The interesting posts on Doubles Judging have caused me to muse on a related topic. Does anyone know why a daffodil would switch to a 4-fold symmetry (8 rear petaloids in a double, for example) rather than the canonical 3-fold…
Author: Melissa Reading, California
quake map
Friends: There is a good map of the Christchurch quakes available at the NASA Earth Observer site linked below. Accompanying explanatory text is copied below the link. We are so grateful that our New Zealand friends fared as well as…
Max Hamilton in hospice
Friends: Kath Hamilton posted the following on Facebook today: Kath Hamilton is thinking we are into the next level of "hard yards." There has been a real down-turn with Max’s health and I am so grateful for the support of…
Escholtzia californica –oops, spelling
Gee, I thought it seemed too easy to spell the Latin of California poppy, but links popped right up with the former spelling, and I was too lazy to check the Flora. In fact, it has a few more consonants…
Escholtzia californica
In bloom on my walk yesterday: Escholtzia californica, the California poppy, than which there is probably no more vivid shade of orange, which is from its Rutin content: http://www.jbc.org/content/41/4/495.full.pdf "The petals of Escholtzia californica contain nearly 5 per cent of…
Jackie Turbidy wins Ironstone art contest
Daffodil friends: ADS’s own Jackie Turbidy is the winner of this year’s art contest at Ironstone Vineyards, and thus her painting will provide the image for this year’s annual Daffodil Poster. This is a significant honor. Congratulations, Jackie! She says…