Pacquita
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Lemon 1948
Iris Class:
Bearded
Bearded Class:
Tall Bearded
Age:
Before 1900
Fall Color:
Mauve/Rose
Standard Color:
Mauve/Rose
Pattern:
Bitone
Beard Color:
White
Hybridizer:
Lemon
Rarity:
GG eligible - endangered

Full Description

TB. Midseason bloom. Color Class-R7D. Synonyms: Mad. Pacquette, Mme. Pacquette; Mme. Pacquitte, Pacquit.

Paris Herbarium 1848; Hort. Fr. 1857; Robert Parker 1874; Van Geert 1893; Dr. William Terrell Macoun 1908, Farr 1912; Oldown Nursery 1920; Wing Seed Co. 1920; Bommersbach 1939; Fremont 1939;

From Fryer’s catalog, 1921: Bright, rosy claret; very handsome. 40″. 30¢.

Note: This iris is known by two names: Pacquita (as listed in the AIS) and Mme Pacquette which is listed as obsolete.  Mme Pacquette is the name is goes by in Czech Republic to this day. But for our purposes we will use the official AIS title here.