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A Bloom size 8 to 10 inches
AA Bloom size 10 plus inches
AN ANENOME: One or more rows of ray florets around a center of elongated tubular disc florets
B Bloom size 6 to 8 inches
BALL BALL: Fully double blooms, almost round in shape with tightly quilled petals. Bloom size, 3 1/2 inces and over.
BB Bloom size 4 to 6 inches
BI BICOLORED: Two colors with clear separation on the face of the petal
C STRAIGHT CACTUS: Petals rolled for half their length, of the straight or nearly straight petal.
CO COLLARETTE: One row of flat or cupped petals surrounding a disc. These blooms have an inner set of petaloids generally multiple and irregular, forming a collar around the disc.
FD FORMAL DECORATIVE: Flat petals with an even regular placement throughout the bloom.
IC INCURVED CACTUS: Petals rolled for their full length, with the tips of the petals curving toward the center of the bloom.
ID INFORMAL DECORATIVE: Generally flat petals sometimes slightly rolled at the tips, but with the irregular arrangement.
LC LACINIATED: Ray florets split or incised no less than one-sixth their length. The bloom has a fringed appearance.
M Bloom size 2 to 4 inches
MB MINIATURE BALL: Fully double blooms, almost round in shape with tightly quilled petals. Bloom size, 2 to 3 1/2 inches.
MS MIGNON SINGLE: Open centered blooms with a single row of ray florets surrounding a disc. Blooms are u to 2 inches in size
N NOVELTY: Characteristics differing from present classifications
OR ORCHID TYPE: Open centered blooms with one row of ray florets surrounding a disc. The florets involute for two-thirds or more of their length, usually partially overlapping
P POMPON: Fully double blooms, almost round in shape with tightly quilled petals. Bloom size 2 inches and under
PE PEONY TYPE: Opened centered blooms with two or more rows of petals surrounding a disc. Petals may be irregularly formed
S SINGLE: Open centered blooms with a single row of ra florets surrounding a disc
SC SEMI-CACTUS: Petals flat at the ase with less than one half of the petals rolled.
V VARIEGATED: Two or more distinct colors on the face of the petal the variegating color arranged in dots, splashes, narrow lines, stripes, or flecks that stand out from the base color
WL WATERLILY: Closed center with multiple rows of ray florets normally broad and flat or slightly incurved, depth usually less than one half the diameter.