Jan - since the classifications are shown with example pictures I bet you are going to remember them for a long time!

Variegata Glamour Pants:

Blyth, 2006

How I love Edge of The World!

MTB Twilight Calm (neglecta)
(L. Burton '10)

Leslie, I was just thinking how useful a single page with examples of each type
would be. I'd print it out! And refer to it often!

Yay Lucy!! You posted a picture!!! And it's a pretty one!

Slovak Prince - neglecta

Really like your MDB Lucy!

Best Bet (may have lost this one) Neglecta

o.k. I think I've got it. Neglectas= purple and white, or...; variegatas = yellow and white.

Feudalism - Variegata

Hold My Hand - Variegata

Halloween Trick:

Ghio, 2007

Icon - Variegata

Viking Dancer - variegata

Italian Master - Variegata

oh - there can be purple on the variegates.

...and red.

neglecta=standards = of purple or blue with darker falls.
Variegata=yellow stands, red or purple falls. This term is named after Iris variegata, species with that color pattern.

Mariposa Skies - Neglecta

janwax said:o.k. I think I've got it. Neglectas= purple and white, or...; variegatas = yellow and white.

Ummm -- no. I put the definitions in the first post of this thread.

Neglectas: Blue or Purple bitones -- standards are the lighter color.

Variegatas: Yellow or near-Yellow standards -- darker falls of brown or purple.