tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482140050301347403.post5818023507431600996..comments2023-12-12T21:00:42.130+01:00Comments on From a Tuscan Hillside: Winter BloomsAcanthushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118790079140854402noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482140050301347403.post-79008563713236686442020-01-30T15:56:20.943+01:002020-01-30T15:56:20.943+01:00On a Reddit forum called "whatsthisplant"...On a Reddit forum called "whatsthisplant" I posted a photo of a flower I came across and someone ID'd it as Helleborus. So I googled "helleborus lake como" because that's where I saw the flower, and I found your post (only then learning the exact species). And in fact, it was on that same hike up to San Martino that my wife and I saw the flowers, in little clumps, leaning towards the sun, wondering what they were! We are transplants from New York City who live now in Nobiallo, the little fishing village just north of Menaggio, here about a year and a half now. We have visited the Tuscan countryside only a couple times very briefly, though my wife lived in Florence for several months years ago... Le Ripe certainly looks lovely! Cheers!adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01248306442533186861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482140050301347403.post-13631155239855906052013-03-05T21:19:23.271+01:002013-03-05T21:19:23.271+01:00Thank-you but two or three of the photos may be pr...Thank-you but two or three of the photos may be professional since I swiped them from internet...but the single blooms and the close-up foetidus are mine. Etymology of hellebore from online dictionary:<br />hellebore (n.) <br />late 14c., from Old French ellebore, from Latin elleborus, from Greek helleboros, perhaps meaning "plant eaten by fawns," from Greek ellos/hellos "fawn" + bora "food of beasts," from bibroskein "to eat," from PIE root *gwere- "to swallow." Among the ancients, the name given to various plants of both poisonous and medicinal qualities, reputed to cure madness.<br />Thanks for asking, it was worth it!<br /><br />Upupa Epopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364421353747257006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482140050301347403.post-30001213063052322152013-03-05T20:40:26.795+01:002013-03-05T20:40:26.795+01:00stunning pictures, some look professional...
I see...stunning pictures, some look professional...<br />I see these all the time but finally I know so much,<br />will look with different eyes!<br />What is the etymology of Helleborus, since some of the layperson names are interesting?Lupus in Fabulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04112995634873141029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482140050301347403.post-18563282266116381692013-03-03T14:42:09.625+01:002013-03-03T14:42:09.625+01:00Why thank-you, Agricola!Why thank-you, Agricola!Upupa Epopshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12364421353747257006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2482140050301347403.post-47345665821915640852013-03-03T11:38:58.400+01:002013-03-03T11:38:58.400+01:00Lovely, lovely piece!Lovely, lovely piece!Agricolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175035332585138416noreply@blogger.com