The terms orca, yin yang and calypso are all descriptors for these dry beans...Read More with two distinct color areas. Most often, orcas tend to be black and white like their name sake, while the others can be black and white, brown and white or white and tan. The dry bean grown by the Anasazi native peoples is probably the source of the original strain.
The names are used interchangeably as cultivar names or descriptive common names by gardeners and vendors alike. The exception is the specific Orca cultivar developed by Washington State University.
There are beans known as orca beans that are not the cultivar Orca.
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The terms orca, yin yang and calypso are all descriptors for these dry beans...Read More
A black and white bean.