Irises: Iris Id and Question About Bloom Time, 0 by DreamOfSpring

DreamOfSpring wrote:
A collegue who is a novice gardener has, since early Jan 06, been telling me that her irises which she believes are tall bearded irises bloom almost year round and are, infact, currently (Jan through today) blooming. I keep saying, "no way". So today she went home and took photos. Here is one. Can anyone tell me (1) is this a bearded iris, (2) any idea which cultivar, (3) is this possible? By the last question, I don't actually mean, "is she lying?". I'm sure she is telling the truth, but have you ever heard of such a thing? Or should we be calling Ripley's? She lives in Zone 8a where Jan and Feb temps this year would have dipped occaisionally to the mid to upper 20's interspersed with days in the 50's-70ish, all degrees F.