This is a set of quick-reference lists. You may choose from Hunt, McAllister, and Seligmann introductions, ordered by year or go straight to an alphabetical list.  

The site is still under construction, so if something listed below isn't yet in the Photo Gallery or List of Cultivars just check back later. If its page is already up, a clickable link leads to it – there you'll find both a picture and some additional information about the iris.

This list also provides the key information you need to trace something using the Breeder's Digest. Just find the name on this alphabetized list and then use its seedling # to find the cross that produced it in the Breeder's Digest, then continue working back toward foundation stock.

Eugene A. Hunt

Gene was hybridizing before I was born.  I've never grown some of his earliest creations and there are some for which I haven't even found pictures.  He was one of my mentors when I turned from pollen-daubing to hybridizing and (as you may already know) I took care of introducing his selected seedlings after his death in 1981 -- so you might expect to find some of his stock listed in my Breeder's Digest. It is not. I'm trying to compile a similar digest from his surviving records, but so far haven't been able to piece together enough to justify publication.  In the following list, the year is that of introduction:

1950  Blanche Cecilia

1956  Hunt Mohr

1968  Esther, the Queen

1972  Oh That Beard (Registered and used in Gene's program, but no record of introduction).

1973  Clouded Moon 

1975  Esther's Son, Martha Mia

1976  Jean Ralls

1977  Fourteen for Rachel

1978  Mary of Magdala

1979  Dorcas

1980  Boaz, Hallelujah Chorus

1981  Gene's Little Secret, Rebecca's Veil, Zaccheus

1983  Deborah's Song, Eugene A. Hunt, Ora J. Seale, Sunrise in Glory

1984  El Coronel, Feast of Cana, Koko Knoll, Leah Ralls, Looking for Lydia, Promise to Elizabeth, Road to Damascus, Shades of Sunset, Tribe of Judah

1985  Whither Thou Goest

1986  Child of God, My Joy

1987  Just for Jan, Love Conquers All, Mansions of Light, Precious Memories, Prodigal Son, Promises to Keep, Solomon's Shield, Thine the Glory, Wished for Child

1988  Gethsemane, Invisible Hands, Lasting Legacy, Love Shines In, Really Ruffled, Resurrection Morn, Wayfaring Stranger, Work of Dorcas

1990  Communion, Heavenly Sunlight, Let It Shine, Secret Mission, Study in Amethyst

1991  Gene's Guardian Angel, Lillian White, Promise of Love

1992  Almost Persuaded, Gene's Green Genes, Gospel Light, Red Earth, Special Guest

Sharon McAllister

1984  Opals for Ethel

1985 Expert Advice, Rose of Sharon

1987  Hard to Get

1988 Redwing's Brave

1990  Bold and Beautiful, Hidden Talents, Singing Bird, Unclaimed Treasure, Warrior Chief, 

1991 Whirlwind Romance

1992  All that Glitters, Bayberry Baby, Blackbeard's Ghost, Butterscotch Baby, Close Approach, Dot's Nice, Genuine Gemstones, Ghost Dancer, Inscrutable, Invasion Force, Joint Venture, Land of Enchantment, Mesilla Morn, Proud Papa, Song of Babylon, Sweetness and Light, Topped with Cream, Whirling Thunder

1993  Bright Prospects, Daringly Different, Delicate Embroidery, Dream Catcher, Engraved Invitation, Fortune's Fancy, Herb McKusick, Impudent Elf, Magnificent Obsession, Old Fashioned Girl, Rhinestone Cowgirl, Things to Come, Toldjaso, Vivacious Vi, Whirlwind Tour, White Chocolate

1994  At Last, Don't Be Shy, Simply Luscious, Glamour Puss, Prim and Proper, Pure at Heart

1995  Altogether Lovely, Beadwork, Clouds of Joy, Code of Silence, Code Talker, Cope Goodwin, Doug Goodnight, Granny's Granite Pot, Opposites Attract, Palimpsest, Quick Change Artist, Rose Colored Glasses, Ruth Keith

1996  Big Country, Classic Elegance, El Gigante, Flaunt It, Kiss of Honey, Maxine Perkins, Moonlight Madness, Pixiliated, Sandstone Rose, Visitor's Choice, Vivid Imagination (R.), Wannabee, War Drums, World Wide Web

1998  As Is, Damfino (R.), Dress Pinks, Flash of Violet, Grizzled Old Warrior, Guess Who (R.), Mohric Butterfly, My Etchings, Nonconformist, Oh Those Genes, Old Times Sake, On Bended Knee, Point Well Taken, Quincinera, Recipe for Success, Skies Always Blue (R.), Son of Boaz, Tattletale, Worth Waiting For (R.)

2000  Fine Feathered Friend, Flamboyant Affair, Raring to Go

Gustav L. Seligmann

Col. Seligmann did not start hybridizing until after he had retired, so had relatively few introductions.  He guested some of Gene Hunt's selected seedlings, and was thus instrumental in saving them. By then arthritis had made it almost impossible for Gus to continue his own hybridizing program, so I made crosses at his direction, cultured his seeds along with my own, and he grew the resultant seedlings to bloom size.  The lines between "his", "mine", and "ours" thus grew rather blurry with the passing years.

From 1981 through 1985, we used a common numbering system and often neither of us could recall which one a cross belonged to without consulting the records. In such cases, the one who made the selection "claimed" it. For this period, I've included all introductions and crosses used for breeding -- without respect to "ownership".

1983  Catchy Name, Florentine Marble, Satan's Mistress, Silver Dollar

1985  Casa Vicente, Edith Seligmann, Gotcha, Organ Shadows, Sonoran Dove, Wanderlust

1991 Keep 'em Guessing

1992  Blusette, Gold Margarita, Gus' Stylish Lady

1995  Alright Already

Alphabetical List, with Seedling Numbers

All That Glitters = 84-5A-16

Almost Persuaded

Alright Already = 84-7C-3

Altogether Lovely = 87-6-6

As Is = 87-7-1

At Last = 89-12-8

Bayberry Baby = 86-8-17

Beadwork = 91-21-13

Big Country = 85-3-4

Blackbeard's Ghost = 85-4-8

Blusette = 84-7C-1

Boaz

Bright Prospects = 88-16-5

Butterscotch Baby = 88-16-1

Casa Vicente = 82-18-14

Classic Elegance = 86-11-1

Close Approach = 85-7-5

Clouds of Joy = 87-6-1

Code of Silence = 87-1-3

Code Talker = 85-10-1

Cope Goodwin = 89-1-10

Damfino = 90-15-1

Daringly Different = 86-11-4

Delicate Embroidery = 87-3-8

Don't Be Shy = 89-12-6

Dot's Nice = 84-6A-4

Doug Goodnight = 86-9-13

Dream Catcher = 85-8-5

Dress Pinks = 89-15-2

Edith Seligmann = 81-11-1

El Gigante = 92-12-7

Engraved Invitation = 87-3-6

Expert Advice = 77-22-1

Fine Feathered Friend = 85-8-7

Flamboyant Affair = 92-11-9

Flash of Violet = 90-19-14

Flaunt It = 91-27-2

Fortune's Fancy = 85-3-15

Genuine Gemstones = 86-11-6

Ghost Dancer = 85-4-14

Glamour Puss = 84-4B-12

Gold Margarita = 82-22-14

Gotcha = 82-22-4

Granny's Granite Pot = 90-29-16

Grizzled Old Warrior = 85-3-21

Guess Who = 91-41-2

Herb McKusick = 81-4-2

Hidden Talents = 77-22-2

Impudent Elf = 86-8-2

Inscrutable = 86-10-6

Invasion Force = 88-16-A

Joint Venture = 84-3A-1

Keep 'Em Guessing = 84-9A-2

Kiss of Honey = 91-36-11

Land of Enchantment = 84-2-2

Magnificent Obsession = 89-1-30

Maxine Perkins = 85-3-16

Mesilla Morn = 82-13-7

Mohric Butterfly = 90-11-3

Moonlight Madness = 86-4-1

My Etchings = 85-3-18

Nonconformist = 90-19-8

Old Fashioned Girl = 85-9-1

Old Times Sake = 90-36-2

On Bended Knee -= 87-6-10

Opals for Ethel = 77-25-9

Opposites Attract = 81-3-2

Palimpsest = 89-1-7

Pixilated = 91-36-1

Point Well Taken = 90-3-19

Prim and Proper = 87-1-13

Proud Papa = 85-25-2

Pure At Heart = 89-33-1

Quick Change Artist = 90-29-1

Quincinera = 90-19-4

Raring to Go = 90-37-8

Recipe for Success = 83-5-3

Redwing's Brave = 81-1-1

Rhinestone Cowgirl = 87-4-9

Road to Damascus

Rose Colored Glasses = 87-4-2

Rose of Sharon = 81-10-3

Ruth Keith = 91-1-47

Sandstone Rose = 90-65-9

Simply Luscious = 89-12-7

Singing Bird = 81-1-2

Skies Always Blue = 89-18-15

Son of Boaz = 85-3-12

Song of Babylon = 81-47-1

Sonoran Dove = 82-22-1

Sweetness and Light = 84-7A-1

Tattletale = 86-7-1

Things to Come = 89-16-1

Toldjaso= 87-2-7

Topped with Cream = 84-4B-13

Unclaimed Treasure = 81-3-1

Visitor's Choice = 88-1-3

Vivacious Vi = 89-1-8

Wannabee = 88-5-1

War Drums = 90-59-10

Warrior Chief = 82-25-1

Whirling Thunder = 84-5-13

Whirlwind Romance = 82-26-2

Whirlwind Tour = 88-7-4

White Chocolate = 86-1-2

World Wide Web = 92-34-2

Worth Waiting For = 91-54-1