The viewing platform over the river Neckar in Ladenburg. Architectural symmetry.
A pansy. Natural, i.e. not quite perfect symmetry.
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The viewing platform over the river Neckar in Ladenburg. Architectural symmetry.
A pansy. Natural, i.e. not quite perfect symmetry.
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Pansies…❤️
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Little stepmothers! (that’s there name in German)
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What a cute name! Endears them to me even more. Thanks, Elke!
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If you’re interested why this name the best explanation I can give is the one I just wrote to Margaret. It explains some of it but not all.
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I have never heard this before but, that said, I won’t forget it! Makes you look at pansies in an entirely new way.
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Lovely. Especially the almost-perfect symmetry of the pansy (Little stepmothers? Why?)
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It has to do with the petals, apparently. The two side petals are the “daughters”, the two top petals the stepdaughters, and the lower wide petal is known as the stepmother. That explains the whole name but why the petals are called this I wouldn’t know. The English name pansy btw comes from the French pensée – because it is considered the flower of remembrance.
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The last bit I knew, but I’d never have had the imagination to work out the German story!
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Amazing pansies
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Thanks, Hammad.
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