origination:
HOWARD R. WATKINS (Bockstoce. 1947) - Double - Red - Very Early - Hybrid. Medium height. Very large, bright red with strong stems. No stamens show. Carpels tipped pink. Named for the past Secretary of the American Iris Society. Officinalis x albiflora. Bulletin 108. List in Bulletin 129.
M.S. Uspenskaja 2003, p. 82:
