Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Pink ), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Texas Bluebonnet, ( Lupinus texensis )

"The Legend of the Pink Bluebonnet" by Greg Grant can be found at the link below:
http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/flowers/bluebonnet/pinkbluebonn...

Warning: Do not read the next paragraph if religion offends you. We are all entitled to our own beliefs. This post will probably be pulled and I am expecting my first "warning".

If you read the legend, you discovered/will discover that the legend states that the pink bluebonnet symbolizes the struggle to survive. Finding these 2 rare specimens has much meaning for me. My Mother and my husband's ex-mother-in-law were called by their Father to join Him recently within 2 weeks of each other. They both struggled to survive ... I would like to think these 2 specimens were meant for me to find during my time of grief as a symbol that they experienced joyous release from their physical bodies and the struggles that they were experiencing. As I found these beautiful plants, I realized what gifts I had been given. The pain of my 2 losses lessened as I realized that they indeed had been given the promised gift and they no longer need to struggle to survive. I should be rejoicing for them.

The second specimen of the rare pink bluebonnet next to a "regular" bluebonnet as seen from the top. I noticed how the open blooms touch each other appearing to form a circle. The bloom petioles radiate out making the blooms look like a wagon wheel. Unfortunately, the wind was so strong, I could not capture a "perfect" view of this. The pink bloom clusters seems to be a bit more compact than the blue bloom cluster.


This message was edited Apr 16, 2007 11:46 PM