With various botany experts reading this blog, it is somewhat risky to stay on the topic of plants for such a long time, but in this case I’m certain that the blossom in today’s photo is an Iris. Mind you, I’m not going to go out on a limb and be more specific, even though a quick peek at a Wikipedia page makes me think that we might be dealing with an Iris reichenbachii, or Reichenbach’s Iris (who said Latin was difficult?), but again, let’s just leave well enough alone and simply call it an Iris. I admit that as a Conan Doyle (but certainly not Gilbert Adair) fan, I do find the Reichenbach connection rather pleasing, even though the more photos I look at, the less sure I am about it. After all, there are between 200 and 300 species of Iris...