2010 Lily Show Highlights

The Iowa Regional Lily Society held it's 37th Annual Lily Show on

June 26 and 27, 2010 at the

Des Moines Botanical Center,

Des Moines, Iowa.

Some of the Award Winning Lilies are pictured below:

Greatest Number of Blue Ribons - Jane Venard

Best Lily in the Show- Harlequin Hybrid

Grown & displayed by Jane Venard

Runner Up Best of Show- Iowa Orange Glow

Grown & displayed by Jane Venard

Best in Show-Artistic Design Section

Arranged and displayed by Sandy Quam

Best Iowa Up-Facing Asiatic Hybrid - Kentucky

Grown & displayed by Jane Venard

Highest Bud Count Award- Orania

Grown and displayed by Debbie Hull

Three Stems of the Same Clone - Iowa Orange Glow

Grown & displayed by Jane Venard

Best Brushmark - Purple Reign

Grown & displayed by Peggy Moody

Best Down-facing Asiatic Lily -Harlequin Hybrid

Grown & displayed by Jane Venard

Best Photo in the Show by Public Vote

Grown & displayed by Rodger Main

3 Stems of Registered Asiatic Hybrid with Different Orientation

Music Art

Grown & displayed by Wanda Lunn

Euridice

Grown & displayed by Wanda Lunn

Dawn Star

Grown & displayed by Wanda Lunn

Best Trumpet Lily in the Show - Iowa Orange Glow

Grown and displayed by Jane Venard

Best Interdivisional Lily - Yelloween

Grown & displayed by Jane Venard

Best Registered Speckled Lily - Kentucky

Grown & displayed by Jane Venard

The Robert Russell Award for the Best Lily in the Show went to Jane Venard for 'Harlequin Hybrid'.
Runner up Best of Show Award went to Jane Venard for 'Iowa Orange Glow'.
The IRLS Founders Award for the greatest number of Blue Ribbons went to Jane Venard.
The Reeds Heavenly Brushmark Award went to Peggy Moody for 'Purple Reign'.
The Main Family Award for the Best 1a Iowa Grown Up-facing Asiatic Hybrid Lily in the Show went to Jane Venard for 'Kentucky'.
The Lunn Family Award for the Best Down-Facing Asiatic Lily Division 1c went to Jane Venard for 'Harlequin Hybrid'.
The Vander Meiden Award for 3 stems of the same Clone, Strain or Species went to Jane Venard for 'Iowa Orange Glow'
The Venard Family Award for the stem with the highest Bud Count went to Debbie Hull for 'Orania'
The Lovely Lily Photo Award went to Rodger Main for his beautiful picture of 'Shirley' with a very small toad on a petal.
The Novice Award went to Trish Patrick Congratulations on your first Blue Ribbon Show!
The Popularity Poll selected both Florence Vander Meiden's 'Invassion' and Jane Venard's 'Kentucky' as the Public's Favorite Lilies at the Show.

IRLS extends it's sincere thanks to the many members who participated in various ways to make this Lily Show one of the best ever.