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Chuo-ku-ku-October edition with birth flowers
Hello. The active activity is Hanes, who has been absent for a while.
Fifteen nights have passed, and the flowers seen in the city have come to feel autumn.
Rainy days have continued due to typhoons and autumn rain fronts recently, but plants can be enjoyed even in the rain.
That's why I would like to introduce the birth flowers that can be seen in Chuo-ku this month.♪
[Assumptions of this series]
・There are variations in the birth flowers and their flower language assigned to the 365th. In this series, we refer to the birth flower and flower language published in Hibiya Flowerbed's "Birth Flower / Flower Language on the 365th".
・We aim to introduce flowers that anyone can enjoy freely even if they get tired. Therefore, general household gardens, paid gardens, limited-time events, and flowers found in florists are not eligible.
・It will be an introduction to the extent found by the author, so you may actually see more birth flowers.
Looking for 31 kinds of birth flowers in October
October 1: Sennichisou (flower language "Immortal")
@ Harumi Island Triton Square, Sumida River Terrace, etc.
I've seen it sometimes a few months ago.
The part that looks like a flower is a bract (ho: a small leaf that wraps and protects buds and buds), and the one that blooms in the gaps of the bracts seems to be a flower!
I'm sorry that I couldn't tell you in a clear picture because it was all taken on a rainy day, but if you look closely, you will notice that the bracts and flowers are very cute flowers like small bouquets.
October 2: Orange cosmos (flower language "wild beauty")
@ Harumi Island Triton Square, Sumida River Terrace, etc.
Continuing from last month, orange cosmos was at its best.
October 7: Hagi (flower language "Positive Love")
@ Tsukuda, Hamacho Park, etc.
A representative of autumn flowers. Because of its simplicity, I was surprised that Tokyo was also seen in Chuo-ku.
October 12: Kibunegiku (flower language "When you feel sensible")
@ Harumi Island Triton Square
Autumn birth flowers contain a lot of chrysanthemums, and this is one of them.
This flower is also known as Shumeigiku, and although its name is "Kiku", it actually belongs to the family Rosaceae.
I am convinced that the appearance is different from the Kiku that we generally imagine.
October 18: Kinmokusei (flower language "Unchangeable charm")
@ Sumida River Terrace, everywhere in the ward
The other day, a senior correspondent, Kosaru, introduced Kinmokusei from Tokyo Square Garden in "It's full of autumn scents."♪
Like gardenia and lavender that I mentioned earlier, I enjoyed the fragrance that would be nice to wear a mask.
October 21: Momidiaoi (flower language "caring")
I got information that it was blooming on the Sumida River Terrace, but inadvertently missed the timing of shooting.
I'm going to check with my eyes next year!
October 22: Zinia Linalis (flower language "friendship")
What I saw on the Sumida River Terrace was Zinia Profusion.
It is said that it is a variety of interseed hybrids of Zinia elegance and Zinia Linearis (Hosoba Hyakunichisou).
Certainly, the leaves are not as thin as Hosoba, and it is regrettable, but Zinnia Linealis has not been confirmed yet.
I will continue to look for it with my eyes!
October 23: dahlia (flower language "Elegant")
@ Sumida River Terrace, Harumi Island Triton Square
dahlia was introduced to Japan by Dutch ship in the 1840s and has been actively cultivated since the middle of the Meiji era.
At the time of the arrival, it was said that it was known as "Tianzhu Peony".
The colors, shapes and sizes of flowers are rich in variations, and some of them think, "Is this a dahlia?"
You will notice the depth of the flower again.
October 31: Tamasdare (flower language "noisy")
This is a flower that came to Japan in the early Meiji era and is also called Zephyranthus.
The tasteful name was impressive and I wanted to actually see it, so it was the most happy flower to find it this time.
It is a white and beautiful flower that matches the flower language of "cleanness", but it is surprising that it is a amaryllidaceae!
There are many other similar flowers such as saffronmodoki and Hananira, and this month's birth flower search has become more discovery and learning than expected.
Yeah
This time, we were able to find 7 out of 31 birth flowers in October.
Although the number has decreased slightly compared to the past when we were able to find at least one-third, we reaffirmed that we can still enjoy seasonal flowers in Chuo-ku.♪
This time, there were many flowers that needed unexpectedly detailed observation, such as struggling with the varieties of Zinnia, and although the Western chrysanthemum spray mum is blooming, similar pot mum and cushion mum cannot be found.
Also, even the same flower may be misunderstood as another flower by Japanese name and English name, so it is interesting to not go with such a straight line, and it seems to be the real pleasure of observing the flowers.
Lastly, I would like to introduce some of the autumn butterflies that I met during the search for birth flowers.
(upper left) Yamatoshijimi (Upper right) ♂
(Lower left) Japanese black leopard (lower right) Aosji Ageha
When you observe butterflies, there are many different types.♪