Irises: When asking for an iris ID, 1 by bonjon

bonjon wrote:
somehow, I misplaced the opening stats for folks to see:

The American Iris Society (www.irises.org) was formed to help promote irises but also because there was so much confusion in the marketplace over iris ID. Here's the scoop:

-There are over 10,000 registered irises in commerce world wide at this time, estimated by AIS.

-Many more are in commerce under a non-registered name.

- Still more are in commerce under the wrong registered name.

- Still more have "retired" from widespread commerce. Typically these are historic irises (introduced into commerce over 30 years ago).

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