interesting findings about lilacs
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Lilacs: living with chemists?
By one ordinary researcher (observer :o))
Lilacs
There are lots of various types of lilacs in the world…
And there are lots of various types of lilacs in the garden of our chemical institution as well. Since I’m not sure if they are hand-made or natural, I don’t care what are their real names :o) I just can differ them by other attributes, which often are pretty distinct.
Stages of Lilac Life
and then they wither silently :o(
They bloom, they decorate parks and houses with nice colors and scents,
Lilacs differ by color
From white to pink, from purple to actually lilac :o)
Blooming
Flowers which aren’t opened yet are darker than the opened ones, and with time the opened ones become of a lighter color.
Various shapes
Petals can be thin, large, stick out or grown together.
Various size
Flowers can be in a big range of sizes, from pretty small to large ones
Various number of petals
Usually there are 4 petals.
5 petals
There is a belief in certain nations, that finding (and eating :o)) a 5 petal flower brings luck. Well, if you want to be lucky I invite you to my institution (but don’teat them too many :o))
6 petals
Well, I’m not sure if six petal flowers bring luck, but you can have it a lot at my institution too :o)
Bon appetite :o)
7 petals
It’s getting more interesting :o) and luckier? :o)
Well, yeah, since it’s not a white one :o) Some believe white ones are for sad events only.
3 petals
This was more difficult to find than the ones with more than 4 petals.
8 petals
Well, I am not sure if this one brings luck, but it looks really nice and special :o)
More 8 petals
I’m not sure if it’s natural to have 8 petal flowers of
lilac. I wonder if our lilacs are in special environment
created by our chemists :o)
Mutants
To bring more facts; we have lots of various typesof mutants, from Siam twins to underdevelopedpetals :o)
ConclusionWell, I can’t say I liked lilacs much, although they are
very popular in my country Armenia, but after I saw an 8
petal one, and then noticed the differences in colors and
shapes, I kept looking for an “interesting species” all
day long, I couldn’t stop observing them adorably :o) I
was running from one tree to another, I was carefully
analyzing one flower after another. Oh well, I might be
charmed by their beauty, or I was just stupefied
(intoxicated? :o) by their strong scent (odor? :o))