Re: Excited!!!!!

From: Jpwflowers@aol.com

Loved your note - glad to hear someone is as crazy as me.

The terminology on siberians is very fluid (not too pinned down) including 
signal vs. blaze.  So I'll just give you my take on it.  I consider the 
signal to be the area which begins at the hafts (connection of falls to rest 
of flower)  and flows out onto the fall more or less depending on the iris.  
It includes the white and/or yellow (or green or brown) area which is usually 
crossed by darker veining.  Sometimes in addition to a signal there is an 
area below it which has a color which is different or more intense than the 
fall color and I call this a blaze (or sometimes a halo).    For example many 
reddish siberians have white signals crossed more or less with red veins or 
lines and then a bluish area extends from the white out onto the falls in a 
more or less diffused pattern.  It is this additional blue area I call the 
blaze.  Not all siberians have it though almost all have a signal (even 
though it can be very small).  It is also possible for the signal to be quite 
large and cover a large part of the falls as is seen in many of the very 
early siberian hybrids and as it is doing more and more in some of Bob 
Hollingworth's modern hybrids.  

What does everyone else think?  Do you have a different interpretation of 
these terms?  It would be great if we could all use the words in the same 
way.  

Jan has been wanting to do a study of signals for years, taking pictures of 
all the different incarnations.  It is such an important part of siberian 
flowers.  There is lots of terminology that could be helpful.  When we write 
seedling evaluations we try to describe the parts of the flower and have come 
up with various attempts at naming the parts of the parts.  Styles are 
another interesting feature.  There are midribs and crests and curls and 
feathers and florets and diamond shapes and .....
Maybe this winter we could all come up with words to describe these things.   

Marty Schafer , Carlisle, MA  cold  zone 5

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