Iris

In our back-yard garden, this is the iris I suspect of being Iris virginica (family Iridaceae), but will have to put the ID to my experts.
(Compare http://phytoimages.siu.edu/imgs/Cusman1/r/Iridaceae_Iris_virginica_58642.html.)

Genus page at PhytoImages: http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Iris&rank=genus

One year ago (“If we draw conclusions from what we can see…”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-05-19
Two years ago (“Selfie @ 70”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-19