Sunday, March 1, 2009

Flower Profile - Daffodil


A daffodil is a member of the amaryllidaceae plant family, these plants shaded geophyts with onions. this kind has about 65 diffrent species
within it.

the center of distribution and arrangement of the kind is in spain. most kinds of daffodils grow in the middle eastern bay, but many species growin central asia and china. diffrent species bloom throughout the whole year, but many of which bloom when its autumn and wintertime.

the daffodil has ruler-like leaves. the flowers are set as part of
a bloom, that evolves inside a tube like leaf, that is called 'spathe';
with the begining of bloom, the bloom comes out of the spathe, and the
flowers open. each flower has six petals that surround a round petal,
an addition which is called "tiara" a sort of crown like feature.

the color of this tiara is either white or yellow. the flower has 6
stamens and one ovary. eating any part of this flower is extremley
forbidden for it is very poisonous.





Lisa Green,
Flower Cultivation UK

Here are great flower websites:

800FlowerDirectory.com - links to Flower directory resources and information websites.

NZ Flowers & Flower Shops NZ Flower Shop is an online flower directory of NZ flowers and NZ florists

Greenfield Flower shop

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