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Blaschka glass model of Asarum canadense. The Ware Collection of Blaschka Glass Models of Plants (or simply the Glass Flowers) is a collection of highly realistic glass botanical models at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The leaves are light green, rounded, up to 2.5 centimetres (1 in) long, and are scallop-edged and shell-shaped. Both the stem and the leaves contain a milky sap. [10] On the upper part of the stem, 1-3 flowers emerge from the leaf axils, although only 1 of these flowers will be blooming at any one time. [10]
Dried flowers are long lasting—up to some years—and are used in floral arrangements and the cut flower industry. [39] More robust longer stemmed forms are used for commercial cut flowers. [43] The main factor limiting lifespan of dried flowers is the wilting of stems, so flowers are sometimes wired into arrangements.
The flowers are arranged in a tight cluster on a long stem from 12–40 in (30–100 cm) tall. They are strawberry-like, with five white or cream petals, five pointed green sepals between the petals, and a round head of pistils in the center with more than 20 stamens in a ring around it.
It produces clusters of tubular orange flowers up to 5 cm long [5] on trailing purple stems, from summer to winter. [2] The flowers give way to 30cm-long capsules containing multiple seeds. [4] The specific epithet longicaulis means "long-stemmed". [6] A. longicaulis is grown as a houseplant in temperate regions.
The hybrid perpetual has cup-shaped flowers with a brilliant crimson colour and up to 50 petals, situated on long stiff stems.The buds are thick and globular and open to strongly scented, hybrid tea-like flowers with a diameter of 11 cm. [2] They appear in flushes over a long period, but according to the RHS Encyclopedia of Roses, only sparingly.