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Ferdinand Cayeux, 1932
Iris Class:
Bearded
Bearded Class:
Tall Bearded
Age:
1930-1939
Fall Color:
Lavender
Standard Color:
Lavender
Pattern:
Blend
Beard Color:
Lavender
Hybridizer:
Cayeux F
Rarity:
Available - not endangered

Full Description

TB 36″ E S3L

From Rene Cayeux’s catalog for 1939: “A large metallic bluish lavender, flaring falls same tone but deeper the center suffused soft flax blue; a soft pleasing pastel colour, vigorous and free-flowering, strong branching stems. Height 4 ft.”

From Schreiner’s Iris Lover’s catalog for 1936: “Beotie, an elephant grey and lavender, is novel.”

From Robert Wayman’s catalog for 1943: “48 in. Elephant grey, flushed taupe. A new color.”

(Ochracea Caerulea X Dryade), CM SNHF 1932.