CULT: Standard Descriptions was BLACK FALLS (was DisappointingTBs)
- Subject: CULT: Standard Descriptions was BLACK FALLS (was DisappointingTBs)
- From: D* E*
- Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 08:17:50 -0500
Randy describes BF standards:
>Black Falls has also done well here in southern California for me.
>Very tight standards,
There has been discussion of the type of falls on this list many times
(hound ears, strappy, waterfall, flaring, horizontal & more), but I don't
recall such terms being often used in reference to standards. Are there any
descriptions for standards that are more or less commonly used to refer to
the shape? I use my own that I've come with but would prefer to use the
same language as everyone else. Best I can come with for my descs:
dunce caps - those standards that roll into more or less a triangle or
pyramid shape above the falls.
candle holders - harder to describe, but these are the ones that go up
essentially perpendicular but then curve slightly out, then dip back in with
the top curving back out slightly. They are tight usually, without much
open area between them.
perpendicular - those that are essentially straight up from the standards,
no curves. Usually quite tight.
closed arching - those that curve out but touch at the top. Usually leave
a hole for viewing the styles.
open arching - those that curve out but don't close at the top, making the
styles easily viewable.
open semi-arching - they curve, but not a lot and the result is a very open
effect above the falls.
lily - open and no curve. More or less straight and angles outwards above
the falls. Usually the most open blooms.
Are there real, agreed on terms for these types? Obviously, like the falls,
the width and strength are additional descriptors, but I use those above (at
least in my head) when I'm trying to describe the general shape of the
standards to type them.
Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA
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