Breathatking Beauty and design

Cherry
Poem of the week

By Rhiannonw

Wed, 05 Jun 2024
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16 comments
 

Velvety, soft petal, sepal, tepal
deepest purple
merging into
lemon and white base

protecting the
pollen holders
and the incipient seeds
awaiting fertilization,

and giving pleasure
by its beauty.

(lower picture has some tepals dropped off. The tepals of tulip all look the same, but are regarded as, equivalent to what are outer sepals and inner petals - differeing from each other - in most flowers.)

 

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Comments

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Breathtaking is right - amazing isn't it? I didn't realise there were different names for each section either (in fact I thought you'd misspelled petals at first) - thank you!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks. Yes, I was learning there too. It is as if they have sort-of two rows of 'petals' instead of one row of green sepals bent back after covering the folded up row of petals in the bud. I was just so thrilled on picking up the petals that were dropping off indoors and seeing their exquisite beauty and trying to photograph it.

Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you for the cherries. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Such a great description of this colourful flower Rhiannon. I love your photos too.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jenny. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by memphis on

 It's captivating, and the texture is beholding.

William E Alexander

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you very much for sharing. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by marandina on

"Velvety, soft petal, sepal, tepal.."

 

You bring the colour to life so vividly in your poem and photos, Rhiannon. Just gorgeous.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Again, thanks for letting me know how it came across. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

Rhiannon have you tried to "press" flowers for bookmarks? It doesn't work well they are very brittle when dry. Mine is always at Psalm 87.

Hope you are well! Things Ok here.

See youl Tom

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

No, I haven't personally, but they can be very delicate reminders, but of course the real live petal has much more beauty.

Nice to have such as bookmarks though. Psalm 87 reminds of the wonder that we from all the gentile nations are able to be part of God's city now, that is eternal, and his workmanship. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Tom Brown on

What you can do is stick it with cellophane (sticky) tape and then press it in the book, of course it's permanent then. If you try to remove the dried flowers you might damage the page.

The cherries say it all! All the best! Tom

 

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Congratulations, your wonderful poem is Pick of the Week!

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Oh, what a surprise, an accolade to the beauty of so many petals and flowers! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Like that first breath of Spring. Lucious, Rhiannonw. x

Rich

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

thank you, Rich. That's a nice comment. Good to hear from you. Rhiannon