Irises: Can you ID the iris in Monet's Garden??, 1 by tabasco

tabasco wrote:
Hi (again)! Irislovers-- you were all so helpful with my other queries, so perhaps you have some good ideas on this one...

I think the purple iris pictured in the link below (not the iris from my garden pictured in my thread heading which isn't as elegant) is very interesting and I would like to have it in a special garden...

http://giverny.org/gardens/fcm/fleurs/pictiris.htm

It's an iris featured in Monet's Garden in Giverny, France.

So, I'm wondering--are any of you familiar with it's name? Or one that is very similar? I'm assuming it's a tall bearded, but maybe not. (The yellow iris pictured below it looks like a water iris or something, doesn't it?)

(Sorry my photo is sideways...it wasn't that way when I posted it...oh, dear!)

Just for fun, here's a link to a book review about Monet's garden vision: http://books.google.com/books?id=xGjdOPdpOGkC&printsec=front...

And BTW, has anyone visited Monet's restored garden...? Just wondering....

Thanks so much. t.