Re: REF: Color Patterns for Dummies

Laurie, I think that is a very good idea.  You are not the only one who gets confused with iris patterns and vocabulary.  I think I could find fifty words which have been used on this Iris-talk in the past six months which need concise and precise definitions.
Francelle Edwards in Ary zony where Gila is He la, Tucson is Too san and Mogollon is Muggy on.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: lfandjg@yahoo.com 
  To: iris-talk@egroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 4:07 PM
  Subject: [iris-talk] REF: Color Patterns for Dummies


  Hello Talkers,

  OK, I admit it.  In spite of the fact that I've read every post on 
  iris-talk and spent endless hours perusing iris sites online for the 
  last year, I'm still essentially an iris newbie in desperate need of 
  some basic info.  As you extremely knowledgeable folks discuss
  plicata 
  genetics, I want to know, "What IS a plicata, and where can I see 
  photographic examples of such?"  Just so you don't think I'm a 
  complete moron, I have read several definitions of plicata, and I do 
  have an idea which irises fit into that category, but written 
  definitions only take my understanding so far.  I'd still like to see 
  specific examples with a brief description of the markings that 
  qualify them as plicatas.  What, exactly, are stripes?  Dots?  
  Stipples?  Stitching? Peppering?  Is Chuck Chapman's "ring factor" an 
  expression of plicata?  Is "umbrata" an expression of plicata?  At 
  what width does a wire edge become a halo or a ring? Are stripes an 
  expression of plicata or of broken color ... or is broken color
  itself 
  an expression of plicata?  Which cvs are examples of each of the
  above 
  (or any other color pattern: bitone, bicolor, blend, self, amoena, 
  etc.)?  

  Now I have an idea.  I'd like to develop a section on my website to 
  include photographic examples of as many of the iris patterns as 
  possible, along with "Iris Pattern Descriptions for Dummies" that
  even 
  I can understand (no in-depth genetics discussions, just 
  straight-forward descriptions).  Unfortunately, I have very few iris 
  pics of my own at this point, so I could only produce this 
  photographic tutorial with  assistance from the folks on this list. 
  I 
  would be happy to provide photographic credit and site links to
  anyone 
  who would be willing to offer photos for use in this project.  

  Pattern descriptions will be the hard part.  The recent difference of 
  opinion here regarding what qualifies as a variegata taught me that 
  much.  I suppose the best way for me to handle that is to acquire as 
  much information as possible about each given pattern and then to use 
  the most frequently expressed and easily understandable definitions
  to 
  match available photos.

  Is any of this making any sense, or am I just rambling over the 
  keyboard?  Am I getting ready to bite off a WHOLE LOT more than I can 
  chew?

  Please let me know what you think.

  Thanks,

  Laurie                                             


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