VanillaSeven Photography » blackberry http://vanillaseven.com Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:00:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Leopard Flower, Blackberry Lily http://vanillaseven.com/2009/02/04/leopard-flower-blackberry-lily/ http://vanillaseven.com/2009/02/04/leopard-flower-blackberry-lily/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:55:47 +0000 vanillaseven http://vanillaseven.com/?p=950 Rawr.. behold this kitty :3

Is that a cocoon on top of the flower?

leopard-flower

Scientific Name: Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.
Synonym: Gemmingia chinensis Family: Iridaceae

Common name: Leopard Flower, Blackberry lily, Manipuri, Kabo Leiteng, Assamese, Surajakanti, Chalkumra, Torobot

Leopard Flower is an iris-like perennial herb, with leaves in fans on branching stems. Lance-shaped leaves will reach 2 to 3 feet. Flowers are 5 cm across, borne on slender stalks, at the end of stems. They have 6 petals, yellow to orange-red, spotted with maroon or purple, which is what gave it the name leopard flower. Fruit is a black berry. The name Blackberry Lily derives from the clusters of shiny black seeds exposed when seed capsules split open. Blackberry Lilies are native to China and Japan.

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