Thursday, March 1, 2012

Chinese Sacred Lily (Narcissus tazetta)


Arta, Epirus

Arta, Epirus
Narcissus tazetta (Amaryllidaceae family) is a fragrant bulbous Mediterranean flower that starts its blossom before the end of winter. The name of the genus comes from Narcissus and the name of the species "tazetta" means small cup and refers to the yellow crown of the flower.
It can be found under many common names: Daffodil, Chinese Sacred Lily, Bunch-flowered Narcissus and Joss flower but also in greek it has various names: βοστίνα, μανουσάκι, μυρτολούλουδο, τσαμπάκι και ζουμπούλι. They can usually be seen in vast numbers in fields and meadows in low altitude where they usually appear in clusters.
It is considered to be the oldest cultivated narcissus. In China it is a symbol of good luck whereas in Europe of vanity due to the myth of Narcissus
Peta, Epirus

6 comments:

CameraCruise said...

Beautiful photos!
Love to read about the flowers you show us.
Thanks for sharing.
Have a great weekend.
Greetings Mette

Joop Zand said...

I love these sprng flowers....... here we have a lot of them in March and april.

Unknown said...

Τα μανουσάκια τα άγρια μοσχοβολάνε στην Κρήτη.
Καλό απόγευμα.
Κωστής

Greece's Flora said...

trully they spread their aroma everywhere!!

jankasgarten said...

Piekne narcyzy i udane zdjecia. Pozdrawiam :-)

Marijke said...

How beautiful these flower looks in her own natural habitat. The thing I don't like about the modern species is that they don't smell any more. The same with the roses you buy in a flowershop.
gr. Marijke