Luella Danielson was a member of the Mesilla Valley Iris Society and was involved in Arilbred hybridizing.  She was a Master Judge and provided Judges Training on arils and arilbreds across the nation, and blessed many youth and adults with hands-on-demos of hybridizing, as well as gift rhizomes from her garden. 

She believed the that the most success in seed germinating comes from natural planting in the ground. She states not all seeds come up the same year. “This is not acceptable with most growers, because of lack of space or patience. But when we want instant plants, we destroy nature’s way of germination, and soon the slow-germinating part of the planting will be destroyed automatically. Then what? Not many new hybridizers will ever see nature, only instant growing.” Some of the most beautiful irises she had germinated came up in later years of the same planting.

Henry Danielson one of the foremost authorities on the hybridization of Aril and Arilbred irises.  He originally started hybridizing in Chicago but moved to  Chaparral, NM and became a master judge from Region 23.  Over the following years, he won numerous Honorable Mentions and Awards of Merit. Stars Over Chicago, Genetic Dancer, Bionic Burst, and Snow Over Chicago, all were voted the C. G. White Award. The W. Mohr Award was presented to Genetic Burst and Aril Lady. He won the American Iris Society Hybridizer Award Medal for Achievement in Hybridizing in 1982. He was a life member of the Aril Society International and received their award for Outstanding Aril of the Year in 1970 for Big Black Bumblebee.  He is the only hybridizer to take both the C. G. White Award and the W. Mohr  award in the same year.