■(TB) 'Jean Cayeux'

1931, Cayeux

'Jean Cayeux' (Ferdinand Cayeux, 1931) TB, 38" Midseason to late bloom season, Color Code S4M, Glistening pale Havana brown flushed with gold. A very distinct French iris, and an important parent of many later irises. 'Phryné' X ('Bruno' x 'Évolution'). Cayeux et Le Clerc 1931. French Dykes Memorial Medal 1931; Award of Merit AIS 1936.

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References

Bulletin de la Société Nationale d'Horticulture de France, 1931, 5e série, Tome IV, p. 266.
Jean Cayeux: (Cayeux). A beautiful coffee tone with rather short branching. Has individuality. [Belsley, Ray J., Varietal Comments. Bulletin of the American Iris Society 74 (July 1939), 17.]
See Photo: IRIS et BULBEUSES (2001) n°141, 1st cover.
Personally, I think Jean Cayeux a much finer iris than the equally famous Copper Lustre. There is less marking at the haft, the falls are a better shape, the standards are slightly ruffled, but just as open. The color is pale Havana brown with a golden glint, subdued when the shadows are long by the touch of blue in the venation and at the end of the beard. [Lila McCombs, “A Critical Evaluation of Older Irises”, The Bulletin of the American Iris Society, No. 110 (July 1948): 58.]
Goldfarb 1945 catalog has colored image

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