Announces the
2018 Dykes Medal Winner
First awarded in 1927, the Dykes Medal is the highest
award of the AIS, awarded to no more than one iris per year. Irises are
eligible as a Dykes Medal candidate for three years following the winning of a
classification medal. Only AIS registered judges may vote.
‘HAUNTED HEART’
Image Keith Keppel
From (Royal Sterling x (Last Laugh x (Electrique x
Romantic Evening))) X (Hello It's Me x Reckless in Denim)), it is described in
Keith Keppel’s 2010 catalogue: “From the cross of two Blyth seedlings comes
this ethereal beauty. Pale pinkish grey to heliotrope grey standards, falls a
bit deeper, with shadowy, ghostly emanations of deeper veining from the heart,
paling as they move outward. Inconspicuous heliotrope to ibis pink beards. A
very subtle, very lovely flower with superb ruffling and heavy substance.”
Congratulations to Mr. Keppel for winning the Dykes the
second year in a row.
The World of Irises blog will be posting once a day the
other medal winners as soon as the hybridizers are notified. The entire list of
winners can be found at http://irises.org/About_Irises/Awards_Surveys/AIS_Awards.html, the AIS Encyclopedia and later in the AIS Bulletin, IRISES. Pictures can be found at http://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards2018.
