Flowers for Friday – yellowish-pink with tiger stripes

April 13, 2007 - Posted by danielle

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I saw this at Wildseed Farms in TX. I don’t know what it is called, because it is not listed in the catalog of flowers that mom picked up for me while we were there. I just know them as that flower that they often put in flower bundles at the grocery store that are really hardy. I guess if they are a wildflower, that makes sense. It isn’t an azalea, is it?

Anyway, enjoy this brightener for the week. I know I had fun looking at my photos picking out a good one.

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9 Comments

  1. Texas Seestor says:

    I am sure someone will come up with the actual name, but I think it is something like astramedea. I am totally butchering the spelling b/c I can’t find it on Google or I may have the name totally wrong. : )

    ... on April 13th, 2007
  2. Ern says:

    I was coming to say I have no idea what they are either, but dang if they don’t last 3 weeks in the vase!

    But Texas Seestor triggored my memory. Are they Astral Lilies? Or something like that? Astramedea may be the scientific name?

    ... on April 13th, 2007
  3. Squirl says:

    Okay, I’m stumped. My friend, who’s taught me just about everything I know about plants, has always called these freesias. But when I google images, they look different. This is really going to bug me until I find out.

    Gorgeous pics!

    ... on April 13th, 2007
  4. Danielle says:

    I am grinning over the naming problem.

    I had asked my friend in the lab earlier what she thought they were and she couldn’t remember. But now that we have some possibilities, I asked her again and she thinks astramicea or something like that.

    ... on April 13th, 2007
  5. Anonymous says:

    I think I found it….Astromeria. I am not positive, but the pictures I found seem to be right and Astromeria are listed as long lasting vase flowers.

    ... on April 14th, 2007
  6. Danielle says:

    Is that you, squril?

    Whoever it is, good searching!

    ... on April 15th, 2007
  7. Texas Seestor says:

    Oops. It was Texas Seestor. Guess I forgot to type my name in all the excitement. : )

    ... on April 16th, 2007
  8. Squirl says:

    Thanks! That was really bugging me to not know the name of those.

    ... on April 16th, 2007
  9. Danielle says:

    Yep! I just checked Google Images and it definitely looks like Astromeria. Good work, Texas Seestor! :-)

    ... on April 17th, 2007

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