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Old 02-09-2002, 09:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Gaming Help me identify a flower

A friend of mine said she liked a certain type of flower but I don't know what it's called.

It was purple w/ yellow in the middle. That's all I remember (it was like a year ago). I don't think it was a purple tulip though.

This sound familiar to anyone?

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Old 02-09-2002, 09:41 PM   #2 (permalink)
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If it's a small blossom(about the size of a half dollar) and the plant has "furry" leaves, then it may be an African Violet. They make great house plants if you have a cat because they hate the furry leaves.

Edit...found a couple nice pics...

Ya gotta love that image search ability at Google!

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Or, maybe an Iris? They can be found in a DEEP Purple with yellow center.



Iris, common name for members of the genus Iris of the Iridaceae, a family of perennial herbs that includes the crocuses, freesias, and gladioli. The family is characterized by thickened stem organs (bulbs, corms, and rhizomes) and by linear or sword-shaped leaves—small and grasslike in the crocuses and blue-eyed grasses. It is widely distributed over the world except in the coldest regions and is most abundant in S Africa and in tropical America. Almost all of the family's 90-odd genera include commercially valuable ornamentals. The iris family is closely related to the lily and amaryllis families, differing from them in having three stamens rather than six. The cultivated irises (genus Iris), freesias (genus Freesia), and gladioli (genus Gladiolus) show a wide variety of colors in their large, usually perfumed blossoms; they are mostly hybrids of Old World species. The many species of wild iris are most common in temperate and subarctic regions of North America, where they are often called flags, or blue flags. The fleur-de-lis is thought to have been derived from the iris, and the flower of the Greek youth Hyacinth may have been an iris. Orrisroot, a violet-scented flavoring used in dentifrices, perfumes, and other products, is prepared from the powdered rhizomes of several European species of iris. The freesias, native to S Africa, characteristically bear their blossoms on a horizontal extension of the stem. The crocuses (genus Crocus), which usually bear a single yellow, purple, or white blossom, are native to the Mediterranean area and to SW Asia. One species, saffron, is cultivated commercially for a yellow dye made from the pollen; the unrelated meadow saffron or autumn crocus and the wild crocus or pasqueflower belong to the lily and buttercup families respectively. Other members of the family found in the United States are the blue-eyed grasses (genus Sisyrinchium) with small clusters of blue, white, or purplish flowers, ranging from Canada to Patagonia, and the celestial lily (genus Nemastylis) with pairs of blue flowers, ranging from the Kansas prairies to Tennessee and Texas. Irises are classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Liliopsida, order Liliales, family Iridaceae.

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Old 02-09-2002, 10:07 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Kuasimodem could be right! (good going, Kuasi~! ) . Or, perhaps pansies.

I love the 'net. They have sites with purple flowers lol

http://www.patswebgraphics.com/flower/purplepage.html

http://www.delawarewildflowers.org/purple.html

Is your flower somewhere in there?

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Edit: oooo, pretty flower, Harder!
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Old 02-09-2002, 10:19 PM   #5 (permalink)
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It was worth logging in just to tell you how beautiful that picture is.... GOD!!!

So pretty...
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Old 02-09-2002, 10:20 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Sorry, I forgot to mention --

Welcome to our little world HyperSlug!! ''

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P.S. Thanks SoCal! That's the first time I've posted an image at Techimo! And it had to be a purple flower! DOH!
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Old 02-10-2002, 08:19 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Wow, thanks for the quick responses everyone! I have to sort through all these flowers now and pick the one I think looks closest. I figure even if I get it wrong, she'll know I tried.
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