This year at the end of May, in the midst of two separate groups of bearded iris in my garden, there appeared a stem with atypical blooms, not at all like the bearded iris but also not quite like Siberian iris. It is similar to the wild blue flag iris in form, but the size, shape and color of the stems are exactly like the bearded iris, and the rhizomes are also exactly the same size and shape as the bearded iris in the clump in which they are growing. These are established bearded iris beds, and these unique blooms have never appeared there before. I transplanted both of these iris to a separate area to follow up on them next year. I am very curious about what they are and what happened. The photos show the full bloom, and the falls never get wider or flatter than what you see. I live in Loveland.