Re: luminata (was Yellow "Plicata" Pattern)
- To: i*@rt66.com
- Subject: Re: luminata (was Yellow "Plicata" Pattern)
- From: t*@lanl.gov (Tom Tadfor Little)
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:20:18 -0600
Linda writes:
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:>A luminata is an iris with an outpouring of white over the haft and partway
:>down the falls.
:
:This is what I had always thought was a luminata pattern but this description
:still seems at odds with the other one by Tom (which I have now deleted of
:course). This sounds like the opposite color pattern and are the same two
:explanations that werre posted when we were discussing color patterns during
:the blizzard (or shortly thereafter).
No, they're the same. The thing you first notice about a luminata is
the burst of clear white, yellow, or pink in the heart of the flower
(because the styles, hafts, and area around the beard are without the
dark pigments. On closer inspection, you see that the the areas that
are dark are not completely dark (like a self), but rather the veins
are clear and the pigment itself often looks "marbled" and fades as
you approach the edges of the petals. It is pretty much a "photo negative"
of a plicata, where the dark pigment is concentrated in the styles,
hafts, veins, and petal rim.
There are some irises that have a light-colored "blaze" on the fall
below the beards. These are not luminatas; they do not have the
clear hafts and styles and the marbling effect.
Happy irising, Tom.
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