■(TB) 'Directeur Pinelle'

1932, Cayeux

'Directeur Pinelle' (Ferdinand Cayeux, R. 1931), TB, Midseason bloom. Color Class S9D. 'Penelope' X 'Bruno'. Certificate of Merit S.N.H.F. 1932; Award of Merit A.I.S. 1937.

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References

Bulletin de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1932, 5e série, Tome V, p. 261. Revue Horticole, 1937, Nouvelle série, Tome XXV, photo p. 528.
DIRECTEUR PINELLE (Cayeux 1932) M. 42". A splendid dark bronze red. S. clear coppery wine red; F. semi-flaring, velvety garnet red with an almost black luster. The stalks are tall, strong and widely branched. A strikingly handsome iris and one of Cayeux's best. $10.00. [1937 Quality Gardens catalog, Freeport, IL] C.M. , S.N.H.F., 1932.
Directeur Pinelle: (Cayeux). Can't see the reason for enthusiasm except for the form. Dull. [Belsley, Ray J., Varietal Comments. Bulletin of the American Iris Society 74 (July 1939), 16.]

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