#Dayflower

[tanuki-kimono]

Adorable hotaru (firefly) themed ensemble, featuring a yukata patterned with fireflies among hotarugusa (dayflower, lit. "firefly grass"), and a matching obi.

[rumeko]

outside

自由意志

[indigrassy]

Behind the curtain

[pbjelly90art]

Continuing my JR flower series, here's a sketch of Richard's alter ego, Edward Baxter, with dayflowers representing deception (they lure in pollinators I believe by appearing as something enticing without delivering on that promise? Also they only last for one day, like Richard ditching his disguise.)

This one was tricky for me, especially his hair and maintaining a good resemblance to Richard in my style while still giving him a different attitude. I rely on hair as a quick hack for achieving likeness, so changing his hair made that harder lol. xD

UPDATE: Here's the flat color version!

EDIT: Realized belatedly that I inverted his suit colors from his anime version. xD Fixed below:

Also, below is my first attempt at an Edward sketch, saving it here for archival purposes as well. I liked my second attempt much better, but the sketch below was good practice.

[geminiagentgreen]

Can I truly believe that the Lord intended for me to see Dayflowers as part of His sovereign plan?

Yes, yes I can.

[moominpunx]

kid & leveret cover by me :)

[negmo-photograph]

ガラス細工のような花。

Glass-like flowers.

Nov.2023

OM SYSTEM OM-D E-M5MarkIII

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 60mm F2.8 Macro

[uxbridge]

Buttonweed and dayflower carpeting this dry ditch

[discover-underground-bands]

hello! i’m a young queer musician from seattle. i make alternative pop music in my room under the name dayflower! i write about mental health, queer experiences, societal issues, relationships, and stories i make. i put a lot of work into it and it’s my passion! i am on youtube and most streaming services, including bandcamp :)

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[falseandrealultravival]

Today's Haiku with Picture 1,031

Dayflowers

Swarming blue

It's still summer

露草の

青く群れるや

いまだ夏

(2023.09.17)

[faguscarolinensis]

Commelina communis / Asiatic Dayflower at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Succulents Part 12--Bergenia, Bromeliads, Commelina, Orchids, Pontederia, and whatever that green thing is

Succulents are a wide variety of plants, spanning multiple orders. Some have succulent leaves while others have succulent stems. Cactuses are succulents, but not all succulents are cactuses. Defining what exactly makes a succulent is a little tricky. For example, cabbage leaves are considered by some to be succulent, but tulip and onion leaves apparently aren't.

All photos mine. Unedited.

The green thing is maybe a spurrey, but I'm not sure. It's clearly a succulent, though. And that's all I got for you in the succulent department (not technically: milkweeds are succulent, but I have enough photos of them for a separate series)! Hope you've enjoyed. :)

Please don't grow water hyacinth (the light purple ones in the bottom photos), though if you're not in its native range. It's terribly invasive in the waterways. You can grow its native cousins, though! In southern Ontario, that's Pontederia cordata (pickerelweed).

Dayflower (the blue ones) on the other hand is native to the northeastern USA bordering southern Ontario and has crossed the border some time back. :)

[dougdimmadodo]

Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis)

Family: Spiderwort Family (Commelinaceae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Unassessed

Found naturally in damp, open environments across much of eastern and southeastern Asia, the Asiatic Dayflower is named for its extremely short-lived flowers, which wither within only around 24 hours of blooming. Lacking the ability to produce nectar, the flowers of this species instead attract pollinators such as bees and hoverflies using three different floral structures; bright blue petals (which are produced in pairs, and protrude upwards,) pale yellow structures called staminodes (which resemble tiny yellow flowers but are actually underdeveloped pollen-lacking stamens that serve only to draw in pollinators) and three pale dangling true stamens, which are the only part of the flower that actually bares pollen. Asiatic Dayflower flowers are able to both produce pollen and take in the pollen of other members of their species to fertilize the ova within them, and upon being fertilized a flower will develop small, pale, oval-shaped fruits that develop separately to the plant's stamens, allowing them to continue to spread their own pollen; the entire plant dies in the autumn/fall of the year it germinated in, and as it does so it leaves its fruits behind to be carried away by animals, allowing the four small seeds within to germinate in the following summer. Within its native range (particularly the island of Honshu, Japan) the petals of this species have historically been collected and used to produce blue dye (which is achieved by wringing a "juice" from the petals containing the blue pigment Commelinin,) and today members of this species are often cultivated for this purpose. The cultivation of this species, both for ornamental purposes and to be harvested for its dye, has also allowed it to become established as an invasive species in parts of North America.

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Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52927-Commelina-communis

[hrs5758d]

ツユクサ

[mycthefirefly]

This cornflower blue flower is very tiny, and it's called "dayflower". It's just the size of a fingernail! Yet, besides it's medicinal properties, the sprouts and tender stems are edible and the juice of the flower can be used as a dye!

[slepyborb]

Catching up on populating my feed

It’s the little things that makes the game play so pleasant and enjoyable