Sorrente


  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

  • Photo by Carlos Ayento; taken at Brighton Park Iris

ORIGINATOR: Ferdinand Cayeux

INTRODUCED: 1937

CLASS: Tall Bearded

HEIGHT: 42"

BLOOM SEASON: Midseason

DESCRIPTION: S. and style arms dark taupe, faint edging of sulpher yellow, fades to light beige; F, dark rose, golden hafts, slight white haft reticulations, heliotrope infusion below beard; beards yellow, white at base.

PARENTAGE: Not listed

AWARDS: None

PBF: None

INTERESTING INFO:
From the 1939 René Cayeux Iris Catalog: Inedit colour and quite distinct. Round flower of good form and good consistance. S. sulphur yellow, slightly shaded mauve. F. rosy mauve at center, edged and strongly lighted yellow at throat.