| 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. |