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gemini_sage said:I used think more like that, and had a need to know what I was growing. Then at some point someone points out that something I thought I knew the name of was actually mislabeled, but I'd grown to love it. Suddenly realizing the name I'd applied to it for so long was incorrect didn't decrease its beauty or garden worthy attributes, and so began an ever increasing number of noids. Some of the most gorgeous and vigorous irises in my garden are noids.

Totally agree.Some NoIDs are named some where and are too beautiful not to enjoy. And some of the winter pleasure of irises is scouring databases trying to find a name to match. I have named some NoIDs because it is easier to refer to them by name, but my label says (l) for like