Since a few people commented on the India Shot seeds yesterday, I thought I’d take a photo of the one bloom I found on the plant today:
The India Shot is a lily closely related to the canna–the yellow spotted flower that has grown in abundance in my lower garden since before I bought the house. The India Shot I introduced, not realizing it was even in the same family. I like to think I brought the seed from my garden in the states, but I don’t think I did. Ah well, I brought the memories of it with me. The Indian army once actually used the very hard seeds of this plant as shot when they ran out of ammo. It is said that people picked up the used shot, planted it, and it grew even after being fired from a gun! I love plants with stories. Love anything with a story, as a matter of fact.
Go here to see the interesting seed pod and “shot” seed for this flower: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2016/05/30/indian-shot-flower-of-the-day-may-30-3016/
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Just love the coloring of this bloom, Judy. So inviting to the eye. 🙂
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So beautiful … I have a flower that is similar to this one in my garden. Your flower pics are awesome.
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In that country, India, can also be found the carat plant. Seeds that are always the same weight, for measuring gold. So, nice to see, such a plant as the India Shot. … Cheers Jamie.
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A very unusual but pretty flower. 😀
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They look like Cannas, but also like some of the more spectacular Chinese lilies. Gorgeous!
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Stunning flowers! I’d never heard of them before, but then, there’s a lot I haven’t heard of before in the world of flowers (and most other things!) 🙂
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True of all of us.. That’s what is so great about blogs. I’ve learned so much here.
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