Cactus Flower and Vinca
by Diana Mary Sharpton
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Title
Cactus Flower and Vinca
Artist
Diana Mary Sharpton
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
A Japanese pink cactus flower captured with a Nikon camera and lens at the Dallas Arboretum, Dallas, Texas along side her companion the white Vinca Periwinkle.
In the Japanese tradition of Hanakotoba, giving the gift of a flower from a cactus is a clear way to indicate you’re sexually attracted towards someone due to its connection with lust. Other meanings include endurance, thriving despite challenges, sharing love and warmth, and drawing inspiration from the emptiness of the desert.
Vinca minor commonly know as vinca or periwinkle is one of the most popular and widely used ground covers. Trailing stems with smooth, evergreen leaves (to 1.5" long) root at the nodes as they go along the ground and quickly spread to form an attractive ground cover. Tubular, lavender blue, phlox-like flowers (to 1 inch across) appear in the leaf axils in spring and continue to flower intermittently throughout summer into fall. Foliage will mound up to 6" tall. Also commonly called dwarf periwinkle and creeping myrtle.
Genus name is from Latin meaning to bind or wind around in reference to the long, flexible stems that were used in wreath making.
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