Luminata term
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- Subject: Luminata term
- From: C* H* <c*@netcom.ca>
- Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 01:03:21 -0400
Arnold writes
:Can you explain what the term "luminata" means? Catalogs always
:explain neglecta, amoena, etc., but none ever explains "luminata",
:even though they use the term.
There have already been a couple of good answers to what this term
means:
from Tom Little;
Imagine a photo-negative of a plicata. That's close to what a
luminata is. The styles are light colored (white, yellow, pink...),
as are the hafts. Dark color is present as a sort of "wash" in the
spaces *between* the veins. The petal rims are also often without
dark coloring.
and from Lloyd Zurbrigg:
A luminata is an iris with an outpouring of white over the haft and
partway down the falls. The original was the Sass iris MOONLIT SEA. It
seems to be part of the plicata series. Someone else might like to
explain this more carefully. Lloyd Zurbrigg.
Chris adds a little more:
The reason you don't see it defined more often in catalogues is that it
is a relatively new iris term in comparison to others. This and other
iris terms have evolved over time and are used in catalogs to give a
more exact and succinct description of the irises. The only catch here
is that with using all these "trade" terms you have to be up on your
iris jargon in order to fully appreciate the iris being described!! It
may be helpful to to understand this pattern by the study of some photos
of iris with the luminata pattern. Check out the following.
Recent examples of irises with the luminata pattern are from the Keppel
line; SPIRIT WORLD, MIND READER, FANCY WOMAN, FLIGHTS OF FANCY.
--
Christopher Hollinshead
Mississauga, Ontario Canada zone6b
AIS Region 16
Director, Canadian Iris Society
Newsletter Editor, Canadian Iris Society
e-mail: cris@netcom.ca
