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There is still debate about the name of the beautiful flowers that creates the “The Yellow Sea” in Lakeport, a poetic description by resident Lorriane Parrish. Last year I mistakenly called them Black-Eyed Susans, then I was sent a reference from Gary Ritter that they are likely the Bur-Marigold, according to the University of Florida’s plant dictionary at IFAS . Here the marigold is a listed as a member of the Bidae (scientific name) family. In the comments I received today, botanist Fred Hubbard of Montura suggested they may be Coreopsos. When you Google that species it indicates that Coreopsis is also a member of the Bidae genus. However, I also had been given information by another plant biologist last year that these plants are a wild Florida sunflower! Is this confusing you? Not me. I am no plant biolgist for sure. Whatever the name is not as important to me as how they make me feel gazing upon them and seeing goodness in the world instead of darkness. Take a moment and be grateful for the glorious manifestations of our world’s Supreme Architect.
(P.S. I mistakenly said last year’s articles about the bloom were in November 2009 archives. They are in October 2009 - at the bottom.
