Between Heaven and Earth – Facebook conversation

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Dietes, Dietes Grandiflora, earth, Echinopsis pachanoi, Flowers, garden, Gardens, heaven, plants, San Pedro, San Pedro cactus, South African endemic plant

Dietes Grandiflora

• Brigid Taylor Jackson I always know that when they flower in profusion that there is a certainty of rain… always make the garden so cheerful, very clever indeed
   
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  Herman van Bon Same with the San Pedro cactus. When this cactus starts to flower you can be sure of rain within 5 days…

   
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  Brigid Taylor Jackson love them too

   
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  Craig Wright OK, so bear with me here, but I do think that Dietes is one of the plants that is a junction between the heavens and earth. I always feel it is lightly touched by the cosmic, like the picture of a host of butterflies that gently landed on some green leaves. Dietes mean ‘two affinities’ and I think that this openness and sensitivity to atmospheric changes is an illustration of this. Thanks for the rain reminder Brigid.

   
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  Brigid Taylor Jackson I quite agree with you Craig, as yes they do look like butterflies which have been touched by the cosmic, could also be the perfect balance between the masculine and feminine… yes Craig we need the rain!! Will be nice and cooling

   
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  Craig Wright they are supposed to be midway between the irises and the moraeas – possible closer to their actual ancestor – i like this idea of bridging the gap between two things, so yes, perhaps between masculine and feminine – look how masculine the green part of the plant is and how delicate and feminine the flower is…

   
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  Brigid Taylor Jackson Thank you Craig, , yes they are always mid-way. Yes the colour is very male and female…

   
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  Kris Foster-Phipps I love it because when you are in full bloom, I am in the cold and visa versa…we keep each other in perpetual spring!!!