Comments on: Getting the Joke http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/getting-the-joke/ Photos and Front Porch Musing from Floyd County Virginia Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Marion http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/getting-the-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Marion Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:18:22 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/14/getting-the-joke/#comment-1249 I lifted this from a university biology teaching site, and since it matches what my great grandmother once told me, it must be true: In lore, legend and life: Queen Anne’s Lace is said to have been named after Queen Anne of England, an expert lace maker. When she pricked her finger with a needle, a single drop of blood fell into the lace, thus the dark purple floret in the center of the flower. I lifted this from a university biology teaching site, and since it matches what my great grandmother once told me, it must be true:

In lore, legend and life: Queen Anne’s Lace is said to have been named after Queen Anne of England, an expert lace maker. When she pricked her finger with a needle, a single drop of blood fell into the lace, thus the dark purple floret in the center of the flower.

]]> By: David W. Hampton http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/getting-the-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 David W. Hampton Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:54:04 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/14/getting-the-joke/#comment-1248 Hey Fred! I hope you are getting more rain up there than we've gotten this summer in Morganton. A cute story! My grandmother also used to call them "Chigger Weed," though I don't think they would harbor chiggers any more than other weeds. I have heard a little folk story that the reddish black flower in the center of a mature Queen Anne's Lace was a drop of blood from where a young maiden pricked her finger while sewing the delicate piece of lace for the royal queen. Hey Fred! I hope you are getting more rain up there than we’ve gotten this summer in Morganton. A cute story! My grandmother also used to call them “Chigger Weed,” though I don’t think they would harbor chiggers any more than other weeds. I have heard a little folk story that the reddish black flower in the center of a mature Queen Anne’s Lace was a drop of blood from where a young maiden pricked her finger while sewing the delicate piece of lace for the royal queen.

]]> By: bluemountainmama http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/getting-the-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 bluemountainmama Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:26:36 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/14/getting-the-joke/#comment-1247 i absolutely adored this story! i love how children's minds work. i have noticed this, too...and always look twice, thinking its a bug down in the flower. i absolutely adored this story! i love how children’s minds work.

i have noticed this, too…and always look twice, thinking its a bug down in the flower.

]]> By: sue http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/getting-the-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 sue Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:03:52 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/14/getting-the-joke/#comment-1246 As many times as I've seen the Queen's Anne Lace in the ditches around my house, I've NEVER noticed the center flower! That's wild... I want to check that out now. What a cute story. Sharp kid! As many times as I’ve seen the Queen’s Anne Lace in the ditches around my house, I’ve NEVER noticed the center flower! That’s wild… I want to check that out now.

What a cute story. Sharp kid!

]]> By: Amy http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/getting-the-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Amy Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:51:08 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/14/getting-the-joke/#comment-1245 Kids are so funny! I know my kids wouldn't have passed up the opportunity to play a joke on me! Kids are so funny! I know my kids wouldn’t have passed up the opportunity to play a joke on me!

]]> By: Sissy Willis http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/getting-the-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 Sissy Willis Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:59:41 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/14/getting-the-joke/#comment-1244 If it's good enough for Darwin? From a googled "Experimental assessment of the functional morphology of inflorescences of Daucus carota (Apiaceae): testing the `fly catcher effect'": "We speculate, following Darwin (1888), that the dark central floret may now be functionless and possibly represents a trait that has persisted long after its original function has been lost." http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/fecol/2000/00000014/00000004/art00005;jsessionid=1qbf0rup10gq.alice?format=bib If it’s good enough for Darwin? From a googled “Experimental assessment of the functional morphology of inflorescences of Daucus carota (Apiaceae): testing the `fly catcher effect’”:

“We speculate, following Darwin (1888), that the dark central floret may now be functionless and possibly represents a trait that has persisted long after its original function has been lost.”

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/fecol/2000/00000014/00000004/art00005;jsessionid=1qbf0rup10gq.alice?format=bib

]]> By: Sissy Willis http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/getting-the-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-1243 Sissy Willis Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:54:43 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/14/getting-the-joke/#comment-1243 'Wish we could see the devilish delight that must have been sparkling in her eyes at that moment. :-) ‘Wish we could see the devilish delight that must have been sparkling in her eyes at that moment. :-)

]]> By: kenju http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/photoimage/getting-the-joke/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 kenju Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:26:29 +0000 http://www.fragmentsfromfloyd.com/2007/08/14/getting-the-joke/#comment-1241 I've seen that central flower hundreds of times, but I always thought it was black.... LOL Abby is a smart girl!! I’ve seen that central flower hundreds of times, but I always thought it was black….
LOL

Abby is a smart girl!!

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