William Mohr / Wm. Mohr Mohr, 1925 TB AB 30" M S7M From Cooley's Gardens catalog for 1937: "This strange and beautiful hybrid is named for one of the world's most famous hybridizers, and is considered as his greatest piece of work. The entire bloom is a self color of pale lilac, closely netted and veined with deep violet, producing a weird, yet very lovely effect. In some ways it resembles the variety 'Susiana', but lacks the dullness of this older sort, and is not at all difficult to grow.. A monster flower, produced on stems up to 30 inches tall." From Tell's Iris Gardens catalog for 1951: "A sensational hybrid and a good parent when it can be induced to set seed. Veined violet." From Syllmar Gardens catalog for 1956: "Rare and beautiful is this huge exotic lavender with a fine network of purple veining. Plant in a hot and well drained location." (Parisiana x gatesii), AM RHS 1930.

From Robert Wayman's Iris catalog for 1940

Notes: Since 1993, the William Mohr memorial medal has been awarded to the best arilbred iris with less than 1/2 aril ancestry. (Before 1993, it was the William Mohr award, equivalent to an award of merit. Arilbreds must now earn an award of merit before they can qualify for the William Mohr medal.) The medal honors William Mohr, one of the first experimenters in arilbred breeding during the early decades of the 1900s. [From the Aril Society International Website]