Received the American Iris Society Hybridizer Award in 1957. The highest award for Minature Dwarf Bearded iris, the Caparne-Welch Medal, is named in honor of Walter Welch and William J. Caparne.
Registrations/Introductions:
Border Bearded: 'Plictissima', 'Super Variegata'.
Minature Dwarf Bearded: 'Ablaze', 'Anonymous', 'April Morn', 'Atomic Blue', 'Baby Green Spot', 'Black Top', 'Blarney', 'Blazon', 'Blue Spot', 'Blue Whiskers', 'Blue Wish', 'Blue Wonder', 'Bricky', 'Bright Spot', 'Bright Spring', 'Bright Sunshine', 'Bright White', 'Butch', 'Cherry Spot', 'Commencement', 'Cream Supreme', 'Crispy', 'Cup and Saucer', Delicious Apple', 'Dirty Face', 'Dizzy Dame', 'Dream Child', 'Enamel Blue', 'Fashion Lady', 'Flashlight', 'Fortissimo', 'Gay Lassie', 'Glow Gleam', 'Greenie', 'Green Petals', 'Half Pint', 'Heart's Content', 'Hullabalu', 'Jasper Gem', 'Lavender Dawn', 'Little Agate', 'Little Balkan', 'Little Joe', 'Little Red Wagon', 'Little Villain', 'Marine Blue', 'Maroon Doll', 'Micromaina', 'Middlebury', 'Morning Fresh', 'Morning Light', 'My Daddy', 'Orange Glint', 'Red Sheen', 'Pansy Acres', 'Pastal Dawn', 'Perky', 'Primus', 'Purple Rider', 'Red Gem', 'So Fair', 'Sparkling Eyes', 'Spectrum Violet', 'Spot Pattern', 'Spring Joy', 'Stylish', 'Twinkling Star', 'Veri Gay', 'Violet Night', 'Violet Ribbon', 'Walter Welch', 'Wee Blue', 'White Light', 'White Mite', 'White Owl', 'Whitone', 'Yellow Daisy'.
Minature Tall Bearded: 'Amethyst Sunset', 'Blue Trimmings, 'Brown Crown', 'Consummation', 'First Time', 'Flossie Flakes', 'Jill Welch', 'Lavender Frills', 'Lemon Frosting', 'Lucky Orchid', 'Ornate Pageant', 'Pale Amoena', 'Sassy Buterfly', 'Topsy Turvy', 'Tutone Elegance', 'Welch's Reward'.
Standard Dwarf Bearded: 'Blue Sparks', 'Brown Spectacle', 'Deep Lavender', 'Lilli-Amoena', 'Lillibicolor', 'Lilli-Bitone', 'Lilliblack', 'Lilli-Blue', 'Lilli-Bright', 'Lilli-Brownstone', 'Lilli -Flora', 'Lilli-Green', 'Lilli-Purple', 'Lilli Richtone', 'Lilli-Var', 'Lilli-Violet', 'Lilli-White', 'Lilli-Yellow', 'Red-Lilli', 'Tantalizing Sun..
Tall Bearded: 'Blue Blazes', 'Halleluiah', 'Haughty', 'Heart's Content', "White Parvenu'.
-- Main.RPries - 2012-03-19