Hvert år på denne tid fascineres jeg over kejserkronerne, og frastødes af deres underlige udseende. Og som hvert år tænker jeg, at jeg nu ved, hvorfra John Wyndham fik inspirationen til sine trifitter. (Fra bogen "Da trifitterne kom"). I hvert fald i vores have står de omme bag ved eller inde i andre blomster, og så pludselig, stikker deres orange hoveder op over naboerne eller kigger ind over hækken.
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Ⓚ is for kejserkroner = Crown imperial.
This time every year I'm fascinated and abhorred by the Crown imperials. They are beautiful, yet somehow alien in their beauty. I always think they inspired John Wyndham when he wrote Day of the Triffids. At least in the Owlery these plants are hidden among or behind other plants, and then, all of a sudden, their orange heads are seen above the shrubbery or behind a hedge.
Uglemors kejserkroner
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MotherOwl's crown imperials
John Wyndhams Trifitter
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John Wyndham's Triffids
Those are new to me - how very unique and they have a beautiful colour.
SvarSletBeautiful, golden orange colour. They exist in a clear yellow too, which I don't like. It seems to harsh. But they smell very bad, they are supposed to keep moles -- or is it voles -- away.
SletBeautiful things - which I have never, ever seen.
SvarSletThe Day of the Triffids frightened me as a child. As an adult I attribute triffid qualities to a number of invasive plants...
Attributing triffid qualities to invasive plants, yes that's an idea. I am actually still frightened by triffids, so maybe it is not so good an idea, not that I think it over.
SvarSletthey look kind of odd to me, like they might be growing peppers or tomatoes.
SvarSlethave a lovely day.
There will be nothing edible coming from them. They'll just wilt and become memory in a month's time. And I'm happy it is this way becayse they stink! Their fruits would be quite inedible, and I wouldn't like to have to clean overripe stinking, triffid fruits from anything.
SletThey are rather interesting looking, i'd never heard of them.
SvarSletThey might be a European species.
SletAccording to omniscient Wikipedia it is "native to a wide stretch from Kurdistan across the plateau of Turkey, Iraq and Iran to Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Himalayan foothills. It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental and reportedly naturalized in Austria, Sicily, and Washington State." So yes, that's the reason why neither American nor Australian citizens have seen this before.
... but the Englishman John Wyndham of course knew them :)
Slet