Some plants I have a very difficult time figuring out what they are when they’re still…unfurling.
Fortunately, my super-botanically aware neighbor came by and identified these as (hybrid) delphiniums…. The specimen is in another neighbors’ gorgeous flower garden….
I do have to mention that delphiniums are in the family Ranunculaceae, which is one of those fine words that r-o-l-l-s off the tongue with sonar elegance.
6 April 2011 at 9:20 am
Pooh says:
My favorite for r-o-l-l-i-n-g off the tongue is “endoplasmic reticulum”.
6 April 2011 at 5:43 pm
Robert & Mary Jo says:
How about “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny”, my favorite phrase.