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1980 Award Winners Gallery

Below you will find a picture gallery with links to iris that have won 1980 AIS Medals and Awards or were runners up.

The AIS Award of Merits and Honorable Mentions are broken out separately and presented on this page in PDF listings with links to the iris. The High Commendations and Exhibition Certificates listings are available on the main 1980 Awards page.

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The 1980 Dykes Medal Winner

'Mystique'

'Mystique', TB, Joseph Ghio, 126 Votes (17.6%)

Runners Up:

‘Brown Lasso’, BB, Eugene Buckles, 114 Votes (16.1%)	‘Queen Of Hearts’, TB, Opal Brown, 34 Votes

‘Brown Lasso’, BB, Eugene Buckles, 114 Votes (16.1%) 'Brown Lasso'	‘Queen Of Hearts’, TB, Opal Brown, 34 Votes 'Queen Of Hearts'

The Knowlton Medal, Border Bearded Iris

'Brown Lasso'

'Brown Lasso', 419 Votes (68%)

Runners Up:

‘Whoop Em Up’, Dovie Brady, 49 Votes	‘Pink Swirl’, Wedow's Iris Garden, 30 Votes

‘Whoop Em Up’, Dovie Brady, 49 Votes 'Whoop Em Up'	‘Pink Swirl’, Wedow's Iris Garden, 30 Votes 'Pink Swirl'

The Hans and Jacob Sass Medal

'Appleblossom Pink'

'Appleblossom Pink', 93 Votes

Runners Up:

'Cheers', 76 Votes	'Gay Wings', 61 Votes

The Fred and Barbara Walther Cup

'Gypsy Wings'

'Gypsy Wings, BB, Melba Hamblen, 150 Votes

Runners Up:

‘Christmas Rubies’, TB, Melba Hamblen, 149 Votes 'Christmas Rubies'	‘San jose’, TB, Joseph Ghio, 143 Votes 'San Jose'

The 1980 Award of Merit Iris listing with links to each Award of Merit Iris.

Award of Merit, Tall Bearded Iris

‘Entourage’, Joseph Ghio, 178 Votes 'Entourage'	‘Flamenco’,Keith Keppel, 131 Votes 'Flamenco'	‘Victoria Falls’, Schreiner, 116 Votes 'Victoria Falls'

‘Gentle Rain', Keith Keppel, 109 Votes 'Gentle Rain'	‘Temple Gold' Walter Luihn, 109 Votes 'Temple Gold'	‘Coffee House' Joseph Ghio, 91 Votes 'Coffee House'