Re: HYB: hafts, terminology (from photos)

The haft is the 'narrow' part of the blade of the fall petal.  Like the
haft of a spear, with the wide part of the petal the blade on the end of
the spear.

With wider hafts, rounding out the falls, the region of the petal that
is 'haft' becomes more obscure.

Some hybridizers/catalogs describe edges of the petal as 'shoulder'
colors or veins, those around the beard as a 'spray pattern'.

I love veining, spray patterns, and full width "haft marks" on many,
many blooms, including the seedling in the photo you posted, Donald, and
agree with you about the terminology confusion.

Any ideas for what to call dark veins on white ground that cover the
entire "haft" area?

Neil, I like your term 'ensataform' (or was it ensatiform?)  for
flatties, but since everybody already seems to be calling them flatties,
it might not catch on.

I had a cute little seedling (no photo) this year with blooms that
looked like some of the modern siberians I've seen - standards same size
as the style crests, but a different color, horizontal rounded falls.
Siberiform? <g>
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