DEFINITIONS

Alba

flowers which are normally

colored but now lack all coloration except white or occasionally yellow or green in

combination with white

Balance (design principle)

visual stability

Clone

plant grown from a single seed and all subsequent divisions

Color (point scales)

Hue, clarity

Contrast (design principle)

design element such as coarse/smooth, light/dark, short/long

Cultivar

individual plant in cultivation

Cultivar name

name given to an orchid clone and set in single quotes when written or printed

Dominance (design principle)

Greater impact of some elements subduing others

Floriferousness

Degree of flower-bearing in relation to the typical

Genus (genera)

subdivision of a family consisting of one or more species with common characteristics. (pl. genera)

Grex

group applied to progeny of a given cross

Grex name

name given to a cross and all its progeny of that cross

Habit of inflorescence

The manner in which the inflorescence is displayed

Hybrid

The offspring of a cross between different species or hybrids

Hybrid genus

Plants derived from the combination of two or more genera

Inflorescence

Mode of flower-bearing

Made-up plant

Identical plants growing in one pot, not judged as a specimen

Panicle

A branching raceme

Proportion (design principle)

Relationship of design areas to each other within the entire frame of reference

Raceme

An unbranched elongated inflorescence with pedicellate flowers. as in cymbidium, cttleya odontoglossum

Rhythm (design principle)

Dominant visual path thru design suggests motion

Scale (design principle)

Measure of component size to individual design parts

Semi-alba

A white flower that has a colored lip

Species

group of plants showing intergradation among individual members

Spike

usually unbranched, elongated inflorescence of sessile or non-pedicellate flowers

Spray

A horticultural term implying an arching effect

Substance

Thickness and firmness of tissue in flowers

Umbel

inflorescence with flower stalks arising from a common point

Variety

given kind; a plant that varies from the type in one or more important characters

texture

surface quality of a flower which enhance appearance

Solitary Inflorescence

A single flower at the end of a pedicel

Spike Inflorescence

Flowers attached directly to the stem without pedicels

Raceme Inflorescence

Flowers attached to the stem with short pedicels

Panicle Inflorescence

branched, indeterminate inflorescence

Umbel Inflorescence

Flower arising from a common point, resembling an umbrella

Simple Umbel

A type of umbel inflorescence

Compound Umbel

Umbel inflorescence in which each umbel is made up of smaller umbels

Head Inflorescence

Rounded inflorescence of sessile flowers.

punctate

tesselated

barred

maculate

VITTATE

longitudinal stripes or bands

banded

transverse stripes of one color crossing another

blotched

color disposed in broad irregular blotches

bordered

one color surrounded by an edging of another

clouded

colors are unequally blended together

discoidal

single large spot of color in the center of another

dotted

color disposed in very small round spots

edged

one color is surrounded by a very narrow rim of another

marbled

surface traversed by irregular veins of color

ocellated

broad spot of some color has another spot of a different color within it

painted

colors disposed in streaks of unequal intensity

spotted

color disposed in small spots

striped

longitudinal stripes of one color crossing another

zoned

broad spotS of some color and other spots differnt color