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Lossefalme
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Jun 8 2007, 11:31pm
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Not exactly LotR, but...
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JRRT always did have a love of flowers. This is my first peony of the season and it's a whopper! I wish you could all smell it, too. It's really lovely.
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Daughter of Nienna
Grey Havens
Jun 9 2007, 3:52am
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Now that is a talent I lack!
The artist in me loves the way the light plays across the blossom...beautiful
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Nienna: “ those who hearken to her learn pity, and endurance in hope . . . All those who wait in Mandos cry to her, for she brings strength to the spirit and turns sorrow to wisdom." — Valaquenta
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Radhruin
Rohan
Jun 9 2007, 7:25am
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My mother has a huge bouquet of the white peonies on her kitchen table now. They really are lovely, and short-lived unfortunately. She hates the ants that join the party though. I sometimes think they are more enjoyable indoors, in a nice vase setting, than outdoors. The huge blossoms are sometimes overwhelmed by their voluminous greenery outside, particularly if they aren't in full sun. The stems seem to want to reach to the sky, but always fall short. Nice picture, by the way.
"A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it."
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silneldor
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Jun 9 2007, 4:52pm
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It's so full and perfect. The petals are so delicate.
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A little bit of Rivendell to warm the home
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GaladrielTX
Tol Eressea
Jun 9 2007, 11:44pm
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From our backyard back in April:
I regretted the backdrop with the garden hose and the drainspout, but UT said I should look at it as if it brings out the beauty of the flower.
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Coming up with reasons for changing my nick from GaladrielTX to Galadriel wore me out.
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Lossefalme
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Jun 10 2007, 12:51am
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Beren IV
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Jun 10 2007, 1:01am
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I'm trying to grasp the anatomy of that thing!
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I guess the white are the petals, and that it hasn't opened up yet. But where are the sepals?
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Lossefalme
Gondor
Jun 10 2007, 2:25am
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Sounds like you know more about it than me...
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I pretty much have a black thumb. I have one indoor plant in my house and I don't know what it is. It looks like it's on its last legs. My outdoor stuff fares a little better because once it's planted I try not to touch it again or its dead!
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Jun 11 2007, 1:31am
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dernwyn
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Jun 11 2007, 1:34am
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Beauty amongst the yard tools! //
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And love the way the droplets cling to it.
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Altaira
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Jun 11 2007, 4:44am
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And a very nice one at that.
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Radhruin
Rohan
Jun 14 2007, 6:19am
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Ha. I have no idea. A little research lead me to Wikipedia's definition of a sepal.
But many flowers have colorful sepals and lack petals or the sepals and petals look similar and are often called tepals. The term tepal is usually applied when the petals and sepals are not differentiated and look similar or the petals are absent and the sepals are colorful.
Or possibly the sepals are just hidden behind the petals, which I think is the case with peonies, but I'm no expert.
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