Triplets

by Connie Handscomb

Title

Triplets

Artist

Connie Handscomb

Medium

Photograph - Photography - Fine Art

Description

The world is built upon the power of numbers.
~ Pythagoras

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Botanical Name = Crocus [fr. Greek "Krokos"]

Family = Iridaceae

The crocus is old. On the island of Santorini, in the ruins of Akrotiri, wall paintings were found showing the harvest of crocus stamens that date back to c. 1600 BCE [the Bronze Age]. It is mentioned in the Song of Solomon from 3,000 years ago. Ancient Sanskrit used the letters KRK which became 'crocus' in Latin.

The crocus plant has both male and female parts, which enables it to easily reproduce when in flower. Currently crops are grown in Kashmir, Spain and Afghanistan. Stigmas are hand picked, dried, and then ground.

While the Crocus sativus can be cultivated for its saffron, others such as the snow crocuses and spring flowering crocus (C. vernus) grow wild in many parts of the world, and are the earliest of spring flowers.

The Pythagoreans taught that the number three was the first true number. it is considered sacred, the number of harmony, wisdom and understanding, and of the divine. It is the number defining time: past, present, future; birth, life, death; beginning, middle, end.

Sources:
100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names [Diana Wells]
Fifty Plants That Changed The Course Of History [Bill Laws]
Four Chefs, One Garden : Seasons Of West Coast Living [Roy]

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One of the first wildflowers to bloom in the springtime, this bloom likes to display itself in small clusters, creating small natural posies on the ground.

Captured in natural light; unedited; uncropped ... nature in all its splendour :)

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♥ Heartfelt Gratitude to FAA Groups for featuring this image :

Global Flowers Photography
Wildflowers Of The World

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April 18th, 2017

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