Is this a bearded Iris?

Looks more like an iris dietes, butterfly iris, they come in yellow and white

Maybe a Louisiana Iris.

Where is Southeast louo? Is that Louisiana?

@Lucy68 dietes is a common iris here, 3 petals, - that color is not a Louisiana Iris 'laevigata' color and is blooming down near south Cali, south Az, south Tx
Bearded iris are old German iris of the 'flag designation' and do not grow in massive clumps, but from a fan of a root.

Hi and to the site!

I know nothing about Iris but I did a quick look through our database and found this Louisiana Iris that looks similar.

new variety to me maybe, and no visible stalk clumps.

kittriana said: new variety maybe, but too many petals, and no visible stalk clumps.

Iris have 6 petals - 3 on a bottom layer and 3 on top. The photos of Louisiana iris plants look pretty big and clumpy.

We don't know were OP lives.

DuckDuckGo took over my laptop, and has issues with my id's but it seems they are now calling butterfly iris and Louisiana iris an African iris. Wonder if Latin names are still indicative of color traits?
@Sonnytees if you are satisfied with the answer, will you mark the thread 'closed?'

It's not a Dietes.
If you look at pic#2, you can see a typical Iris bloom stalk with medium-sized leaves clasping the stem, as opposed to a thinner stem with very restricted clasping bracts as in Dietes.

Thanx Calpoly

kittriana said:
@Sonnytees if you are satisfied with the answer, will you mark the thread 'closed?'

We have no answer...

Most of them cannot find their way back to their thread, is why I put an @ with the name, ? we will see.

I wonder when the pic was taken?
I have taken the liberty of trimming and darkening the original pic.
Maybe this will help.
To me it resembles Iris ensata with those large petals...so many named cultivars to look at.

Lucy68 said: Maybe a Louisiana Iris.

Where is Southeast louo? Is that Louisiana?

Yes Louisiana,

@Sonnytees, I hope you didn't mark this as ID'd prematurely. Did you decide on an ID? We have three suggestions floating here.

I too had considered Iris ensata - I have several in my yard and they are certainly similar to your photo. And probably more common then Louisiana Iris. I couldn't find one with ruffles though but that's when I found the photos similar to the one Lin posted of 'waihi'.

Looking at the scale of flowers to leaves, I think Louisiana is closer. I think I. ensata usually has bigger flowers than those appear to be.

Thanks to everyone. I did find out that this Iris is called a Louisiana Iris. Here
Is another picture. I'm unsure why I never had seen these before. Now I will be looking for sure

Glad you got the answer.
There are many named cultivars.
No idea how you decide which is which.

eg Iris Louisiana White Umbrella.

https://www.lilieswatergardens...

eg Iris Louisiana Dainty Lace
https://www.lilieswatergardens...

eg.Iris Louisiana Dural White Butterfly.

Nola = New Orleans, LA