A New Flower to Name
Are you ready for another flower? I’ve been searching through my flower book hoping I can find the right name for this one. I may have to make up a name myself, but I think I have it narrowed down. When identifying flowers, sometimes the pictures in the flower books vary a little from my pictures, but what doesn’t vary as much are the leaves.
More than you might want to know about Jack in the Pulpit
But back to last post’s flower. Many of you were right on with the name of it. Jack in the Pulpit or Indian Turnip. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve admired these interesting flowers. I think the name caught my fancy too, although a couple of you came up with an interesting name of your own, calling it a cobra. I’m sort of glad whoever first named the flower had maybe just come from church (one that didn’t handle snakes!) and gave it a friendlier name. However, the cobra name fits when you look at the flower. Most of the ones in my area have the purple flowers but we have some of these green ones too.
So far, I have never found the red berries in the fall, but I’m still hoping that I will someday. The flowers are a little hard to spot in the spring as they blend in with the surrounding colors, but I’ve learned to look for the leaf first. For some reason, I can see it before the flower. And now after reading about the flower I’ll know if I’m looking at a Jack in the Pulpit or a Jill in the Pulpit by how many leaves it has. One leaf usually means a male flower, thus Jack. Of course, when these flowers were named back however many, many years ago, nobody probably thought about Jills in a pulpit. Unless you were a Shaker and then you didn’t think about a pulpit because that wasn’t part of a Shaker meetinghouse. It would have gotten in the way of the worship dances. If you want to know more about the Jack in the Pulpit and how it grows, here’s a neat blog post from Hilton Pond Center.
Angel Sister E-Book on Sale in April
For those of you who might have an e-book reader or who have downloaded the Kindle app on your iPad or computer and haven’t totally filled it up with books to read, my first Rosey Corner book, Angel Sister, is on sale for $1.99 or less this month. This book is one that’s close to my heart since it has so many of my mom’s memories threaded throughout the setting of the story. Plus, this cover makes me smile every time I see it. Love Lorena on the front and her face as she looks up at Kate, her “angel sister.” I also smile every time I get a message from a reader telling me they’ve taken a trip to Rosey Corner and enjoyed the visit. So now, if you haven’t taken that trip, you can “get a ticket” for a couple of bucks. Here are some links.
Amazon
Christianbook.com
Barnes & Noble
Kobo
Looking Forward to Your Flower Names
Remember, each time you name a new flower (or leave any kind of comment), you get a new entry in the drawing for a couple of books. If this is your first time to enter, be sure to leave a way to contact you in case you’re one of the three lucky winners. The contest is open to those over 18. Print books for USA or Canadian winners, but if you’re an international winner, you win an e-book version. Deadline is April 18, 2015 at midnight EST.
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Hi Ann me again and again I haven't seen these are all these flowers in your area where you and the grandkids walk if so how pretty as i looked as my little pups took me for a run all over our land and not one wild flower.
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It's fun getting all your comments, Peggy. All of these are flowers that grow down alongside a creek between two steep cliffsides with trees. Part of the creek and hills are on my property and I've always loved walking there. You're getting all sorts of entries in the drawing. 🙂
Mountain Periwinkle is my guess.
sm wileygreen1(at)yahoo(dot)com
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That sounds like a lovely flower, Sharon. Love the way the name periwinkle sounds in my ears. I'll be posting another flower soon.
Not a clue! I'll throw petunia out there for a guess:-) thanks Ann! Kathimariehadden@gmail.com
Not a clue! I'll throw petunia out there for a guess:-) thanks Ann! Kathimariehadden@gmail.com
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Hi, Kate. Thanks for stopping by with a guess. The blooms do sort of resemble a baby petunia, but no, it's not a petunia. I really doubt anybody gets this one since I had to search my flower book to find it. I plan to go online and see for sure if I'm right before I post the name on Sunday.
Morning glory? Just a guess:)
Kemera, from South Africa
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Great to hear from South Africa, Kemera. You have a lovely name. Kemera. It's fun how messages can fly so quickly across the world these days. Morning glory is a good guess. The flowers do look like a small morning glory bloom and others on Facebook have guessed morning glories too. But no, not morning glory.
How about a star violet?
Robin in NC rw620 at aol dot com
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I like the name, Robin. Is that a suggestion of a real flower or is it just your suggestion? But star violet sounds good.
This looks like some kind of primrose. Very pretty.
marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com
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Thanks for your name suggestion, Mary. We'll see which one it turns out to be if it is any suggested on the next post.
Looks like the ones I spotted in a field today (and loved because they're purple!). Would it be a Persian speedwell?
Emily @ raisingstickyhands dot com
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Interesting name, Emily. I'll have to double check this flower once I get all the names gathered in to see if I have it right. Thanks for dropping by with a name.
I think this one is wild geranium. Am I right?
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Keeping this one a secret until Sunday, Nancy. I want to see what everybody else says. 🙂