Maturity

Is not something you're likely to find on this blog on a Friday night. Particularly after half a litre of Dutch beer.


So, instead, I present our first, and probably last, game of "Name that flower".


A few clues:


1. It's a particular species of lily, common to the Smoky Mountains region of North Carolina.


2. The sepals and petals are up to 4 inches long.


3. It looks like this:

4. It has the absolutely greatest name of any flower anywhere in thw whole world ever.

The answer is, quite seriously.....

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Wait for it

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LILIUM SUPERBUM

And for those who think that I surely must be making it up, details can be found here. Also here, here and right over there.

After reading it a couple of times, I think I understand how that name happened.

This does not make it any less funny.