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2 unusual facts about flower


Donald MacKillop

In 1944, aged seventeen he joined the Royal Navy as a boy sailor and served on the North Atlantic Convoys, on the Flower-class corvette, HMS Loosestrife.

Flower magazine

In The Event: coverage of blooming occasions near and far where flowers are the real main attraction


Aalsmeer Flower Auction

The auction building of the flower auction in Aalsmeer is the largest building by footprint in the world, covering 990,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft; 243 acres).

Abir

Its colors are derived from flower extracts, for instance aparajita, marigold, hibiscus and dopati.

Acklins ground iguana

Like all Cyclura species the Acklins ground iguana is primarily herbivorous, 95% of which from consuming leaves, flowers and fruits from 7 different plant species such as seaside rock shrub (Rachicallis americana), and erect prickly pear (Opuntia stricta).

Aeginetia indica

Aeginetia indica is a holoparasitic herb of the Orobanchaceae family of plants, which occurs in Asia and is commonly known as Forest Ghost Flower.

Alyson Cambridge

She has since appeared in several roles with that company, including Giannetta in L'elisir d'amore, a Flower Maiden in Parsifal, Karolka in Jenůfa, Crobyle in Thaïs, and Bianca in La Rondine.

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

A team of researchers sets off into an island of South Kalimantan and West Kalimantan to search for a "blood orchid", a flower they believe can be used as a type of fountain of youth.

Anatrachyntis terminella

The larvae have been recorded in deserted nests of wasps of the Polistes genus, galls on flower buds of Acacia binervata, egg sacs of the spider Nephila edulis as well as dead insects and dead leaves.

Banksia cuneata

Ironically, given its conservation status, Kingsley Dixon of Kings Park and Botanic Garden suggested that it may have weed potential: the species was trialled as a cut flower crop on land north of Moore River, and seedlings were noted afterwards.

Botanical Garden of Faial

Other important orchids include the Paphiopedilum and Phragmipedium families, which have fused sepals similar to a bag, that attract insects who fall into its flower.

Caroline Friederike Friedrich

Caroline Friederike Friedrich, a flower painter, was born at Friedrichsstadt in 1749, and died at Dresden in 1815.

Celaena haworthii

Adults are active during the night and day and feed on flower nectar of Calluna vulgaris, Origanum vulgare and Molinia species.

Cockscomb

Celosia cristata, a common name of a flower resembling the head of a rooster

Coclé Province

Coclé is also home to APROVACA orchid conservation center, which conducts orchid conservation activities, including orchid reintroduction into the wild and a sponsorship program for the Panamanian national flower Peristeria elata.

Corpse flower

Rafflesia, genus which contains the species Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest single flower in the world

Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary

The sanctuary was opened as the Currumbin Bird Sanctuary by Alex Griffiths in 1947 as a scheme to stop the local lorikeet population destroying his flower plantations.

Dounan

Dounan, Chenggong District, Kunming, China; location of Dounan Flower Market

Down the Wire

Gerardo Velez, percussion on "Unspoken" and "A Flower (for Annie Jeanette)"

Edwin Osgood Grover

When his wife died in an automobile accident in 1936, he invited "flower gifts" in the form of contributions to the Hannibal Square Library.

Eliza Flower

In addition to her own work, Flower became known for her friendships including those with William Johnson Fox, Robert Browning, John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor.

Eucomis autumnalis

Sterilised bulb scales, leaf bases or flower stalks can be used in tissue culture.

Fairlie, North Ayrshire

These include the "Village Inn" (a pub and restaurant), a petrol station, a deli, a Chinese takeaway and a small gift and flower shop.

Ficus citrifolia

Ficus citrifolia is under strong selective pressure to flower and produce fruit year round due to its mutualistic relationship with its pollinating agaonid wasp.

Ficus racemosa

Both the tree and the flower are referred to as the udumbara (Sanskrit, Pali; Devanagari: उडुम्बर) in Buddhism.

Flag of Trondheim

The dog rose is the official flower of the city and its stylised form is related to the Tudor rose.

Gray snub-nosed monkey

It feeds on a variety of young leaves, leaf and flower buds, bark, fruits, certain petioles (e.g. Fagus longipetiolata), seeds (e.g. Prunus spp. and Sorbus spp.), and insect larvae.

Great Smokies Wildflower Pilgrimage

The Spring Wild Flower Pilmgrage is a week long event held in Great Smoky Mountains National Park annually in late April.

Jena West station

The deportation of Jews, Sinti and Romani during the Second World War is commemorated by a flower-decked plaque at the track-side entrance of the entrance building.

John Audelay

Much of Audelay's work as contained in MS. Douce 302 consists of devotional carols (one of which, There is a flower, has been set to music by both John Rutter and Stanley Vann): Audelay is recognised as a significant figure in the history of the English carol.

Joseph Breck

In 1856, he published The Flower Garden, a book about the cultivation of ornamental plants such as perennials, annuals, shrubs and evergreen trees.

Kotohira, Kagawa

The town tree is the Rhodoleia, and the town flower is the blossom of the cherry tree.

Kyoto Botanical Garden

As of 2007, it contains about 120,000 plants representing some 12,000 species, and is organized into the following major areas: Bamboo Garden; Bonsai Exhibit; Camellia Garden; Cherry Trees; European Style Garden; Flower Bed; Hydrangea Garden; Japanese Iris Garden; Japanese Native Plants; Lotus Pond; Nakaragi-no-mori Pond (trees native to the Yamashiro Basin); Peony Garden; Perennial and Useful Plants Garden; Sunken Garden; and the Uma Grove.

Ladki

Upperstall.com review, "Kishore Kumar are strictly supportive appendages at best...Kishore Kumar does what he can, bringing the film to life with his lively antics whenever he is on screen. One sees his potential for zany comedy that would go on to flower fully in films like Aasha (1957), Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) and Half Ticket (1962)".

Little Shop

Self-proclaimed nerd Seymour Krelborn, an adolescent boy who works in a flower shop, keeps a pet Venus Flytrap named Junior.

Lloyd Sexton, Jr.

In 1933 he had a show of flower paintings at the Vose Galleries in Boston, followed by exhibitions at the Honolulu Museum of Art and at Gump's in San Francisco.

Luci mie traditrici

It was first performed under the German title Die tödliche Blume (The Deadly Flower) on 19 May 1998 in the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen at the Schwetzingen Festival.

MAKNA

The notable logo of MAKNA is inspired by the periwinkle flower, scientifically named Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle), a species of the Catharanthus native and endemic to Madagascar.

Maryland Route 787

Flower Avenue continues south from the intersection as a narrow street that winds its way downhill to Sligo Creek Parkway.

Peter Schousboe

Among the plants that he was the first to describe was the popular garden flower Salvia interrupta; the bushwillow genus Schousboea (now considered a synonym of Combretum) was named in his honour.

Philip Jamison

Jamison's inspiration comes mainly from the environs of his home in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and his summer home in Vinalhaven, Maine; typical scenes are landscapes, seascapes, interiors and flower arrangements.

Phoebis neocypris

They feed on flower nectar of various flowers, including Lantana and Impatiens species.

Pont du Garigliano

It consists of a telephone cabin sculpted in the form of a flower by the architect Frank Gehry, with no function other than to receive calls from Sophie Calle, the artist who created the idea, in order to accompany the inauguration of the service on Tramway des Maréchaux, whose terminus is very close.

Scouting in West Midlands

Since then it has had 34 Royal performances, appearing in events and venues such as Westminster Abbey, Windsor Castle, St Paul's Cathedral, the Royal Tournament, Wembley Stadium, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, London's Guild Hall, The Lord Mayor's Show, Horse Guards Parade, Coventry Cathedral, the Spalding Flower Parade, London's Easter Parade, and the Jersey Battle of Flowers.

Scrophularia atrata

The flower has an urn-shaped corolla with a rounded body and an open mouth at the top which is edged with hoodlike lobes.

Shaghayegh

Shaghayegh means corn poppy (a red flower) in Persian.

Södra Sunderbyn

Sunderbyns scouts sells majblommor (may flower) and 2009 they received a diploma from Queen Silvia of Sweden in a ceremony.

Sonic Flower Groove

Sonic Flower Groove featured psychedelic, Byrdsy jangle pop and was the only Primal Scream album to feature founder member Jim Beattie (credited as 'Jim Navajo').

Swan Coastal Plain

Kwongan vegetation contains a large number of endemic plant species especially shrubs and wildflowers including yellow flame and toothbrush grevilleas, fan-flowers, and cockies tongues.

William Tully House

There is no documentation why this name came about, but it could be in relation to the flower Viola tricolor (also known as heartsease) once growing in the yard.


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