RE: help, definition and id
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- Subject: RE: help, definition and id
- From: "* M* <I*@msn.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 00:32:59 -0600 (MDT)
Hi, Audrey--I can answer your first question, if not the second. "Variegata"
is one of those words invented by early irisarians which have no meaning in
the larger scheme of things and therefore don't show up in Webster's (I guess
Webster's can't be expected to know everything!). Anyway, what it means is
yellow standards and red falls, not necessarily streaked. Why? other than
that the species I. variegata tends to have that color combination, who knows?
Same as calling two-toned blues "neglectas"--they wanted to call them
something....
Barb in Santa Fe, 'way too late at night.
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From: iris-l@rt66.com on behalf of Audrey M Soper
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 1997 5:34 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: help, definition and id
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)?
Second Question:
I was given an iris from Michigan via Washington, it is the
older shape of a "Blue Sapphire" with the falls folded back slightly, the
color is different to me. Both the Standards and the falls are the same
color which is yellow at the base and fading to a rich pinkish purple at
the tips. The falls are slightly darker than the standard but still
yellow and purple, The beard is yellow. It is definitely a TB. Anyone
have a clue?
