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Updated March 01, 2007
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The information provided on this site is unofficial,
offered to help new growers become acquainted with arils and arilbreds, and to
show aspiring hybridizers the type of information that has proven useful in
planning programs.
If you are already collecting, showing, or hybridizing these beauties, you
probably have copies of Official Checklists. If not, here's what's
available:
- Decennial Checklists and annual R&I Booklets are published by the
American Iris Society. They cover all types of non-bulbous iris, so if you
are interested in collecting or showing more than one type of iris these
publications should be of primary interest. They can be purchased from the AIS
Storefront.
- The Aril Society International has published a Checklist that includes only cultivars meeting modern criteria. This is essential if you are
entering specimens in an ASI-sanctioned show.
- A Comprehensive Checklist of Arils and Arilbreds, and a Descriptive
Supplement, are distributed by HIPS. If you are interested in Historic
arils or arilbreds, these are a must. If you are hybridizing, they
provide a great deal of information otherwise unobtainable. The Checklist
itself includes many cultivars that aren't in the AIS Checklists because
they weren't registered, and many more that aren't in ASI Checklists because
they have been disenrolled. The supplement includes descriptions
otherwise available only in publications that have long been out of print. These can
be purchased through the Hips
Sales Site.
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