I cannot explain why I am so obsessed with the mystery. Nor can I justify my time spent in the relentless search. However, the question still remains…..what is the flower depicted on our Exotica Skirt?
I spoke with the designer and she told me that it was inspired by a flower in a large 18th century French textile (see above). She did not know the exact botanical species except to offer that it looked tropical.
I searched hundreds of images on the internet to no avail. I contacted a retired horticulturist who also could not identify it. However, he did drop a heavy encyclopedia of tropical flowers on my desk. (insert thud)
Many blurry pages later I can only conclude that the flower must be an artist hybrid. A stylized combination of blooms. Perhaps a Water Lily combined with the flower of a Floss Silk Tree or a tropical Dahlia mixed with the pedals of an Iris.
I now pose the question to you, our blog audience. What do you think our exotic flower could be?
More flower themed knit skirts:
- DAHLIA Jacquard Pima Skirt,
- PEONY Jacquard Pima Skirt,
- ORCHID Jacquard Pima Skirt,
- ROSE Jacquard Skirt
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I think it is a stylized lily or iris. The French fleur de lis is the lily while the Florentine is the iris. That is what I see when I look at it.
It looks like a stylized passion-flower.
It looks to me like a passion flower.
It looks like a passion flower. Chilean passiflora, perhaps?
I agree with Bernice, Honora and Karen. We have a passion flower plant in the foyer of PC’s European Fulfilment Centre in the UK, and the flowers – when they appear, which is only an occasional treat! – are closely similar in structure to those in the design.
Thank you so much for bringing up this,looks so very innovative.
ford
Well,for me flower is a passion and it is also made a mystery.
vee