■(TB) 'Imperator'

1922, Cayeux

'Imperator' (Ferdinand Cayeux, 1922). TB, 38" (70-80 cm) Midseason bloom. Color Code R9M. Standards light purple; falls purple or dark purple, stripes around the beard. Like iris pallida, bracts of flowers buds are wholy dry, like silvery white paper or parchment.

Note: Not to be confused with the Dutch iris 'Imperator'.

See below:

• References
• Progeny

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References

Journal de la Société National d'Horticulture de France, 1921, 4e série, Tome XXI, p. 175.
From Indian Spring Farms catalog, 1927: IMPERATOR (Cayeux 1923). Very large, late-flowering bicolor with cupped standards and straight-hanging falls of Mathew's to raisin-purple, shading white at the haft with heavy red-brown reticulations. A strong, vigorous plant with strong stems. 40 inches. The coloring is similar to Edouard Michel but more reddish-bronze, duller than Seminole. $4.00 each.
From J. C. Nicholls catalog, 1931, p. 6: IMPERATOR (Cay. 1923) 38 inches. Fine large red-violet. .35 cents.
Historic Iris Preservation Society gallery link.

Progeny:

'Yaun Ke', 'Allure', 'Alma Mater By Sheets', 'Alseides', 'Antique By Sheets', 'Blaze Crest', Church Farm Yellow', 'Claude Monet', 'Daffodil', 'Desiree', 'Enion', 'Fairy Prince', 'Monogram', Mount Vernon', 'Regency', 'Romance', 'Ruddigore', 'Samuel L. Earle', 'Satinette', 'Stella Haydon', 'Still Waters', 'Sunny Morn By Gersdorff', 'Talisman', 'Tharmas', 'Thel', 'Tiriel' ,

'Eulengrund'*, 'Firetail By Gersdorff'*, 'Evelyn Benson'*,

Culture

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