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CIP 12 B CIP 12
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CIP self CIP - plicata CIP - bitone CIP - bicolor CIP - blend
SELF PLICATA BITONE BICOLOR BLEND

SELF -- Standards (upper petals) and falls (lower petals) are the same color.
PLICATA -- Petals are rimmed, dotted or stitched in color.
BITONE -- Standards are a different shade of the falls.  Falls are usually darker.
BICOLOR -- Standards are a different color from the falls.
BLEND -- One color blended into one or more others.

AMOENA -- A bicolor with white standards
VARIEGATA -- Has yellow standards and red-brown falls
NEGLECTA -- A blue or violet bitone.