FLOWER SCULPTURES PARADE IN ZUNDERT, NETHERLANDS
Bloemencorso, the annual parade of flowers in Zundert. Despite the relatively small nature of Zundert (a small town with a population of about 20,000) the variety of and ingenuity of these sculptures seems to know no bounds. [via thisiscolossal]
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This monstrous plant (Is my favorite plant aside from the venus fly trap) lives in the tropical rainforests of Bengkili, Sumatra island, Indonesia and Malaysia. Known as the corpse plant because of the overwhelming stench it emits resembles the scent of rotting flesh which the plant uses to lure in pollinating flies.
This peculiar plant is especially unusual mainly because of it’s peculiar identity crisis, this organism is classified as a vascular plant, but lacks leaves, stems and roots, almost like a plant/fungi crossbreed. The only plant like feature it really has is it’s enormous orange flower.
Much like some species of fungi, the Corpse flower is parasitic and has to attach with thread like strands which penetrate the host’s flesh and sucks out water and nutrients, it can even create “zombie hosts” by effectively keeping the host plant alive just enough to parasitisize nutrients by “piloting” the plant from the inside. The corpse flower is one of the largest individual flowers on earth they grow to be about 1 meter in diameter and can weigh over 7kg.
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Anonymous artist, Semper Augustus, c. 17th century *.
“Semper Augustus was, by all accounts, an extraordinary flower, and one celebrated at the time for its beauty and rarity. Because Semper Augustus was scarce, it was coveted and because it was desirable, it was expensive. Indeed, by the time the market for tulips collapsed, the number of bulbs probably never was much greater than it had been originally. This rarity was reflected in the price. In 1623, one bulb was sold for 1000 guilders.” (via)
“The Tulip breaking virus is a plant virus (transmitted by aphids) that is most famous for its infection of tulips. It is widely known as a former source of influence among the price of tulip bulbs and flowers during the period of so-called ‘Tulip mania’ in the 17th century Netherlands.” (via)
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I know a few people who could use this.
La Beauté Est Dans La Rue (Beauty is In The Street), Student Graphic, Montpellier, France May, 1968
the VAMPIRES BRIDE (1960)
KAWASE Hasui（川瀬 巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957）
Amagasaki 尼崎大物 1940
Woodblock print
Simos Tsapnidis Unionized Workers Demonstrating In Conjunction with Students, Paris May, 1968
Bruno Barbey Students Occupying the Sorbonne, Paris May, 1968
