A Spider's Hideaway
by Elizabeth Winter
Title
A Spider's Hideaway
Artist
Elizabeth Winter
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Zinnia is a small flower that is native to the Mexican region, but is also found in southwest and south America. This flower is an annual flower. The zinnia plants grow instantly and blooms heavily and finally it dies during the first frost. If seeds falls on the ground, the plant can again grow quickly in the succeeding spring season. There are certain varieties that can grow as large as 3 feet tall.
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The meaning of zinnia is deeper than most of the flowers blooming in the mid summer season. The flower zinnia, is a symbol of lasting love, goodness, thoughts of an absent friend, constancy and daily remembrance of good memories. The state flower of Indiana is zinnia. The meaning of the flower is different depending on its color. A yellow colored zinnia is a symbol of daily remembrance, the white zinnia represents goodness, the scarlet zinnia represents constancy, magenta zinnia is a symbol of lasting love and affection, while a mixed colored zinnia means thinking of an absent friend. The first ever flowers were discovered in early 1500s in the wilderness of Mexico. These zinnias were very unpleasant, dull and unappealing. Aztec, the Mexican emperor during the 1500s named them and it meant "eyesore". Today, the common name of zinnia is garden Cinderella, which implies the level of transformation that the flower went through.
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Marian Bell
Wonderful capture with fine detail on the butterfly's wings! Great colors, too Elizabeth! l/f