Iris cycloglossa, although a member of the Scorpiris (Juno) section, does not require the very dry summer conditions normally associated with these plants. According to references, it grows on gravel bars along rivers, where it presumably has some moisture at all times. This moist, constantly mobile environment no doubt explains its long, thin rhizomes, adapted to frequent burying and relocation, like those of Lilium pardalinum. I have grown it for a number of years, but it doesn't do particularly well here, and I attribute this to a probably preference for a serious winter dormancy, which it doesn't get here. The flower is lavender and rather narrow, and the leaves are also narrow for a Juno. Jane McGary Northwestern Oregon