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Oh my, those earrings. They are Fritillaria meleagris, which I have been chasing and seen growing wild only once. It's a lovely wildflower that is allegedly very difficult to cultivate. How interesting that someone has recreated them in earrings. https://www.terraceiafarm...PcbLEXlXbGNIaAtAGEALw_wcB |
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It's the wrong time of the year to buy them, but fritillaria bulbs of many botanical varieties are grown and sold here in Holland. And the garden centers will sell the plants, too.
Max' variety likes the Dutch climate and my mom has a garden full of them in spring. Paradise!
So lmk if you need any!
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I think the checkered fritillaria is only a wildflower here in the US. There are other varieties that are cultivated but that checkered lily is a rare find, at least in regions of the country where I have lived.
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If I understood it correct, there is only one variant of it being a wild flower in the Netherlands: https://en.wikipedia.org/...iki/Fritillaria_meleagrisApparently all the others are cultivated, the ones available at the shops overhere |
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The hair, years of bleaching has reduce her hair to straw!!!
Not keeping up with royals for so long and seeing how they look now is a shock, this someone has to tell this woman.
She will be brushing 3 hairs in 5 years.
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The ones in my mom's garden were originally 'rehomed' from a wild patch. Just one, many years ago. They are the chequered kind. So they are tamed, not wild anymore ;-) Meleagris is indigenous in Holland and much of Europe. The fritillaria from the Caucasus are the ones that give me palpitations. |
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The ones in my mom's garden were originally 'rehomed' from a wild patch. Just one, many years ago. They are the chequered kind. So they are tamed, not wild anymore ;-) Meleagris is indigenous in Holland and much of Europe. The fritillaria from the Caucasus are the ones that give me palpitations. I grew Fritillaria imperialis when we lived in Michigan but left them behind when we moved. Those Meleagris are beautiful. |
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It doesn't matter how old you get, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9-year-old was given $100. Anonymous
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Well, those fritillaria-based earrings just blew me away. I wonder if they're costume or fine jewelry? And if they are all gemstones, how did them make that checkered effect for the blossom? I've never seen anything quite like them. I realize they are probably minor compared to the access Max has to the Dutch jewelry, both the pieces that are associated with the crown and those she has acquired over the years. But I thought they were way way cool.
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Well, those fritillaria-based earrings just blew me away. I wonder if they're costume or fine jewelry? And if they are all gemstones, how did them make that checkered effect for the blossom? I've never seen anything quite like them. I realize they are probably minor compared to the access Max has to the Dutch jewelry, both the pieces that are associated with the crown and those she has acquired over the years. But I thought they were way way cool.
The petals have a wire rim on each, and might be formed by carefully controlled melted glass. The stems are gemstone, or at least they sparkle, but the petals are not. |
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It doesn't matter how old you get, buying snacks for a road trip should always look like an unsupervised 9-year-old was given $100. Anonymous
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Well, those fritillaria-based earrings just blew me away. I wonder if they're costume or fine jewelry? And if they are all gemstones, how did them make that checkered effect for the blossom? I've never seen anything quite like them. I realize they are probably minor compared to the access Max has to the Dutch jewelry, both the pieces that are associated with the crown and those she has acquired over the years. But I thought they were way way cool.
The petals have a wire rim on each, and might be formed by carefully controlled melted glass. The stems are gemstone, or at least they sparkle, but the petals are not. Yes, I think it’s cloisonné. They are mind-blowing! Gorgeous! Max has toned it down at last. Thank goodness we’re spared her “I’m an EXTROVERT!!!!” schtick now! |
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