'FLAMINGO WALTZ'
The Payne Medal is restricted to Japanese irises (JI). It is named in honor of W. Arlie Payne (1881-1971). W. Arlie Payne was at first especially interested in peonies, but in the late 1920s, he "discovered" Japanese irises. He started hybridizing Japanese irises in 1932. Over the next three and a half decades, he raised many thousands of seedlings. One of the most exceptional aspects of his breeding program was that it was developed in the early years using only six cultivars of the Edo type. Payne took line breeding to a new level of intensity. The American Iris Society awarded Arlie Payne its coveted Hybridizers Medal in 1964. When he died at the age of 90, in 1971, he was universally revered as the world's premier breeder of Japanese irises.
Previous awards winners can be found at https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards.
'Flamingo Waltz' Photo by Chad Harris |
For more information about Japanese irises and their hybrids check out the webpage for the Society for Japanese Irises. This organization is a chartered section of the American Iris Society.
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