あまりにも身近な花なので、視野に入ってこないことがあります。
This flower is so familiar to me, so it sometimes doesn't come into my view.
This flower is so familiar to me, so it sometimes doesn't come into my view.
2024年6月8日土曜日
2024年6月7日金曜日
勲章菊(ガザニア) terracotta gazania
ガザニアは、勲章菊とも呼ばれ、名前から分かるようにキク属の植物です。
和菊の持つイメージは繊細ですが、それに比べ洋菊は華やかです。和菓子に和菊柄が用いられているのを見ることがありますが、洋菊を模した勲章はあるのでしょうか。
父は勲章には興味がなかったようで、父の頂いた勲章が、私のおもちゃ箱に入っていた遠い昔のことを事を思い出しました。
The Japanese name for Gazania means Chrysanthemum-patterned Medal of Honor. As the name suggests, it belongs to the Chrysanthemum family.
Japanese-chrysanthemums have a delicate image, while Western-chrysanthemums are more showy. I occasionally see Japanese chrysanthemum patterns used on Japanese sweets, but are there any medals that resemble Western chrysanthemums?
My father didn't seem to be interested in any Medals of Honor, the medals he had received were in my toy box. The memory of my childhood toy box came back to me.
和菊の持つイメージは繊細ですが、それに比べ洋菊は華やかです。和菓子に和菊柄が用いられているのを見ることがありますが、洋菊を模した勲章はあるのでしょうか。
父は勲章には興味がなかったようで、父の頂いた勲章が、私のおもちゃ箱に入っていた遠い昔のことを事を思い出しました。
The Japanese name for Gazania means Chrysanthemum-patterned Medal of Honor. As the name suggests, it belongs to the Chrysanthemum family.
Japanese-chrysanthemums have a delicate image, while Western-chrysanthemums are more showy. I occasionally see Japanese chrysanthemum patterns used on Japanese sweets, but are there any medals that resemble Western chrysanthemums?
My father didn't seem to be interested in any Medals of Honor, the medals he had received were in my toy box. The memory of my childhood toy box came back to me.
2024年6月6日木曜日
エンジェルストランペット angel's Trumpet
大柄な花ですが、可憐な雰囲気もあります。有毒な植物なので、素手で触らないようにしましょう。
The flowers have a delicate appearance even though they are large. Avoid touching this plant with your bare hands as it is poisonous.
The flowers have a delicate appearance even though they are large. Avoid touching this plant with your bare hands as it is poisonous.
2024年6月5日水曜日
飛燕草(ヒエンソウ) larkspur
和名の由来は、花の形をツバメが飛ぶ姿になぞらえたのも。一方、英名は、ヒバリの蹴爪（踵からでたトンガリ）です。どちらも鳥に由来するのは面白いです。この写真のアングルでは、鳥に見立てるのはちょっと難しいですね。
The flower's Japanese name is derived from its resemblance to a swallow in flight. On the other hand, its English name comes from the skylark's spur (the pointed tip that extends from the heel). It's intriguing that both originated from birds. The angle of this photo makes it hard to tell if it's a bird.
The flower's Japanese name is derived from its resemblance to a swallow in flight. On the other hand, its English name comes from the skylark's spur (the pointed tip that extends from the heel). It's intriguing that both originated from birds. The angle of this photo makes it hard to tell if it's a bird.
2024年6月4日火曜日
オルラヤ white lace flower
白い小さな花が茎の先にまとまって咲くので、遠目には白いレースのように見えます。ドクゼリに外観が似ているので、別名はドクゼリモドキです。もどきですので、オルラヤに毒はありません。
Small white flowers can look like white lace from a distance because they bloom in clusters at the tops of the stems.
Small white flowers can look like white lace from a distance because they bloom in clusters at the tops of the stems.
2024年6月2日日曜日
チェリーセイジ Salvia microphylla
花の上部に飛び出た雌しべの頂部が、鳥の頭のように見えます。通常は雄しべは見えませんが、蝶が蜜を吸いにやってくると、2本の雄しべが出現し花粉を蝶の背中に着けます。雄しべを隠すのは、自家受粉を防ぐためと言われています。
In my view, the top of the pistil that protrudes from the top of the flower looks like a bird's head. The stamens are usually not visible, but when a butterfly arrives to suck nectar, two stamens emerge and deposit pollen on the butterfly's back. The stamens' hiding is believed to prevent self-pollination.
In my view, the top of the pistil that protrudes from the top of the flower looks like a bird's head. The stamens are usually not visible, but when a butterfly arrives to suck nectar, two stamens emerge and deposit pollen on the butterfly's back. The stamens' hiding is believed to prevent self-pollination.
2024年6月1日土曜日
突抜忍冬(ツキヌキニンドウ) trumpet honeysuckle
突抜と云う名前の通り、枝先の花の後ろで対生する葉の間を茎が突き抜けているように見えます。ふっと連凧を思い出しました。
The Japanese name for this plant begins with words that mean "to break through." As the name suggests, behind the flowers at the ends of the branches, a stem appears to be pushing through between adverse layout leaves. I suddenly recalled kites that were connected like a train.
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