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(updated 09/2007)

 

Awards

The Payne Medal (named for W. Arlie Payne) is the highest award given by the American Iris Society that a Japanese iris can receive in its class. Payne Medal winners are then eligible to win the Dykes Medal, which is the highest award an iris can receive from The American Iris Society. Prior to 1992 the highest award a Japanese Iris could receive was the Payne Award. This award has now been elevated to a medal status. Below is a list of Japanese Irises which have received the Payne Award or Medal. The hybridizer and year of introduction are in parentheses.

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Payne Award:

1966  Strut and Flourish (Payne 1964)
1967 Leave Me Sighing (Maddocks 1964)
1968 Dancing Waves (Payne 1964)
1969 Star at Midnight (Rich 1964)
1970 Worley Pink (Worley 1966)
1971 Numazu (Hazzard 1965)
1972 No Award
1973 Hue and Cry (Maddocks 1970)
1974 No Award
1975 Prairie Love Song (Hazzard 1970)
1976 Stranger in Paradise (Hager 1970)
1977 No Award
1978 Tuptim (Rich 1974)
1979 Prairie Velvet (Hazzard 1972)
1980 Purple Parasol (McEwen 1977)
1981 Fuji (Abel 1977)
1982 Returning Tide (McEwen 1976)
1983 Raspberry Rimmed (McEwen 1979)
1984 No Award
1985 Blue Marlin (Copeland 1981)
1986 Ipsus (Innerst 1981)
1987 Freckled Geisha (Reid 1981)
1988 Oriental Eyes (Vogt 1984)
1989 Blueberry Rimmed (McEwen 1983)

1990 Caprician Butterfly (Marx 1985)
1991 Lilac Peaks (Vogt 1987)
1992 Japanese Pinwheel (McEwen 1988)

Payne Medal:

1993 Oriental Eyes (Vogt 1984)
1994 Caprician Butterfly (Marx/Rogers 1994)
1995 Cascade Crest (Aitken 1988)
1996 (Tie) Edge of Frost (Dienstbach 1988)
                 Kalamazoo (Hazzard 1989)
1997 (Tie) Electric Rays (Aitken 1990)
                 Iapetus (Innerst 1988)
1998 Butterflies In Flight (Aitken 1991)
1999 Geisha Obi (L Rich 1989)
2000 Bellender Blue (Bauer/Coble 1993)
2001 Picotee Princess (Reid 1992)
2002 Electric Glow (Aitken 1992)
2003 (Tie) Lion King (Bauer/Coble 1996)
                  Raspberry Glow (Aitken 1992)
2004 Epimetheus (Innerst 1992)
2005 Blue Spritz (Delmez 1996)
2006 Sing the Blues (Reid 1997)

2007 Dirigo Pink Milestone (White 2000)