Cerubell - Plant

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Cerubell - Plant

« on: 02 July 2002, 21:44:00 »

Category: Flowers and/or Fruits and Berries

The Cerubell is named for the flowers it produces during spring. The name is a combination of cerulean and bell, as the flowers of this elegant plant are a azure blue color. They are often a beautiful addition to gardens, but are also found in the wild near lakes and rivers.

Description: The Cerubell, considered a medium sized plant, grows anywhere from a little over a fore to a ped in height. The stem is very smooth with many lance-shaped leaves emerging from it. These leaves are a palmspan long with tiny jagged edges along their length and attached directly to the stem from their base every few nailsbreadths. Each year in the middle to late spring the Cerubell will blossom with many small blue flowers. Anywhere from 21 to 25 blossoms will cluster around the last palmspan of the stem. The petals are united where the sepal has opened and separate forming five seemingly single petals. These petals come to a point at their tips giving a roughly star shaped flower. The cleft shaped stamen are tucked a little in the flower while two white pistil extend beyond the petals. These flowers give off a pleasant fruity scent. During mid to late summer the petals will fall away and a small berry will start to form. Initially this berry is yellow in color but becomes a rich blue color as it ripens into autumn. When these berries ripen they are a nailsbreadth in size, juicy, with a slightly sweet taste to them.

Territory: These flowers flourish around fresh water and thus usually sprout up around lakes and rivers usually in the Southern part of North Santharia, including Crystal Lake, Luquador River, Readmeade River, Quest River, Liben River, and around the banks of Eight Winds Bay. However, no matter how the seeds are taken, these flowers never grow anywhere near Fa’av’cal’ar.

Usages: These plants are used in gardens as they are fairly easy to grow despite the fact that the need very moist soil to grow. The berries of these plants can be used in cooking as a spice after being dried and ground up, but are more often used for making juices and desserts. By adding yeast one can make an alcohol sold in bars and taverns, usually called Blue Wine for its color.

Reproduction: Pollen from the stamen of the flower or a flower near drift to the top of the pistil, otherwise known as the stigma. The pollen is then moved down the style to the ovary This pollen is used to make seeds. Slowly the ovary will grow larger and larger until the petals of the flower fall away to leave a round berry. As the berry matures and the blue color begins to shade its skin, the seeds grow. This plant depends on deer, especially the Sarvon White Deer, to help transport the seeds to other places. The seeds do no fully break down in the deer’s digestive track and can begin growth when discarded.

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Re: Cerubell - Plant

« Reply #1 on: 02 July 2002, 22:16:00 »

Nice plant. I have one problem though, the way it is written this plants size is two widely divergent. I don't think a plant that is a little more than a nailsbreadth will be able to produce many if any berries.

I think I know what you meant by size but it maybe should be reworded better. Other than that a few grammer mistake that can be taken care of during upload, it is a nice plant.

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« Reply #2 on: 02 July 2002, 23:09:00 »

How about a fore instead of a nailsbreadth?

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« Reply #3 on: 03 July 2002, 01:38:00 »

Much better. I gives the person a better picture in the minds eye.

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« Reply #4 on: 03 July 2002, 01:40:00 »

Ok, but a plant that ranges from a fore (foot) to a ped (meter) is NOT a small plant, so you should take that adjective out!

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« Reply #5 on: 03 July 2002, 01:58:00 »

Gee.. ~_~ How long shalt I be dubbed a newbie until accepted as a treasured and accepted member of the Santharian team? How many entries must this tortured soul create until granted the privilage of love? How many hours, days, weeks until thy glory familiary lifts me into the secure and honored nest of my fellow dream makers? ::goes into a dramatic rant:: Blah blah blah blah blah.. blah blah blah? Blahty blah blah blahty blah!

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« Reply #6 on: 03 July 2002, 03:46:00 »

Until you have either resided here for two months, or reached Level Twenty. And even that isn't a guarantee... I still consider Viresse a newbie, even though she has more posts than I do now.

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« Reply #7 on: 03 July 2002, 03:48:00 »

Hey! I'm getting there. Only nine more levels to go! Yeah! @.@;

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« Reply #8 on: 05 July 2002, 04:04:00 »

Oh dear, I will never do a plant again (except..), seven unknown words for me in the first paragraph!

I like blue flowers!

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« Reply #9 on: 05 July 2002, 15:20:00 »

I should really post some diagrams or something to help people make plants. Some people might not know what a raceme is or what a cleft stigma looks like ot any of that stuff. I have a book that has a bunch of diagrams in it. When I tried to scan it in everything looked so small, though. ::sighs::

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« Reply #10 on: 06 July 2002, 04:21:00 »

It is nice you have an encyclopedia to help you out with describing, but my suggestion is try to describe your plants and animals with out so many technical names if you can. Not a criticism per se, but you should check out our members page. Most people there are from many different countries and their first language is not English. If we want to make this site appealing to many people we need to try and write the best way for all to read.

Anyway that is my humble opinion. I could be wrong.

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« Reply #11 on: 06 July 2002, 04:37:00 »

Or we might try to find diagrams. I think it might be easier to have a picture or diagram to refer to rather than saying: "The female part of the flower that is long and has an end that spreads out a little bit and is bigger than the male part of the flower." That, I think, is not only rather confusing, but really unprofessional. I realize that there are many people here whose first language isn't English, but I think it is better to teach these terms rather than sacrifice professionalism.

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« Reply #12 on: 06 July 2002, 06:32:00 »

Professionalism, in my opinion, comes not from a scientific worded description with a diagram, but from a well thought out description that brings it alive in the minds eye.

We are building a world here for people, and ourselves, for immersion into a few hours of enjoyment away from the daily grind. If you read books, seldom if ever do they try to scientifically describe what they want the reader to see.

You have proven you have the ability to create. Why fall back on the easy way to describe something. You know what you want because you see it in your mind. The hard part is putting that down for others to see. It is also more satisfying and fun when it is your own words.

I have a B.S in technology and it would be easy for me to write much more with a scientific edge. And many times I do have to delete parts because of this fact. But some of the things that I have been lucky enough to have put on the site I especially like for the only reason,because it portrays what I was trying for.

You may not agree with this at all but that is the way I see it.

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« Reply #13 on: 06 July 2002, 08:00:00 »

he's got a point, but I think worlds like Pistil and Stamen will work just fine. Ya know? basic biology stuff.

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« Reply #14 on: 06 July 2002, 13:13:00 »

Well, what would you have me change, Thuja? What part of the dexcription is confusing to you? And I still think diagrams would be helpful, maybe just to put up on the site so people understood. In books related to flowers, they use terms like the ones I've used and don't even provide a diagram.

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