GLOSSARY

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Amoena - White standards, colored falls -
Reverse Amoena - more rare combination of colored standards with white falls.
Beard - a line of fuzzy hairs at the top of the falls
Bicolor - standards of a different color than the falls
Bitone - standards and falls different shade of the same color, falls usually darker 
Reverse Bitone - when the standards are the darker shade.
Blend - combination of 2 or more colors, smoothly or unevenly mixed.
Falls - the lower three petals of the flower.
Flounces - appendages extending from the tip of the beard like little petals.
Hafts - the top part of the falls, where it connects to the rest of the flower
Horns - an extension of the beard turned upward like little spears.
Luminata style arms and hafts are white or yellow, remainder of the flower is washed with color, with paler veins.
Median - an iris in the following classifications:  Border Bearded, Intermediate Bearded, Miniature Tall Bearded, Standard Dwarf Bearded
Neglecta - blue or purple bitones, the standards being the lighter tone.
Plicata - stippled, dotted or stitched margin color on lighter ground color, some muted  others very striking, changing all the time.
Rebloomer - an iris that blooms in any other season than/after its normal spring bloom period - Remontant.
Self - standards and falls are the same color.
Signal - patch of contrasting color at the top of the beard.
Spoons - appendages extending from the tip of the beard shaped like spoons
Standards - the upper three petals of the flower
Style arms - the small stiff segments just above the beards.