Аннотация:Moscow International Iris Competition established in 1996 is carried out annually by the Russian Iris Society together with the Botanical Garden of the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University aiming to stimulate the domestic iris hybridization. The Competition brings out most decorative seedlings and introduced varieties of tall bearded irises stably growing in the Moscow region. French variety 'Ravissant' (Cayeux'2006) became the winner of the XV Competition that took place in the MSU Botanical garden in 2010.