises are so distinctive that finding a name is quite possible but unless it has unique features a NoID may never be positively ID'd.
I sure do like my NoID's.
