Daily Botanical: Orange Horned Poppy
This is the flower of the horned poppy (Glaucium flavum), another from Barry’s garden.
It’s a stunning flower, but what I really like about this plant are the blue/green leaves. They have a very interesting shape and structure, and are covered with tiny hairs. They’re the kind of leaves Karl Blossfeldt would have photographed. I checked my book shelf and they’re not in there, but that’s not to say he didn’t, just that they aren’t in the book I have.
June 18th, 2009 at 11:58 am
Ooh, poppies and Karl Blossfeldt! This is the post for me. I love his work, and I LOVE poppies.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
The foliage, is also remarkable in as much as it emerges from the snow in Spring in a tight rosette. The centre of the rosette is evergreen (everblue/green) all winter.
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 am
wow this is amazing!