15 Dec 2007, 3:06 pm
Weird and beautiful.
Speaking of weird:
When I first saw a photo of this flower on DA (incidentally, either that photo or some others by the same photographer was dedicated to autistic children) I thought, just what *is* this thing? I'd never seen it before, and it looked quite unusual. Only a couple of days ago, while browsing a stock photography site, I came across the flower once again and learned that it is called nigella and has a strange common name, "love in the mist".
16 Dec 2007, 5:54 pm
16 Dec 2007, 10:27 pm
Cosmos, Bachelor's Buttons, irises, lilacs, peonies, and day lily's are my favorite flowers. Cosmos make such pretty bouquets but they don't last long 
I still love them!
16 Dec 2007, 10:47 pm
16 Dec 2007, 10:49 pm
quince
http://www.pbase.com/hjsteed/image/58646433
Quince are kind of like cherry blossoms, which I also like very much.
And peonies...
http://www.pbase.com/hjsteed/image/78175115
especially in Chinese paintings.
I also like irises, but they don't stay around very long... and violets and lily of the valley.
cdarwin
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16 Dec 2007, 11:07 pm
This flower smells like rotten meat to attract pollinators. Cool huh? I love diversity.
16 Dec 2007, 11:34 pm
Darwin, you believe in acceptance and equal rights, even for flowers! 
I on the other hand am much more shallow.
17 Dec 2007, 12:23 am
roses, especially red and pink ones.
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17 Dec 2007, 7:48 am
I have to agree with Cdarwin here, the rotten meat scent makes perfect sense in nature, and objectively there's nothing whatsoever "ugly" about it. The very idea that a flower should smell like this is engaging and, when one comes to think about it, wonderful.
I adore irises. I love black irises especially. Would post a pic of one but can't find a non copyrighted one.
I like irises a lot, too - I posted a few pictures of different ones a while back. I've never seen a black iris though, or even heard that those exist (will have to do a search on DA and other places, now that you've mentioned it).
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retropolismetropolis
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18 Dec 2007, 5:14 am
