Papaver Somniferum (Opium Poppies)
Feb 25, 2007 10:11:33 GMT -5
Post by Durgan on Feb 25, 2007 10:11:33 GMT -5
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12 July 2005 Papaver Somniferum (Hen and Chickens)
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26 June 2006 Papaver Somniferum Laciniatum (Poppy Venus. One poppy was in bloom. It almost looks like a peony. Very pretty.
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2 July 2006 Papaver Somniferum Poppy ( Danish Flag) A very pretty delicate flower. Note the vegetation. It is quite different from the typical poppy
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4 July 2006
A differenrt Danish Flag. The flag in the center is black instead of white. Compare the first two pictures. Normally the center cross is white. Just an observation
Papaver Somniferum is the poppy from which raw Opium is produced. Opium is the base for many illegal drugs much in demand in the Western World.
The flowers vary much in colour, but the vegetation is all cases appears to be the same. Here are five flowers. It appears they all have the shadow of the Danish Flag at the bottom of the flower petals. The vegetation is the main key in identification plus the shape of the pod in the case of Hen and Chickens. All other pods are similar. Flanders fields poppy have completely different leaves.
The pods are lanced and the latex is collected over a period of days. It takes many poppies to make any reasonable amount, hence the large areas cultivated in the Eastern Asian countries.The dried latex is raw opium from which morphine, heroin, crack, and other drugs are made, legal and illegal.
Durgan.
12 July 2005 Papaver Somniferum (Hen and Chickens)
xrl.us/nqns
26 June 2006 Papaver Somniferum Laciniatum (Poppy Venus. One poppy was in bloom. It almost looks like a peony. Very pretty.
xrl.us/nuoo
2 July 2006 Papaver Somniferum Poppy ( Danish Flag) A very pretty delicate flower. Note the vegetation. It is quite different from the typical poppy
xrl.us/n6k7
4 July 2006
A differenrt Danish Flag. The flag in the center is black instead of white. Compare the first two pictures. Normally the center cross is white. Just an observation
Papaver Somniferum is the poppy from which raw Opium is produced. Opium is the base for many illegal drugs much in demand in the Western World.
The flowers vary much in colour, but the vegetation is all cases appears to be the same. Here are five flowers. It appears they all have the shadow of the Danish Flag at the bottom of the flower petals. The vegetation is the main key in identification plus the shape of the pod in the case of Hen and Chickens. All other pods are similar. Flanders fields poppy have completely different leaves.
The pods are lanced and the latex is collected over a period of days. It takes many poppies to make any reasonable amount, hence the large areas cultivated in the Eastern Asian countries.The dried latex is raw opium from which morphine, heroin, crack, and other drugs are made, legal and illegal.
Durgan.