Iris milesii

A member of the Crested irises. From the Himalayas, India, China. Pinkish-violet, or pinkish purple, or pinkish-lavender or pinkish lilac flowers, fringed yellow or orange crest.  This extremely beautiful is only very rarely found or offered in cultivation. It grows from fat rhizomes, and these do not resemble the other irises, such as I.tectorum and japonicum in the Evansia group to which it belongs, but these rhizomes grow and multiply well. It is easy on any sunny, freely drained soil, although it flowers best in cooler, peaty or leafy soils.