Iris Terms / Iris Definitions / Iris Abbreviations
Iris Descriptive Terms:
Amoena — White standards, colored falls
Beard — Grouping of hairs at the top of the falls. Beards may be a variety of colors. Bi-color — Light to medium standards, darker contrasting falls Bi-tone — Two tones of the same color Blend — Two or more colors blended together Broken color: Splashes of color not in a pattern Falls — 3 lower petals of iris flower
Flounces — Appendages extending from the tip of the beard like little petals Hafts — Top part of falls (area surrounding beard) Horns — Spears extending from the tip of the beards Luminata — Wash of color in falls with paler veining; clear unmarked area on hafts; usually paler edge to petals Neglecta — Blue standards, darker colored falls Plicata — Stippled or stitched margin color on lighter ground color Rebloomer / Remontant / Re — Iris that blooms in any other season in addition to its normal spring bloom time; also called remontant Reverse amoena: Colored standards and often white but may be lighter color falls Rim - Small edge of color around the falls or standards
Ruffles - Falls and/or standard edges that are curled, waved or fluted.
Self — An iris of one's own color (i.e. only yellow bloom, no mixture of color)
Signal - a collection of color under the beard Space Ager — Iris with flounces, horns or spoons
Spoons — Spooned appendages extending from beard Standards — 3 upper petals of iris flower Style arms — Small stiff segments above the beards Texture- sheen or shine of the petals Variegata — Yellow standards, reddish colored falls
All iris plants have 3 standards and 3 falls.
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