Re: REF: amoena vs neglecta & bitone vs bicolor

--- Linda Smith <irisgrower@cableone.net> wrote:

>> One of the things I also wondered about since we
are
> coming up w so many
> iris variations, is if it is not a pure white for
> the amoena but creme do we
> still call it an amoena?  My understanding at
> present is that it needs to be
> white standards or if reverse amoena it needs to
> have white falls.
> Off white does not count.
>

Linda,

I have seen color tones from "warm" white to very pale
yellow referred to as 'cream' or 'creme' (which is
entirely legitimate if you compare the color of cream
from Holstein cows' milk to that from Jersey or
Guernsey cows).

Personally, I would consider the term amoena still
appropriate if the "cream" involved was a "warm"
white, but that if the "cream" had a distinctly yellow
cast to it, then bicolor would be the preferred
designation (or variegata, if the companion color was
in the red/brown range).

Jeff Walters
in upstate South Carolina
USDA Zone 7b
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