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hehehe... good jokeSyed Adnan wrote:Lets locate the beard first![]()
i think it is clean shaved IRIS
The hairy strip on the lower petal the pinkish yellow in the picture below is called the beard.Syed Adnan wrote:Lets locate the beard first![]()
i think it is clean shaved IRIS
Urdu poety has another image of irises. It is called so-san. If someone has read Daya Shanker Naseem's Gul-e-Bukaolee...he mentions "So-san nay zubaan daraaziyan ki"...because this very long conspicuous petal looks more like a tongue...so Iris is a ill mannered flower with a long tongue!Muhammad Arif Khan wrote:Syed Adnan wrote:Lets locate the beard first :) :D i think it is clean shaved IRIS ;)
If you are interested in origins and meanings of plant names, you can buy the book which I coincidentally saw today and could not resist to buy Latin for Gardeners, over 3,000 Names Explained and Explored by Lorraine Harrison ($ 25).Syed Adnan wrote:Thanks Brig. SB. and Farooq for sharing info, the naming of the flowers is sometimes very interesting, snowdrops baby tears, Lilly of the valley, sunflower, etc etc :D