偶到府城賞花季,也有看到很多猴面花
大部份是橙色的,花的大小和矮牽牛差不多,在陽光下欣欣向榮,蠻吸引人的
不過都擺在大盆裡,放在走道,人來人往,不方便拍...
為什麼叫猴面花?底下這篇文有這樣的解釋
http://www.iflorist.co.uk/p-1448-monkey-flower.aspx
摘錄
monkey-flower
Did you know?
· It is a genus of about 150 species.
· The Monkey Flower was introduced to Britain from the Aleutian Islands, off Alaska in 1812.
· They are called monkey-flowers because if you squeeze them at the lower part of the flower, the flower opens, and doing so repeatedly gives the humorous illusion of a monkey.
· Bush monkey flower, also known as sticky monkey flower is considered a highly variable complex of intergrading and hybridizing forms....
偶想應該是因為猴面花下唇瓣有三瓣連在一起,若輕輕捏著,有像猴子噘嘴的樣子吧
倒是三色堇叫貓兒臉,比較能體會哩
還有,那個隨意花原來真的這麼隨意
如果芝麻也這麼好種就好了
