Ten irises compared through exact Wikimedia Commons photographs. An editorial selection exploring flowers and colours, not a scientific ranking. Photograph credits: 1. File:Iris pseudacorus iris des marais.jpg; Myrabella; Required credit: Photo: Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iris_pseudacorus_iris_des_marais.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 2. File:Sibirische Schwertlilie, Iris sibirica 06.JPG; Böhringer (Wikimedia Commons user); Required credit: Böhringer / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT; CC BY-SA 3.0 at; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/at/deed.en; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sibirische_Schwertlilie,_Iris_sibirica_06.JPG; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 3. File:Iris ensata Thunb.jpg; Laitche; Required credit: Photo by Laitche; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iris_ensata_Thunb.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 4. File:Kakitsubata1.jpg; Dennis L. Lindwall; Required credit: Cragrat at the English Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kakitsubata1.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 5. File:Blue Flag, Ottawa.jpg; D. Gordon E. Robertson; Required credit: D. Gordon E. Robertson; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Flag,_Ottawa.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 6. File:Iris_pallida_specie.jpg; Pamwik; Required credit: Pamwik; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iris_pallida_specie.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 7. File:Iris_variegata_sl11.jpg; Stefan.lefnaer; Required credit: Stefan.lefnaer; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iris_variegata_sl11.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 8. File:Iris_pumila_sl28.jpg; Stefan.lefnaer; Required credit: Stefan.lefnaer; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iris_pumila_sl28.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 9. File:Iris reticulata.jpg; Rasbak; Required credit: Rasbak; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iris_reticulata.jpg; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 10. File:20240218_Iris_danfordiae-3.tif; Chrisaliv; Required credit: Chrisaliv; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20240218_Iris_danfordiae-3.tif; Uniform scaling without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. Video adaptation: CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ . Original photographs retain their licenses; no author endorsement implied.