tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post6748938010858641285..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Pretty pictures: Road trip / September roadside flowersmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-57967466595388055332009-09-29T10:36:28.142-07:002009-09-29T10:36:28.142-07:00Not sure at all, actually. There are a completely ...Not sure at all, actually. There are a completely stupid number of plants with yellow flowers that look more or less like that. IIRC, <i>Heliopsis</i> was the closest match I found on some weeds-of-Iowa website somewhere.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-58701397257885643282009-09-29T07:47:37.176-07:002009-09-29T07:47:37.176-07:00Are you sure those yellow daisies are Heliopsis ra...Are you sure those yellow daisies are Heliopsis rather than Helianthus? Maybe Helianthus tuberosus?<br /><br />Though by any name they look just as good.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01886233441603021667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-35106162715391782492009-09-24T14:41:41.323-07:002009-09-24T14:41:41.323-07:00*That* is a Begonia. I have one in my front window...*That* is a Begonia. I have one in my front window. Annoyingly, it's not labeled. But it's *definitely* a Begonia. The definite article, you might say.<br /><br />KorinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-39865002015354374592009-09-21T12:34:45.189-07:002009-09-21T12:34:45.189-07:00"Meat Solutions"... took me a moment to ..."Meat Solutions"... took me a moment to realize they didn't mean meats dissolved in some liquid. Not that what really goes on in there is any more pleasant.<br /><br />I've been noticing the number of goldies and asters growing along the train tracks at my stop. I've been using that stop for about 15 years; how have I never actually seen the flowers before?Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12589473046882217457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-61423413139619086072009-09-21T08:18:16.758-07:002009-09-21T08:18:16.758-07:00That works as a theory for me. Though now I wonder...That works as a theory for me. Though now I wonder who looked at a <i>Begonia</i> in the early 20th century and thought it looked enough like a geranium to take the same name.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-42924146955097045412009-09-20T20:40:48.823-07:002009-09-20T20:40:48.823-07:00I don't know how long Begonias have been in co...I don't know how long Begonias have been in common cultivation as houseplants.<br /><br />Interestingly enough,though when searching for Begonia erythrophylla (common name Beefsteak Begonia) which is what I think Grant's plant kinda/sorta resembles and is supposedly an old time "grandma" plant, I came across the term "Beefsteak Geranium" which is apparently a common Karen715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-18500125649021175152009-09-20T19:32:13.864-07:002009-09-20T19:32:13.864-07:00I don't know whether that was the official Gra...I don't know whether that was the official Grant Wood line or just something that the curators decided: it seems like a <i>Pelargonium</i> would have been more historically likely -- you wouldn't be able to grow a <i>Begonia</i> outdoors from year to year in Iowa in 1930 (or indoors, probably; this would have been before central heating), and it doesn't seem like <i>Begonia</i>s wouldmr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-40010242096752441452009-09-20T16:46:06.118-07:002009-09-20T16:46:06.118-07:00My husband helped me to find a a really large, ver...My husband helped me to find a a really large, very high resolution version. The plants are somewhat more detailed than one would imagine at first glance:<br /><br />http://digitalarts.ucsd.edu/~gkester/Teaching%20copy/Final%20Images/American%20Gothic.jpg<br /><br />Looking at a close-up, I still think that the plant is a Begonia; the leaf shape and growth habit seems wrong for a pelly.<br /><brKaren715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-37801248860493847722009-09-20T14:35:54.614-07:002009-09-20T14:35:54.614-07:00It very likely is the same Sansevieria, though the...It very likely is the same Sansevieria, though the official word on the other plant is that it's a geranium (<i>Pelargonium</i>), not a <i>Begonia</i>. (Not that you could tell; they're tiny and blurry, at least in the reproductions I've seen.) The exhibit room at the museum had fake <i>Sansevieria</i>s and geraniums all over, lining the floor along every wall, and I thought this was mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-16520403859208285372009-09-20T13:45:16.433-07:002009-09-20T13:45:16.433-07:00The very same wild Asters turned up in my garden l...The very same wild Asters turned up in my garden last year, and I let them stay. I have one blooming its fool head off right now. It is prettier and longer lasting than the Asters cultivars that I've purchased in the past. The bees and butterflies love them.<br /><br />My husband was amused that when we saw <i>American Gothic</i> at the Art Institute of Chicago, I took care to point out theKaren715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-34315322744523917202009-09-20T09:27:23.949-07:002009-09-20T09:27:23.949-07:00My favorite is the Heliopsis! They are so cheerful...My favorite is the Heliopsis! They are so cheerful. I also love your writing with its insightful and often humorously ironic perspective! Just great!Nancy in Sun Lakes AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882208110664899569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-32416528749954892982009-09-20T05:33:21.296-07:002009-09-20T05:33:21.296-07:00Funny! Yeah, don't you just hate those kinds ...Funny! Yeah, don't you just hate those kinds of tour guides?! Ottumwa sounds like a pretty rough town! Nice photos...my favorite is the field of goldenrods!lynn'sgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09104383899991317740noreply@blogger.com