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05/13/2007 12:03:02 PM · #1 |
Does anyone know what kind of flower this is? I took this in the San Francisco Botanical Gardens, if that helps. If not, can anyone recommend a good online resource for identifying flowers? Thanks!
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05/13/2007 12:05:28 PM · #2 |
| Looks like some kind of dogwood. Was it a tree or shrub? |
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05/13/2007 12:07:40 PM · #3 |
| Too bad there wasn't a sign next to it ... I thought that was the point of a Botanical Garden. |
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05/13/2007 12:28:07 PM · #4 |
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05/13/2007 12:32:15 PM · #5 |
It is similar to a Dogwood.Start your search there and post your findings.Good shot by the way.
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05/13/2007 12:45:28 PM · #6 |
//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cornus
So far I haven't see your variation, yet. Nothing with the shiny evergreen leaves, the pink varigation and the lack of indentation on the tips of the petals....but I'm sure it's in the dogwood family, now.
Message edited by author 2007-05-13 12:46:33. |
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05/13/2007 01:31:47 PM · #7 |
Thanks for all your feedback. I assumed it was a dogwood too (which is why I didn't even check for a sign, Paul, but will next time!), but I couldn't find any comparable dogwood images online. I'll swing back by the next time I'm the park and look for an ID.
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05/13/2007 03:04:40 PM · #8 |
Definitely a cornus of some type; beyond that, I'm no help.
Btw, the white and pink parts are the bracts. The flower is actually only the little cluster in the middle :) |
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05/13/2007 03:12:10 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
Definitely a cornus of some type; beyond that, I'm no help.
Btw, the white and pink parts are the bracts. The flower is actually only the little cluster in the middle :) |
I love it here! You learn something new every day. "bracts" <<--adding that to my vocabulary list, thanks. :) |
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05/13/2007 03:27:13 PM · #10 |
Definitely looks like a form of "Cornus kousa Satomi" - a new variation, but this is more white than any images I can find.
//www.whiteflowerfarm.com/61020-product.html
//www.iselinursery.com/photopages/CornuskousaSatomi.htm
ps. i know NOTHING about flowers - this was my wife's green-thumb investigative skills. ;O) |
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05/13/2007 10:01:28 PM · #11 |
Please tell your wife I said thanks, Robert. And thanks Sheila for the botany lesson! ;-)
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