On 2 Sep 2014, at 10:35, Jim McKenney wrote: > when the Russian name was transliterated, it was transliterated > into German, not into English. Just as in the case of Iris winogradowii, properly pronounced "veen-oh-gra-dov- ee-ee". Our local rock gardening club used to be infested by a lady who can only be described as a "name-dropping snob" and it gave me great pleasure to correct her pronunciation of the name of this beautiful iris. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Z. 7-8, cool Mediterranean climate