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Yu-lan

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Description

Magnolia × soulangeana Common names: White Saucer Magnolia, Chinese Magnolia, Tulip Tree Pierre Magnol never saw this flower. He died in 1715 in Montpellier, and the first magnolia from Asia didn't reach Europe until 1780, when Joseph Banks brought it from China to England. Magnol's contribution was the concept of plant families itself, the idea that plants could be grouped by kinship rather than listed alphabetically, and for that someone named an entire genus after him decades after his death. The Chinese had been growing this particular species since at least 618 AD, the start of the Tang Dynasty, when it became a symbol of purity and was planted exclusively in imperial palace gardens. They called it yu-lan, jade orchid, and Chinese painters compared the tepals to white jade for the same opaque translucency. Porcelain cups were carved in the shape of magnolia blossoms. Denudata, the species name, means naked, because the flowers open on bare branches before any leaf appears. A former French cavalry officer named Soulange-Bodin crossed this species with a purple magnolia around 1827 and accidentally created the most popular magnolia hybrid on earth. A soldier making flowers after war is maybe the best use of retirement anyone has come up with. Shanghai chose this as its official flower. © Corina Daniela Obertas Photography. All rights reserved. The purchase of this NFT grants the collector ownership of the token only. Full copyright, reproduction rights, and commercial usage rights remain exclusively with the artist. No part of this artwork may be reproduced, distributed, printed, licensed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written consent from the artist.

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water

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drops