It is posslble to tell the approximate time of day from the opening and closing of flowers
It is posslble to tell the approximate time of day from the opening and closing of flowers
Dog-rose
|
opens between 4 and 5 AM
|
Black nightshade
|
opens between 5 and 6 AM
|
Cyclamen and chicory
|
open between 6 and 7 AM
|
Meadow buttercup, dandelion, prickly lettuce,
| |
and common carline-thistle
|
open between 7 and 8 AM
|
Anemone, Hepatica, Calendula and speedwell
|
open between 8 and 9 AM
|
Colchicum, yellow Adonis, pasque-flower, water lily, and wood-sorrel
|
open between 10 and 11 AM
|
Bladder campion
|
opens at 12 noon
|
Sow-thistle
|
closes between 1 and 1:30 PM
|
Prickly lettuce
|
closes between 1 and 2 PM
|
Chicory and dandelion
|
closes between 2 and 3 PM
|
Rootless duckweed
|
closes between 3 and 4 PM
|
Calendula
|
closes between 4 and 5 PM
|
Yellow Adonis, anemone, Hepatica, and Colchicum
|
close between 5 and 6 PM
|
Pasque-flower, wood-sorrel,
| |
and common carline-thistle
|
close between 6 and 7 PM
|
Water lily and meadow buttercup
|
close between 7 and 8 PM
|
Dog-rose
|
closes between 8 and 9 PM
|
