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eruthrosOne of the neat things about the Chrysanthemum Festival at Longwood Gardens is the variety of chrysanthemum flowers. They're not just trained into curtains and funny shapes; they also have all different kinds of flowers, and they label them. That way you can call it educational. *g*
So this post contains: anemone, incurve, spider, spoon, and star (complex) chrysanthemums. Plus just a basic chrysanthemum.
This is a spider chrysanthemum. Yup, that's my hand, and yup, that's how big the flower is. A spider chrysanthemum has tubular petals that curve at the end.
Once again, click on a picture to see it larger. It should open in a new window.
This is an incurve chrysanthemum. Someone who knows more than I do about chrysanthemums could probably tell you what kind (there are subclasses up the wazoo), but all I know is that it has petals that curve inward. Hence incurve. *g*
An anemone chrysanthemum. I think it looks more like a pincushion.
Two different spoon chrysanthemums. These are really neat. They have tubular petals, except at the tip, where they uncurl and are flat. So they really do look like spoons. The first picture's a more dramatic example, since the petals of that flower are white on the bottom and red on the top. I'm such a dork.
A "star" chrysanthemum. This is a complex chrysanthemum, since it has different kinds of petals.
And just a basic chrysanthemum. The petals are painted, but I don't know if the shape has a particular name.
So this post contains: anemone, incurve, spider, spoon, and star (complex) chrysanthemums. Plus just a basic chrysanthemum.
This is a spider chrysanthemum. Yup, that's my hand, and yup, that's how big the flower is. A spider chrysanthemum has tubular petals that curve at the end.
Once again, click on a picture to see it larger. It should open in a new window.
This is an incurve chrysanthemum. Someone who knows more than I do about chrysanthemums could probably tell you what kind (there are subclasses up the wazoo), but all I know is that it has petals that curve inward. Hence incurve. *g*
An anemone chrysanthemum. I think it looks more like a pincushion.
Two different spoon chrysanthemums. These are really neat. They have tubular petals, except at the tip, where they uncurl and are flat. So they really do look like spoons. The first picture's a more dramatic example, since the petals of that flower are white on the bottom and red on the top. I'm such a dork.
A "star" chrysanthemum. This is a complex chrysanthemum, since it has different kinds of petals.
And just a basic chrysanthemum. The petals are painted, but I don't know if the shape has a particular name.
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Date: 2003-11-19 04:37 pm (UTC)The Japanese are always really depressed when they find that they absolutely cannot pronounce 'chrysanthemum' and ask me why it has to be so complicated. I tell them 'mum' is fine, but no Americans will understand 'kiku.' This shocks and alarms them. (I think they thought that their word for them was the international one. They are equally shocked to find that some of their words for flowers are actually borrowed English words, like 'panzii' and 'churippu' - 'pansy' and 'tulip' respectively.)
Um. I am done with Japanese flower trivia now. Sorry about that. *g*
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Date: 2003-11-20 07:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-21 09:05 pm (UTC)