The
Italian Iris Society concluded the international iris competition at Florence
on Saturday, May 11, 2019. The World of Irises is pleased to quickly bring the
results to our readers. The head of the judging panel was Gary White, immediate
past president of The American Iris Society. Andi Rivarola, current first vice-president
of the AIS, was also a judge along with three judges from Italy: Valeria Roselli, Maurizio Marrami, and Laura Bassino.
In
the tall bearded competition, the Premio Firenze (Gold Florin) offered by Guido
Gonnelli in memory of “Beppe Gonnelli” went to ‘Chachar’ by Seidl Zdenek from
the Czech Republic.
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| Andi Rivarola, Valeria Roselli, Maurizio Marrami, Laura Bassino, and Gary White. |
Second
and winning the Tuscany Regional Prize was ‘Lingua de Drago’ by Angelo Bolchi
from Italy.
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The results of the competition were announced in Florence's city hall with the mayor in attendance: At The Award ceremony in Palazzo Vecchio this morning, from left to right: American judge Andi Rivarola, Italian Judge Valeria Roselli, Jury President Gary White, President of Municipal Council Andrea Ceccarelli, Mayor Dario Nardella, our (Italian Iris Society) President Vincenzo Corti, Italian judges Laura Bassino and Maurizio Marrami. Image from Giardino dell' Iris.
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Third
went to ‘Enraptured’ by Schreiner’s Gardens in the United States and it won the
Confindustria of Florence Prize.
Fourth,
the Italian Iris Society Medal, went to ‘Piero Bargellini’: Charmanda by Klaus
Burkhardt in Germany.
Fifth
place, Honourable Mention, went to ‘Anima Triste’ by Angelo Garanzini of Italy.
Sixth
place, Honourable Mention, went to ‘Voglio Tempo’ by Angelo Bolchi of Italy.
Seventh
place, Honourable Mention, went to E 06.05 by Siedl Zdenek of the Czech Republic.
Eighth
place, Honourable Mention, went to ‘Hrom a Blesk’ by Siedl Zdenek.
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| Image by Gary White |
Ninth
place, Honourable Mention, went to Seidl Zdenek’s E 21.07.
Tenth
place, Honourable Mention, went to Italy’s Roberto Marucchi’s N43-1.
Special
prizes were also awarded and will be listed in Irises later. All images by Andi Rivarola unless otherwise noted.
