Hybridizer René Cayeux (1896-1970)

France - Vitry sur Seine (Val de Marne) / Maintenon (Eure-et-Loir)

Son of Ferdinand, he succeeded his father in 1938; before and after the Second World War, he registered irises for his father. 1937, he moved to his account, turned to the wholesale trade. 1960: the compagny moved to Maintenon and his son Jean moved to his account in the region of Gien and focus on the culture of the iris. (see: Richard Cayeux, Histoire de la Maison Cayeux, Hommes et Plantes n° 25, 1998 or Iris et Bulbeuses, n°134, 1999, pp. 10-14).
Other members of the Cayeux family: Henri (uncle), Jean (son), Richard (grandson).

Registrations/introductions

Intermediate Bearded:

• 1938: 'Lutetia' see TB.

Tall Bearded:

• 1938: 'Aigue Marine', 'Araucania, 'Burlesque', 'Cameroun', 'Cours-La-Reine', 'Jéhova', 'Lutetia', 'Malgache', 'Malibran', 'Marietta', 'Myrto', 'Nicole Lassailly', 'Persan', 'Pharaon', 'Pydna'.
• 1939: 'Acropole', 'Anne-Marie Berthier', 'Antigone', 'Blanchefleur', 'Contemplation', 'Coppelia', 'Haendal', 'Madame Jules Buyssens', 'Marie-Rose Martin', 'Meleda', 'Platon', 'Président F. Cayeux', 'Ramuntcho', 'Reine Blanche', 'Rêve Bleu', 'Roi Soleil', 'Rondeau', 'Tanagra', 'Virgo Maria'.
• 1946: 'Amboise', 'Arioste', 'Carthage', 'Cingalais', 'Galathée', 'Galibot', 'Hawaï', 'Impérial', 'In-Salah', 'Lemnos', 'Louise Aureau', 'Orgon', 'Pagode', 'Pirate', 'Rayon De Lune', 'Séraphîta', 'Singar', 'Sourire', 'Tzigane'.
• 1947: 'Alceste', 'Aspasie', 'Crépuscule', 'Donatello', 'Esclarmonde', 'Korsabad', 'Manou', 'Montaigne', 'Pacha', 'Sénégal', 'St Wandrille'.

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