at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
► Subclass Liliidae
► Order Liliales
► Family Iridaceae - Iris family
► Subfamily Iridoideae
► Tribe Irideae
► Genus Belamcanda Adans. - Belamcanda
Synonyms
(=) Belamcanda punctata Moench
(=) Gemmingia chinensis (L.) Kuntze
(=) Iris domestica Goldblatt & Mabb.
(=) Ixia chinensis L.
Common names
Belamcanda (English)
Blackberry lily (English)
Leopard flower (English)
Leopard lily (English)
Shenan (English)
Fleur "Léopard" (French)
Iris (French)
Iris tigré (French)
Léopard (Fleur) (French)
Leopardenblume (German)
Maravilla (Spanish)
Mariposa (Spanish)
Flor-leopardo (Brazil (Portuguese))
Description
Small deep orange flower with six narrow widely separated petals covered with bright red spots; borne in loose corymbs on long narrow stems. A rhizomatous perennial herb with broad swordlike leaves.
Cattleya Spp. Lindl. (Orchidaceae)
Cattleya
All species in many colours except white and lavender pink
at the book: The Mother. The Spiritual Significance of Flowers.- 1-st Ed. / Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, Pondicherry (India).- Singapore: Ho Printing, 2000.- ISBN 81-7058-609-7
Classification
► Division Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
► Class Liliopsida - Monocotyledons
► Subclass Liliidae
► Order Orchidales
► Family Orchidaceae - Orchid family
Synonyms
Common names
Corsage orchid (English)
Orchidée (French)
Orchidée "Cattleya" (French)
Description
Large fragrant white flower with three narrow petal-like sepals held behind two wide horizontal trilled petals and a third lower petal modified to form a showy lip; borne in few-flowered racemes. Among the most beautiful of all orchids. An epiphyte with thick stiff leaves and pseudo-bulbs.
Attachment to the Divine
Wraps itself around the Divine and finds all its support in Him so as to be sure never to leave Him.
The Mother
The Mother. Collected Works of the Mother.- Volume 14. - Words of the Mother
There is only one salvation: to cling to the Divine like this (gesture with two fists).
Not clinging to what one thinks of the Divine, not even to what one feels of the Divine ... to an aspiration ... an aspiration as sincere as possible. And cling to that.
