Iris Registrations (updated August 9 2011)
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Instructions on submitting pictures of irises to the Image Coordinator
Recent Announcements
Overview of Registration
Reserving Names
Registration Instructions and Restrictions
Submitting a photo for a registered iris
Download Photo Submission form
Notice to Hybridizers and Registrants: (June 2011)
Deadline for Iris Registrations: The Board of Directors of the American Iris Society has enacted a policy stating that iris registrations must be received by the AIS Registrar prior to November first of each registration year and any registrations received after that date will be held until December first and be registered in the following registration year.
It is important to note that the policy says ”received by” not “postmarked by.”
New AIS Registrar announcement: (July 2011)
John Jones has been appointed AIS Registrar and as of July 2011 has taken over the responsibilities. Please send all registrations and correspondence to the new Registrar-Recorder John I. Jones.
Overview: AIS is the official world registry of iris. Each iris variety is first "Registered" with the AIS and can then later be "Introduced". An iris is considered "Registered" when the application is accepted and approved by the AIS Registrar. Following this, when an iris is offered for sale to the general public and when proof of that is submitted to the AIS Registrar it would then be considered "Introduced". The date/year of Registration and Introduction are usually different. The procedures are outlined below.
Registration Form: Click here to view/download/print the Registration Form
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Completed Registration Forms are sent to:
Registrar-Recorder:
John I. Jones, 35572 Linda Drive, Fremont, CA 94536-1523
phone: (510) 795-9723 | e-mail: aisregistrar@irises.org
Registrants are encouraged to review the AIS publications: 10 year Check Lists and annual Registrations and Introductions booklets for names prior to submitting an name for reservation or registration. Alternatively, you may subscribe to the online registrations database and search electronically for names. For more information go to the Check Lists page on this website.
Reserving a name for an iris is easy. Select a name as you would if you were going to register an iris, send the name along with the eservation fee to the Registrar/Recorder(s). The fee for reserving a name is the same as, and also functions as, the registration fee. Once the reserve fee is paid, there is no further fee for registration for an iris with that name as long as the registration is made before the reserve expires.) The name reservation is valid for rest of the current registration year (to Nov 30th) plus the next three years before it expires. A reservation that is made on july 14, 2012 expires Nov 30th, 2015. Once expired another fee must be paid to reserve the name or register an iris with that name.
Once the name is approved the Registrar will send a "Reserved Name" form to you. The form looks just like the Registration form except the fee is lined out ans marked 'Paid" and the name and reservation/registration number filled in. It is advisible to submit alternative names with the application. The Registrar will communicate with you in the most epeditious manner to solve any problems with the names submitted. The Registrar will not "Pre-approve" names prior to receiving payment of the fee.
If a reservation expires the name goes back into the pool of available names until someone either reserves the name or registers an iris with that name
Registration and Instructions/Regulations
1. For all classes of irises
EXCEPT bulbous irises, request registration application from
Registrar-Recorder. (or download the
Registration Form from the above link)
2. Remit registration fee – payable to the American Iris Society
– $15.00 for each iris. The cost to register and transfer a name from a
previous registration is $15.00.
3. Select a name which has not previously been used and submit it
for approval when requesting application. Refer to ten year Check Lists
(1939, 1949, etc.) and annual registration supplements issued after the
latest Check List. (Please also submit alternate names.) A name is not
registered until the registration application has been filed and a
certificate of registration returned to you.
4. Names should follow the rules established by the International
Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. The following names will not
be permitted:
a) Names of living persons without their written consent, or names of
recently deceased (within past ten years) persons without permission of
next of kin or other authority.
b) A person’s name including the following forms of address or
equivalent in another language: Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms.
c) Names including symbols, numerals, non-essential punctuation, or
abbreviations.
d) Names beginning with the articles “a” or “the” or their equivalent in
other languages unless required by linguistic custom.
e) Names in Latin or in latinized form.
f) Slight variation of a previously registered name.
g) Names in excess of four words, or thirty letters.
h) Names containing the word “iris” or “flag” or the species name of any
recognized species of Iris, or formed wholly by recombining parts of the
parental species’ names.
i) Names containing the hybridizer’s name in possessive form. (Green
Pastures acceptable; Green’s Pastures not.)
j) Names which exaggerate or may become inaccurate (e.g. Heaviest Lace,
Tallest Black), or which are composed solely of adjectives which could
be construed as a simple description of a non-registered iris (e.g. Late
Pink, Pale Blue, Ruffled).
k) Names translated from the original language. (They should be
transliterated as necessary instead.)
5. Previously registered names may be re-used if (a) the
originally registered iris has not been introduced or distributed by
name, (b) does not appear by name in parentage registrations, and (c) a
release is obtained from the original registrant.
6. Names will not be released as obsolete unless no stock now
exists and the iris was not listed as a parent in registrations.
Introduction
Introduction is the offering for sale to the public. Catalogs, printed
lists, and advertisements in the American Iris Society Bulletin are
acceptable means of introduction. Irises must be recorded as introduced
before they become eligible for awards of the Society higher than High
Commendation. It is the responsibility of the hybridizer to send by
first-class mail to the Registrar-Recorder a copy of the catalog, list,
advertisement or printed copy of website (and URL) showing introduction.
Abbreviations
AB Arilbred
AR Aril
BB Border Bearded
CA Californicae
F. Falls (sepals)
IB Intermediate Bearded
JI Japanese
LA Louisiana
MDB Miniature Dwarf Bearded
MTB Miniature Tall Bearded
RE Remontant (reblooming)
S. Standards (erect petals)
SDB Standard Dwarf Bearded
Sdlg. Seedling
SIB Siberian
SPEC Species
SPEC-X Species hybrid
SPU Spuria
TB Tall Bearded
Submitting a Photo of a Registered Iris
Download a copy of the form for image submission
Guidelines for Image Submission:
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Registrants are requested (but not required) to submit images after a registration has been completed and they have received the Registration Certificate.
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The submissions should be the highest quality digital images in jpeg format (4x6-300 dpior medium setting on a camera- Higher Resolution (600 dpi) is preferred but not to exceed 1200 dpi).
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Images should be labeled as follows: iris name_hybridizer_year_of introduction_type_photographer (i.e. Splashacata_Tasco_05_TB_JSmith). Fields should be separated with an underscore (_).
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If possible, the submission should include:
- a close up image of the flower,
- an image of the flower and stalk,
- an image of the clump.
It is to the advantage of the hybridizer to submit the best photos possible so that the images promote the cultivar in AIS projects. The photographer retains copyright ownership but agrees to any AIS uses when they submit images of the iris.
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The photograph of the flower should be taken in the garden with no digital manipulation permitted. Color and form should be true to cultivar in all respects and in sharp focus.
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Images are to be submitted with this form to the Image Coordinator at: AISSlides@irises.org
Detailed Copyright Disclaimer:
The registrant hereby acknowledges that by submitting a photograph of an iris cultivar registered with the Registrar-Recorder of the American Iris Society the registrant hereby grants the AIS and its agencies (Affiliates, Regions, Sections) the right to reprint or republish such photograph in the Iris Encyclopedia maintained by the AIS; in any of the newsletters or journals published by the AIS or its agencies; to publish such photograph on any website maintained by or on behalf of the AIS or any of its agencies; and to publish such photograph in any other publication published by the AIS or its agencies in the ordinary course of its educational and scientific activities.
Submission of a photograph to the AIS represents and warrents that, with respect to the photograph submitted, the hybridizer is the owner of all copyright rights other than those rights otherwise granted to the AIS herein or by law. If the photograph submitted was taken by other than the hybridizer, the hybridizer certifies that permission has been obtained from the owner of the photograph for the uses described herein. The photographer shall retain ownership of all individual copyright rights to the photograph covered by this agreement except for those rights granted to the AIS or by law. (05-07-2012JS)
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