Cup Of A Daffodil
by Rudi Prott
Title
Cup Of A Daffodil
Artist
Rudi Prott
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
TThe daffodil is the national flower of Wales and the symbol of cancer charities in many countries. Long celebrated in art and literature, narcissi are associated with a number of themes in different cultures, ranging from death to good fortune, and as symbols of spring.
The daffodil or narcissus is a genus of spring flowering perennial plants of the amaryllis family. Narcissus tepals are surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped corona. The flowers are generally white and yellow with either uniform or contrasting coloured tepals and corona.
Narcissus were well known in ancient civilisation, both medicinally and botanically, but formally described by Linnaeus in 1753.
The species are native to meadows and woods in southern Europe and North Africa. Narcissi tend to be long-lived bulbs, which propagate by division, but are also insect-pollinated.
Narcissi have been cultivated from the earliest times, but became increasingly popular in Europe after the 16th century. Today narcissi are popular as cut flowers and as ornamental plants in private and public gardens. Like other members of their family, narcissi produce a number of different alkaloids, which provide some protection for the plant, but may be poisonous if accidentally ingested. This property has been exploited for medicinal use in traditional healing and has resulted in the production of galantamine for the treatment of Alzheimer's dementia.
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February 18th, 2013
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