>When officers told me that the Daylily society was creating e-memberships, I asked if their illustrated checklists were going to be on the >members site. They were shocked that I would even ask. They explained, that they felt it was the obligation of an international registrar to >have the information as freely available as possible and that to charge for that information would be unethical. With the internet there are new >expectations for the conduct of registration authorities.
For many years, the SJI has struggled with the issue of unregistered cultivars in the trade. The problem is not unique to Japanese irises, but because of other contributing factors (which some of you may have heard me address in Kansas City), the problem is much more severe with JI's than for other non-bulbous irises. In the early 1990's, the SJI registered many cultivars that had originally been introduced in Japan. Today, the market is flooded with unregistered cultivars from Dutch sources, many of which are being sold by highly respected plantsmen.
Interestingly, some unregistered cultivars have been listed in the parentage of registered cultivars. I know of one case where an unregistered cultivar was judged at an AIS-sanctioned show and a photograph of it was posted on the sponsoring club's website. (BTW, the unregistered cultivar name was NOT 'Michaele Salahi') As I see it, there is a crack in the system and policies that continue to limit the availability of information to the public only make the issue worse.
As Pogo said, "We have met the enemy and he is us".
Dennis Hager, who is very tired of watching certain members of this board hell bent on making the AIS implode.
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