Phyllis Hess
Day: December 21, 2011
Mitten thumb
Brian asked for a picture of a flower with nicks or mitten fingers. I usually avoid photographing flowers with a lot of flaws, so I had to search several years of photos to find such an example. The attached photo…
nickers & 8’s
8 petals on a poet with nicks. We normally think of poets with perfect petals since they have short flat cups. I think this one was from St. Louis at the Shaw Preserve. Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Fwd: Definition of Mitten Thumb Needed
A mitten is a deep notch in one of the segments making up the perianth of the flower. When the effect has begun and how deeply entangled the petal is determines the location and depth. It is usually caused by…