No, I never meant to imply that a cultivar must be a hybrid.
I recognize that a wild collected plant can become a cultivar.
It does kinda need to be identified and cultivated by man, though, or else it doesn't quite achieve and maintain that cultivar status, now does it?
In this case, Mark says
"Checking out the American Iris Society entry for this cultivar, suggests that it's poorly described, no verifiable photos..." and he is also the one concerned that no one today can verify this supposed cultivar.
I am merely suggesting that it is possible that in the case of this unregistered iris that has been widely circulated and referred to and mentioned as noted, that there could be some legitimate questions about the truthiness of its cultivar designation.
Personally, it's not really that interesting to me and I don't care one way or the other whether I have a generic dark purple crested variety or the one and only true cultivar declared as 'Abbey's Violet' prior to 1982
whatever, it's a lovely little thing and I hope it multiples and prospers in my garden.
Beyond that, it is a decent enough photo that I submitted...if it can't reside in the current location because no one can knowingly verify that they have the true cultivar, then I'll move it somewhere more acceptable, capiche?
