#acanthus mollis

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#bear's breeches #acanthus mollis #close up nature #balboa park #san diego

[peaceinthestorm]

Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931, Finnish) ~ Karhunputki, 1889

[Source: vahvike.fi]

#akseli gallen-kallela #akseli gallen kallela #finnish art #acanthus mollis

[thecryptandtheincubus]

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Ǟƈǟռȶɦʊֆ ʍօʟʟɨֆ βήτα

Ɦɛʀɮǟʀɨʊʍ : Acanthe (Acanthus Mollis)

ʟɨɛʊ ɖɛ Ƈʊɛɨʟʟɛȶȶɛ : mon jardin

#the crypt and the incubus #witch jewelry #electroformed jewelry #handmade jewelry #pendentif #acanthus mollis #acanthe

[helluvatimes]

Bear's Breeches

Bear's Breeches springing up in the conservatory. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was set against the shadows with the exposure biased 1-1/3 stops darker to prevent the flowers from burning out.

#Acanthus mollis #acanthus photos #bear's breeches #canon eos rp #canon photography #flora fauna #flora photography #flower pics #photography tips #tamron 16-300mm #photographers on tumblr

[flowerishness]

Acanthus mollis (bear's breeches)

Acanthus mollis is native to the Mediterranean and deserves various footnotes in history. The leaves are the model for the ancient Greek Corinthian column top, later adopted by the Romans as one of the three Imperial column tops in Roman architecture. Because of the conquests of Alexander the Great (what a man!), Corinthian column tops also became part of classical Indian architecture. The Roman poet Virgil described Helen of Troy wearing a dress embroidered with the leaves of Acanthus mollis.

Acanthus mollis has spread throughout much of western Europe and certain parts of the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, where it is regarded as an invasive species. As is so often the case, the agent of this expanded distribution is you and me, the home gardener.

#flowers #photographers on tumblr #bear's breeches #history #gardening #fleurs #flores #fiori #blumen #bloemen #vancouver

[francescointoppa]

A - Acanthus mollis L. - Acanto (Acanthaceae)

In basso: un bombo inserito nella fauce di un fiore

#photographers on tumblr #digital image processing #original photographs #flowers #Acanthaceae #Bombus #pollination

[mothmiso]

Sicily (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) by Tobias Verfuss

Via Flickr:

(1) Panorama of Sciacca. (2) Temple of Hera Lacinia, Agrigento. The Doric temple - also known as Temple of Juno - dates back to ca 450 B.C. (3) An enormous Fig Tree (Ficus macrophylla) in the Botanical Gardens of Palermo. (4) Sicilian cat (and weevil). (5) Bear's breeches (Acanthus mollis) in Morgantina. (6) Corinthian stamnos decorated with panther, 6th century B.C. Museo Archeologico Regionale, Aidone.    

#coastal #city overview #buildings #temple #ruins #complicated tree #cats #plantlife #flowers #bear's breeches #pottery #sicily #italy

[cisofe-ineptphysicist]

Acanthus mollis or Bear's breeches.

Not a quality photo but I thought it was neat.

[colwynn-design]

Bear's Breeches (Acanthus Mollis).

Some plants have really funny common names. I'd love to know how this plant got it's name.

breech·es

/ˈbriCHiz,ˈbrēCHiz/

noun

short trousers fastened just below the knee, now chiefly worn for riding a horse or as part of ceremonial dress.

#garden #plants #droughttolerant #gardencore

[portraitsofflora]

Day 271 — Inflorescence, Acanthus Mollis

[life-around-me-yura15cbx]

Bear's breeches, a species of Acanthus

Also known as:

•Sea dock

• Bearsfoot

• Oyster plant

• Bear's breech

• Brank ursine

·Common bear's breech

•Soft-leaved bear's breech

Botanical name: Acanthus mollis

Bear's breeches (Acanthus mollis) is a perennial plant native to the Mediterranean region of Europe from Portugal to North Africa. Bear's breeches grows commonly in the wild and is often used as a garden plant. The acanthus leaves of this plant are seen throughout history in sculptures, columns, and furniture. According to the plant taxonomy expert William Stearn, the name Bear's Breech comes from the medieval (Pre-Linnaean) latin name "Acanthus sativus branca ursina" which means "Cultivated Spiny Bear Bract". This is because they felt that the curved bracts on the flower stalk looked like a bear claw.

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[crudlynaturephotos]

#bear's breeches #acanthus mollis #close up nature #seeds #valley glen

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[thecryptandtheincubus]

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Ǟƈǟռȶɦʊֆ ʍօʟʟɨֆ άλφα

Ɦɛʀɮǟʀɨʊʍ : Acanthe (Acanthus Mollis)

ʟɨɛʊ ɖɛ Ƈʊɛɨʟʟɛȶȶɛ : mon jardin

#the crypt and the incubus #witch jewelry #electroformed jewelry #botanical jewelry #pendentif #acanthus mollis #acanthe

[sussex-nature-lover]

Sunday 24 July 2022

A Pot Pourri of Nature News

Usually I’ll add odd photos to a draft on Tumblr and a theme for the week will develop and come the weekend I sit down to write already inspired. This week we’ve either been busy or it’s been too hot to muster any sensible thoughts and make the effort, so here I am musing over the photos I have and what will be interesting.

I found this Spanish hand painted tile sun dial in a cupboard. I had assumed it was Portuguese because of the cockerel, but it says Spain on the back, so there you go. We’ve never fixed it up, so am currently experimenting with it down by the pond. I had a quick look on You Tube but don’t think I have it calibrated correctly as yet. I put it down on top of the big log by the pond and immediately it had to be ‘inspected’

As I say, it’s been super hot here, but, of course heat and climate are all relative. My friend Elle sent me a photo of the thermometer recording 112F in Massachusetts! but in England, we’re just not used to excessive heat and fierce sunshine, so there were government warnings to people to take great care in the heatwave that’s swept most of Europe. It’s unbelievable how many reports I read about the police or fire brigade smashing car windows because people had left dogs in unbearable temperatures and the scenes of wild fires are absolutely horrifying.

To much more pleasant thoughts. Yesterday was my birthday and the girls organised a bit of a mystery meet up. We were told the assembly point and to be there in comfortable shoes at Noon. We went to the village of Chiddingstone (Kent) and walked around the castle-that’s-not-a-castle grounds (the house is closed on Saturdays) and had lunch in a very pleasant courtyard tea room in the village.

It was lovely to all be together, both girls and their partners, both dogs and a baby. I should reconfigure that somehow to read more like a film title, but <HOT>

The portions of homemade cake at the Tea Shop are gargantuan. Me and Crow stuck with orange flavours (orange and almond polenta cake and a slice of  orange and courgette cake which was huge) Here’s an idea of portion size.

Iced coffee and coffee cake that has real roasted beans in it

Birthday flowers

The castle isn’t known for its garden really, but some flowers are holding up against the heat. Here’s a selection from a long flower bed.

The Acanthus Mollis below looked to be doing particularly well

Oh and I hope we weren’t caught on camera and pegged as vandals. There was a large marquee on the lawn, where there’d obviously been a function the night before. It was all fastened up, but we saw a bird trapped inside. It was very hot, obviously even hotter inside a closed marquee and there wouldn’t be any water, so we had to try mounting a rescue mission. Unfortunately, the bird, a Pied Wagtail, was scared and flew up over the ceiling fabric where we couldn’t get to it. We left a whole side of the marquee rolled up though, so it would’ve been able to find its own way out following the cooler air, when it was left alone. I hope some hapless student isn’t told off for not securing the tent, but we couldn’t just leave it.

People in the village obviously have a sense of humour. I’ll end today with a few quick snaps that I took.

Above: a frog community by someone’s front door...

A quite unusual blue tit nest

and

definitely not litter!

Happy Days.

#flowers nature Englishvillage birthday cake

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Η Ακάνθα(Acanthus Mollis L. σύμφωνα με το Plantnet), είναι ένα είδος φυτού στην οικογένεια Acanthaceae. Είναι ένα φυλλώδες, πολυετές βότανο που σχηματίζει συστάδες, με μια ροζέτα σχετικά μεγάλων, λοξών ή οδοντωμένων φύλλων και πορφυρά και λευκά λουλούδια σε μια όρθια ακίδα τα οποία βγαίνουν από μια όρθια ακίδα ύψους έως 200 cm που αναδύεται από τη ροζέτα φύλλων. Τα σέπαλα είναι πορφυρά και λειτουργούν ως άνω και κάτω χείλη των πέταλων, το άνω χείλος μήκους περίπου 4 cm και το κάτω χείλος μήκους 3 cm. Κατάγεται από την περιοχή της Μεσογείου! Acantha(Acanthus Mollis L. by Plantnet), is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae It is a leafy, clump-forming perennial herb, with a rosette of relatively large, lobed or toothed leaves, and purplish and white flowers on an erect spike. The flowers are borne on an erect spike up to 200 cm tall emerging from the leaf rosette. It is native to the Mediterranean region. Ανοιξιάτικη Ανθοδέσμη 37. Spring's Bouquet 37. #travel #greece #pelion #spring #countryside #nature #garden #flowers #plants #beautiful #akanthus #macrophotography #naturephotography #photographer #picoftheday #photooftheday #bestoftheday #flowerstagram #instagram #facebook #twitter #tumblr #volos_photographers #placesingreece #discovergreece #exquisite_greece #discoverpelion #discover_peliongr #click4amemory #photonetmagazine (στην τοποθεσία Pelion Pilio Πήλιο) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfKR1vyjCug2IyLSQ0TNCNzRo2U70j4VI2wc-00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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