My Spring Love

by Nava Thompson

Title

My Spring Love

Artist

Nava Thompson

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Photograph - Photography

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A photo taken by Nava Jo Thompson of a white Daffodil in NW Arkansas in the spring. NamesThe derivation of the Latin narcissus (from the ancient Greek ��� is unknown. It may be a loanword from another language. It is frequently linked to the Greek myth of Narcissus, who became so obsessed with his own reflection that as he knelt and gazed into a pool of water, he fell into the water and drowned. In some variations, he died of starvation and thirst. In both versions, the narcissus plant sprang from where he died. However, there is no evidence for this popular derivation, and the person's name may have come from the flower's name. Pliny wrote that the plant was named for its narcotic properties (�� narkao, "I grow numb" in Greek).[4] Again, this explanation lacks any real proof and is largely discredited...... Plural"Narcissus" is the most commonly used plural, but "narcissi" and "narcissuses" are also acceptable plurals in both British and American English usage......... DaffodilThe name "daffodil" is derived from an earlier "affodell", a variant of Asphodel. The reason for the introduction of the initial "d" is not known, although a probable source is an etymological merging from the Dutch article "de", as in "De affodil". From at least the 16th century, "Daffadown Dilly", "daffadown dilly", and "daffydowndilly" have appeared as playful synonyms of the name......In common parlance and in historical documents, the term "daffodil" may refer specifically to populations or specimens of the wild daffodil, N. pseudonarcissus.....daffodil closeup showing the various parts of the flower in detailNarcissus grow from pale brown-skinned spherical bulbs with pronounced necks. The leafless stems, appearing from early to late spring depending on the species, bear from 1 to 20 blooms.[6] Each flower has a central bell-, bowl-, or disc-shaped corona surrounded by a ring of six floral leaves called the perianth which is united into a tube at the forward edge of the 3-locular ovary. The three outer segments are sepals, and the three inner segments are petals......Flower colour varies from white through yellow to deep orange. Breeders have developed some daffodils with double, triple, or ambiguously multiple rows and layers of segments, and several wild species also have known double variants......The seeds are black, round and swollen with a hard coat

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