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From: "mossytrail"
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Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:14 PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] Aroids in Art
>I was recently in an antiques store, where there was a whole
> section of art prints reproduced from old books, calendars,
> advertising, etc. In the category, "Fairies and Flower
> People," there were prints of illustrated pages from
> 19th-century children's books. I found one such page
> depicting lords-and-ladies (Arum maculatum), personified as
> (surprise, surprise) a lord and a lady. Their clothing was
> made entirely of the spathes -- a flowing tunic for the
> lord, a hooded gown for the lady. The lord also carried a
> spear which was really an inflorescence with protruding
> spadix, and another spadix formed the "feather" of his
> Robin-hood style hat. Berry clusters dangled from their
> belts. That is certainly a very clever way to depict
> aroids.
>
> Jason Hernandez
> Naturalist-at-Large
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