OT-BIO: Perry Dyer
- Subject: OT-BIO: Perry Dyer
- From: P* D*
- Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 19:40:59 -0600
OK, let's see if I do this
right (if I mess up, I expect a message from John Jones!). I jsut got on
the internet a couple of weeks ago, and signed up first-thing to
iris-talk.
My name is Perry
Dyer. I'm 43 years old, native Oklahoman, and live in Blanchard, OK in
central OK. I've been around the block a few times with the irises, as I
have been growing them since age 8. I am a hybridizer, and have a
hobby-gone-mad business, Contemporary Gardens (catalog available, see the AIS
Bulletin Shopping Section for info -- I won't use iris-talk as a forum to
advertise my business!). I hybridize TB's and medians, and am now trying
my hand at arilbreds, Louisianas, gladiolus, and (big-time)
daylilies.
I grow all classes of
irises that CAN be grown here in the Sun Belt, with the exception of Japs (I'm
not too good at Siberians, either, but am gonna give it another shot this
fall). I grow 1500 varieties, in addition to about 220 official convention
guests.
I have had my best success
at hybridizing with medians, with 3 of my releases winning the top award in
their class (except the Dykes Medal, of course): Silent Strings (IB, Sass
Medal); Soft Spoken (BB, Knowlton Medal); and Serenity Prayer (SDB, Cook-Douglas
Medal). I am releasing my first introductions in 10 years this year (3
TB's and 4 SDB's), including one which I have named for my mother, Kitty Dyer
(aka, "Miss Kitty" or "Perry's Mom"). I also introduce
for Augusto Bianco from Italy and Louisianas for Kevin Vaughn from
Mississippi.
I work for the Federal
Aviation Administration in Oklahoma City as a staff analyst for the
inventory/logistics division, which takes care of seeing that air traffic
equipment remains operational. My education is in music, with a BA in
Music, Piano Performance, from the University of Oklahoma in 1977.
I was the first recipient
of the Clarke Cosgrove Youth Achievement Award in '73. That same year I
became a fully accredited AIS judge (at the time, the youngest in
America). I'm now a Masteer Judge, and do a lot of judges training clinics
around the country. I was honored to be asked to judge the Premio Firenze
Competition in Florence, Italy a few years ago, but that's another whole story,
and I think I've exceeded my word limit.
I grow a lot of Louisianas
too, and am the Immediate Past President of the Society for Louisiana
Irises.
That's it for now.
We're fervently preparing for the national iris convention here May 4-8.
I'm currently working on finalizing the bus routes, and am also in charge of the
convention booklet. Hope y'all can come.
Perry Dyer
Zone 7a, although I swear
last summer I swear I had forgotten to die but went to hell -- it was HOT
here!
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