Botanical Wednesday: I just liked the color

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   stanton

   5 September 2012 at 10:07 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Daylilies are edible. They can be cooked as a potherb, though, when fresh, they tend to have a slimy texture. If you dry them out first, then cook them makes their texture firmer.

   They have a light, delightful flavor.

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   Antiochus Epiphanes

   5 September 2012 at 10:22 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Good enough reason for me.

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   MG Myers

   5 September 2012 at 10:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Beautiful photograph! This one is awesome too.

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   unclefrogy

   6 September 2012 at 11:34 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   one of things I find so fascinating are plant families.
   like in music variation on a theme.
   bananas are lilies apples are roses as are almonds
   uncle frogy

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   Markita Lynda—damn climate change!

   6 September 2012 at 5:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   You can stirfry the buds the day before they open. They might substitute for okra.

   I was surprised to find that the different colors we see in gardens are not jut varieties but different species.

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   lpetrich

   6 September 2012 at 6:08 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   That reminds me of something I once created: an Organism-Symmetry Demo

   Notice how that lily has D3 radial symmetry and approximate D6 symmetry. That’s common among monocots; dicot flowers usually have D5 symmetry and sometimes D4.

   Many flowers have bilateral symmetry, though that’s derived from radial symmetry.

   C1 = no symmetry
   D1 = bilateral symmetry

   C(n) = rotation (cyclic)
   D(n) = rotation + reflection (dihedral)
   2D Point-Group Demo
   C(infinity) = SO(2)
   D(infinity) = O(2)

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   lpetrich

   6 September 2012 at 6:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I should mention that the animal kingdom is somewhat short on more-than-bilateral symmetry. Here is what I can think of at the moment:

   Adult echinoderms have close to D5 symmetry, though it’s built on bilateral symmetry.

   Cephalopods have D8 / D2 or D8 symmetry in their arms.

   Cnidarians have variously D4, D6, or D8 symmetry, and ctenophores have D8 / D2 symmetry. Their radial symmetry may be secondary, like that of echinoderms and cephalopods, judging from certain features of their development.