A reminder before another iris season is upon us:

I know everyone loves to post their pictures BUT remember the pictures are supposed to help others identify the iris pictured. So please follow three rules:

1) Don't post blurry pictures. Please please please. Out of focus pictures don't help with identification.

2) Don't post a large number of pictures of the same iris. Especially when there are already numerous pictures of the iris in the database. Unless it has significance in identification it doesn't need to be in the database. It is fine to post a bud, a fall, whatever, but not 15 pictures of the same iris at all angles. If you have extra photos to share create a thread, or join an existing thread and post them there.

3) If you post an iris, then find out it was misidentified, please ask the forum administrator to remove the picture from the database (or if you have the corrected name ask it be moved). It really messes up iris ID when incorrect iris are depicted. It is also wise to never post an iris photo in the database unless you know for sure it really is that named iris. If you have a NoID, and someone says "oh, that's probably John's Pajamas" don't immediately post your photo in the database as "John's Pajamas."

Thanks!!

Good rules to follow, I know that when I first got on here it took a while before I got some of that figured out. I wish we had more control to manage our pictures that we've posted. Sometimes I'd like to remove and replace some with better pictures.

Tom - you can always ask for one to be removed. Bonnie used to do that.

It's pretty easy to remove your own photos from the database. Just click on the picture in question, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Propose this image be deleted" link and then click the "Submit the proposal" button. https://garden.org/plants/prop...

As long as you are proposing to delete YOUR OWN photo I will approve the proposal as soon as I see it, no explanation needed.

Members own the rights to their pictures, even after they have been submitted to the database. They can remove them anytime they want for any reason they might have, or even no reason at all.

Now, if you try to delete someone else's photo, that's a different story. We need a very good reason (clearly incorrect ID most often) if you want to mess with another person's photos.

Thanks Kent.

Thanks Kent. I forgot the delete function was there.

I'd like to add that we all please check color accuracy. Many cell phone cameras can be wildly off, and you have to play around with different lighting to get better accuracy. Look at your pictures as you take them and compare with the flower color. Newer models have gotten much better, but let's keep those fabulous vibrant art pictures in our threads instead of the database.. it's not helpful for ID when your picture is bright fuchsia, and the flower is actually purple..

Good point. Cell phones can really, err, "enhance" color.

Good point Sherry.