Savez-vous qu'il existe une plante qui s'appelle
Désespoirs du peintre ?
D'où vient ce nom ? L'explication qui revient le plus souvent est la suivante : la fleur est si petite qu'il est difficile de la peindre...Alors admirons là, au lieu de vouloir la copier.
Si vous trouvez d'autres explications, je serai ravie de les connaître.
Bonne journée !
Did you know there is a plant called
Despair of the painter ?
Despair of the painter ?
Why this name? The explanation I hear most often is: the flower is so small that it is difficult to copy it ... So why not just admire it, instead of trying to copy.
If you find other explanations, I would love to hear them.
Enjoy your Day !
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The reason for the painter's nightmare, I was told by Catherine, was the color purple, which in some of the 50 species Heuchera did consist various amounts of red and blue hues, which may be causing physical troubles in the human vision.
RépondreSupprimerOur eyes have been equipped with three types of color sensors, which have been specialized on red, blue respectively green. An exact coloring process in a paining of the purple Heuchera flowers requires a correct choice of the red and blue pigments we need to find a balanced and correct image for our eyes.
Of course the problem may aggravated by varying conditions if a painter is working in bright sunlight, in which the red and blue components are changing form hour to hour. The varying contributions of red and blue – said Catherine – were dazzling our brain with their permanently changing sensory inputs.
I am not so sure about Catherine's explanation, but I think the color-based explanation must be as good as the detail-based story. It is up to the reader to decide what's right or wrong...
Hier, nous avions entre amoureux de plantes une discussion très animée - apparemment, il y a deux familles de plantes qui sont appelées "désespoir du peintre :
RépondreSupprimerles heuchera et les saxifraga umbrosa.
Quelle surprise ce matin sur internet. Pour mi, jusqu'alors, c'était le grand groupe des heuchera.
@jwr Thank you for the information !I see this is a main topic for flower-lovers...
RépondreSupprimer@anonyme : votre commentaire m'a inspiré un nouveau billet sur le sujet aujourd'hui. Je vous y invite...
Merci pour l'inspiration
Elle s'appelle aussi London Pride :'After a bit of investigation I've found out what this plant is called (the 'head gardener' wasn't sure, so she asked her sister next door), it's Saxifraga x urbium, also known as "London Pride".
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