Re: "variegata"
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: "variegata"
- From: "* D* H* <r*@dmv.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 05:32:34 -0600 (MDT)
In defense of iris lingo and the use of the term "variegata", it stems
from the flower color of the bearded species, I. variegata, with yellow
standards and deeper falls, native to central and eastern Europe. I
don't know of the term being used in reference to the flower outside the
bearded section. To add confusion, within the bearded section, the term
has been used to describe foliage as in I. pallida var variegata (Hortus
3rd)
When I return to my mixed border (away from the irises, where my friends
tell me I'm in too deep), variegation generally refers to the foliage,
as in variegated giant reed, or Arundo donax var variegata. (Hortus 3rd)
Although, leaf variegations are usually white or yellow, they may be
other colors as in Codiaeum variegatum pictum, better known as croton, a
common houseplant.
Are you confused yet?
R. Dennis Hager
on Delmarva
Where the Japs are looking me in the eye.
> >> First Question,
> >> In the 10th edition of Webster's I could not find the word
> >> "variegata". Does it mean variegated (like stripped) or does it mean
> >> splattered? (like in the iris Batik)?
> Marte gave an interesting definition, according to the dictionary and
> etymology of the word.
> In "iris lingo" variegata has a specific iris definition, which is: yellow
> or near yellow stndards with deeper falls in varied or solid tones of brown,
> purple, or red.
>
