Hybridizer Henri Cayeux (1869-1963)

France - Le Havre (Seine Maritime)

French botanist, brother of Ferdinand Cayeux; was director of Gardens and walks of Havre, director of the botanical garden of Lisbon.
See Histoire de la Maison Cayeux, in IRIS et BULBEUSES, n°134 (1999), pp. 09-14.

Other members of the Cayeux family: René (nephew), Jean (grandnephew), Richard (great-grandnephew).

Registrations/Introductions:

Minature Dwarf Bearded:

• 1924: 'Ideal White'.

Tall Bearded:

• 1924: 'Ginette'.

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