Wednesday 1 April 2009

Hippeastrum Tosca, part 1

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Extract from Cik Wiki ...

[i]Tosca (pronounced: /‘t̪oska/) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou's drama, La Tosca. The work premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on January 14, 1900.

One of the most dramatic of operas, dismissed by musicologist Joseph Kerman as a "shabby little shocker",[1] Tosca is a staple of the standard operatic repertoire and appears as number 8 on Opera America's list of the 20 most-performed operas in North America.[2][/i]

Now, let's watch Tosca, the Hippeastrum ....

The bulb, received on 11th Mar, having its roots soaked ...


On the 15th Mar, the two tips of the bud were peeking ...


On the 21st Mar, the buds are growing so slowly ...


On the 23rd Mar ... see the big fat bud ...


On the 30th Mar ... the flower buds ...


On the 31st Mar, morning, the symmetrical flower buds ...


Wallaaa ... the bloom late in the day of 31st Mar .. so tantalisingly and mesmerisely beautiful ... the maroon coloured petals, the veining, and the creamish bottom half ...

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