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ORIGINATOR: Ferdinand Cayeux
INTRODUCED: 1937
CLASS: Tall Bearded
HEIGHT: 42"
BLOOM SEASON: Midseason
DESCRIPTION: S. tawny gold; F. ruby-garnet, bordered tawny gold; rich gold beards.
PARENTAGE: Armor x seedling
AWARDS: Certificate of Merit S.N.H.F. 1937
PBF: Unknown
INTERESTING INFO:
From the 1939 René Cayeux Iris Catalog: Robust and firm plant, the most vigorous and the tallest of the variegata with well branched stems. Immense flower. S. old gold shaded bronze. F. half spreaded, rounded, garnet purple red widely edged gold. Great effect.
From the 1942 Fairmount Gardens Catalog: A magnificent iris of rich brownish red with well arched and domed standards of golden bronze lightly flushed red. The semi-flaring falls are garnet red bordered with bronze at the edge. The slightly ruffled flowers have execellent form and substance and are well placed on almost perfectly four way branched stalks. C. M., S.N.H.F. 1937. A.I.S. Silver Medal at Iris Show at the New York World's Fair as the finest stalk in the show, 1940.
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