[7] Dr. Zinaida later returned the favour and named Tulipa vvedenskyi after him, in 1954.

[8][9] It was then thought, by several botanists including Tony Hall (from Kew Gardens) that it was a violet-blue form of Iris graeberiana.

On 21 December 2012, it was published in 'Stapfia' (Publikation der Botanischen Arbeitsgemeinschaft am O. Ö. Landesmuseum) 97: 178.

[13] Iris zenaidae was originally found in the River Kugart valley,[6] of the Fergana region of the Tien Shan Mountains in Central Asia.

[4] It prefers to be cultivated in full sun,[4] and stoney well drained soils, but feed with plenty of water during the spring.