Dahlia with Bee
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Dahlia with Bee
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Spaniards reported finding the plants growing in Mexico in 1525, but the earliest known description is by Francisco Hernandez, physician to Philip II, who was ordered to visit Mexico in 1570 to study the "natural products of that country". They were used as a source of food by the indigenous peoples, and were both gathered in the wild and cultivated. The Aztecs used them to treat epilepsy,and employed the long hollow stem of the (Dahlia imperalis) for water pipes The indigenous peoples variously identified the plants as "Chichipatl" (Toltecs) and "Acocotle" or "Cocoxochitl" (Aztecs). From Hernandez' perception of Aztec, to Spanish, through various other translations, the word is "water cane", "water pipe", "water pipe flower", "hollow stem flower" and "cane flower". All these refer to the hollowness of the plants' stem
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July 16th, 2014
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Comments (17)
Az Jackson
Congratulations on your recent sale.
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you very much AZ - I see you are selling all the time! Awesome.
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
SOLD 2 days ago a metal print. Thank you to the BUYER in Tustin, California!
Christopher James
One of your peers nominated this image in the 1000 views Groups nominated images by your fellow artist in the Special Features #13 promotion discussion. Please visit and pass on the love to another artist.....L/F/Tw
Anita Faye
Bee on red-orange perfection Venetia! Featured on Groovy Butterflies! http://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html