■(TB) 'Victorine'

1840, Lémon

'Victorine' (Jean-Nicolas Lémon, 1840) 24", Late bloom. Color Class W3. Standards white flecked deep violet; Falls deep velvety violet irregularly bordered white; primrose beard. This iris was sometimes mixed with the variety 'Thorbecke' which is distinguished from 'Victorine' by having pure white standards (without the splashes). A glass lantern slide (Thorbecke 1.jpg) in the gallery is attributed to 'Thorbecke' but may be 'Victorine', although the shape of the falls looks different.

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• References

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References

Lémon, Annales de Flore et de Pomone, 1839-1840, p. 366. "Unicolored white standards; falls striped purple and violet"
Société royale d'horticulture, 1842, Description abrégée de quelques iris de la collection de M. Lémon, Annales de la Société royale d'horticulture de Paris, Tome XXX, pp. 414-417. White standards (with a slight bluish overtone); falls with rosy stripes at the base, melted blue on the end.
From AIS Alphabetical Iris Check List 1939: *(obsolete) Mme. Lémon. TB (Lemon 1842); A.F.P. 1842; Hort.Fr. 7: PL 14 1857 %% (color plate); $ (variety superseded)
From Wing Seed catalog, 1919: "VICTORINE — (Am.) A beautiful and distinct Iris, very scarce. S. snow-white oddly flecked deep velvety violet, strongly tigered at base; style arms snow-white; F. deep velvety violet of beautiful texture with an irregular border of white. Candelabrum-shaped flower formed of long divisions. Twenty-seven inches. 25c."
From Movilla Gardens catalog, 1921: "VICTORINE. (Lemon 1840.) S. mottled blue; F. violet-blue mottled white. Beautiful. 25 inches."

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-- BobPries - 2011-03-07

• Please note that both written and illustrated sources account for
  - Victorine: pure amoena pattern
  - Mme Lémon: amoena pattern with blue flecks on standards
  Therefore, the iris called Victorine nowadays is actually Mme Lémon. One doesn't know when the confusion took place. 18 May 2021 -- PascalJordan