Can you name a flower and tell me something unique about it?

Question

Very cool responses... I can't pick only one sigh..... I liked this very much... Thanks all........ :o)

Answer 1

Rose--if you open them up too soon they'll die.

Answer 2

Would you settle for a tree? The giant Sequoia, (Sequoiadendrum Gigantium.) It's the largest LIVING thing on the planet. And the second oldest thing on the planet. The Bristle cone pine is the oldest. Some are close to 4-5000 years old.

Answer 3

A white carnation with the red specks on it is called a Mamie Eisenhower after President Dwight David Eisenhower's wife. She is the person who cross bred the white and red and ended up with speckles.

That's what my Grandmother told me.

Answer 4

Texas bluebonnet...

The bluebonnet, a name common to several North American species of Lupinus, is the state flower of Texas. They typically grow about 0.3 m (1 ft) tall. The name is possibly derived from the shape of the petals of the flower and their resemblance to the bonnets worn by pioneer women to shield themselves from the sun. It may instead be derived from the Scottish term Bluebonnet, for the traditional blue coloured version of the Tam o'shanter hat.

Lupinus texensis is almost exclusively blue in the wild. A random genetic mutation does occasionally create an albino white bluebonnet naturally. Texas A&M University researchers were successful in breeding red and white strains, creating a Texas state flag in bluebonnets for the 1986 Texas Sesquicentennial. Further research led to a deep maroon strain, the university's official color.

Answer 5

Pennyroyal, They grow high in the sierra's above 7000ft. They have a small white flower and the stems smell like mint when crushed, I rub them on my exposed skin and it acts like a mosquito repellant. Pretty neat stuff.

Answer 6

Acotinum aka Monkshead. It is poisonous to animals and even to humans if ingested. Symptoms include burning of lips and mouth, vomiting, diahorrea, muscular weakness and paralysis of the respiratory system. It is highy toxic and can be fatal if eaten.

Answer 7

Plumerias, grown year round and used for leis in Hawaii, grow on deciduous trees from spring thru autumn here in California.

Answer 8

A Venus fly trap is the only plant that is carnivorous.

Not technically a flower, but kinda close enough.

Answer 9

When a Dragon Arum is in full bloom it smells like a corpse decaying. We planted them and did not know about the odor. We dug them up and had them hauled away. Everyone was getting sick.

Answer 10

Lily of the Valley is the birth flower for May. It is also called cockle-shells.

Answer 11

The magnolia. It is a beautiful white flower, but if you merely touch it, the place you touch turns brown within a few hours.