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The Nature of My Memories: July 2016

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The Nature of My Memories. Monday, July 4, 2016. Recognized as Queen Anne’s lace or Bishop’s lace by its common names, Daucus carota. Flowers do indeed look as if they were lace. In fact, each of the flowers have a slightly different look as though different maidens worked on them. The genus name Daucus. Name given by the Greeks to some members of plants having multi flowers in umbels-with short flower stalks which spread from a common point. The species name, carota. Looks almost identical but it is mor...

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The Nature of My Memories: September 2016

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The Nature of My Memories. Thursday, September 1, 2016. I remember getting fresh hazelnuts in the summer months and eating them right out of the paper bag the street vendor or the green grocer provided. Thus, I decided to be on the lookout for them this summer and finally, towards the end of July, I found a green grocer displaying some in front of his store in our neighborhood in Istanbul. I only found out about this distinction while writing this post and there will be more about it further down. The fi...

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The Nature of My Memories: April 2016

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The Nature of My Memories. Monday, April 4, 2016. Lamium purpureum; a flower for my mother. In April 2015, as my mother lay in bed for the last ten weeks of her life, spring brought flowers to the park lawns, empty lots and road sides in Istanbul. One in particular, a small plant with purplish pink flowers that I had not paid much attention to before, was abundant that spring. I dedicated it to my mother’s spirit and observed it for much needed solace. The mint family. It grows to 20-30 cm tall. Many spe...

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The Nature of My Memories: October 2016

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The Nature of My Memories. Monday, October 3, 2016. 8216;Ayvayı yemek’, literally ‘to eat the quince-ayva’ in Turkish, is a sarcastic slang term used to indicate any troublesome situation or malevolent incident that may have already occurred or to be avoided in the future. This usage refers to the rather dry and sour aftertaste the quince may leave in the mouth. Here is a recipe for the delicious desert called the ‘quince sweet’ from Turkey. To prevent the quinces from browning during preparation, add pl...

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The Nature of My Memories: February 2016

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The Nature of My Memories. Monday, February 1, 2016. When I was a child I remember going to a laid-back al fresco restaurant with my parents. The evenings were warm under the stars. The adult conversation was calming. I chose to get up from the table and explore the shrubby boundaries of the spot. One interesting shrub that impressed me with its flowers later prevailed among the memories of those evenings. In the family Capparaceae. The caper bush, C. spinosa. The leaf stipules, often leaflike appendages...

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The Nature of My Memories: Narcissus

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The Nature of My Memories. Monday, January 2, 2017. Common names for this flower are daffodil or narcissus. I enjoy the double-flowered narcissi, the varieties that have extra petals. Narcissi-the plural form of the common name narcissus causes some confusion. The exact origin of the name Narcissus. There is, however, no evidence for the flower being named for the youth. Narcissus poeticus. The Metamorphosis of Narcissus by Salvador Dali based on Ovid’s tale of Narcissus and Echo. Were well known in anci...

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The Nature of My Memories: November 2016

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The Nature of My Memories. Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Even if they didn’t amaze me like many other plants, I was nonetheless lovingly aware of zinnias as a child. Mostly, I noticed their variety of colors when I came across them; white, yellow, green, orange, red, purple, or lilac and more. The more blossoms are cut, the more they grow and re-bloom. Double fire Zahara zinnia. Robert Z. Pearlman (collectSPACE.com Editor, January 21, 2016) posted that just a few weeks earlier, the zinnias, which we...They ...

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The Nature of My Memories: March 2016

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The Nature of My Memories. Tuesday, March 1, 2016. One explanation for the Latin name of this plant is like this: "Centaurea. Comes from the Greek word centaur that means spearman or piercer." Centaurs, half man-half horse creatures in mythology were, actually, quite hostile to humans. Their weapon was the bow and arrow. The Latin term solstitium. Refers to the summer solstice or the longest day of the year, and - alis. Means ‘pertaining to’. Thus, the specific epithet solstitialis. Has been introduced i...

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The Nature of My Memories: Chestnut

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The Nature of My Memories. Thursday, December 1, 2016. Kestaneci-a chestnut vendor in Istanbul with his brazier. Chestnut is the edible seed of the chestnut tree. The chestnut fruit has a pointed end with a small tuft at its tip called fiamma (flame in Italian), and at the other end, a hilum-a pale brown attachment scar. In many varieties, the fruit is flattened on one side. Is the only European species. Chestnuts should not be confused with horse chestnuts (genus Aesculus. Chestnut flavors vary slightly...