{"id":13001,"date":"2011-10-02T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=13001"},"modified":"2011-11-21T14:28:27","modified_gmt":"2011-11-21T18:28:27","slug":"countdown-to-kiku-four-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2011\/10\/exhibit-news\/countdown-to-kiku-four-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiku Classification: Anemone, Spoon, and Quill"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Class<\/a>
A Class 9 chrysanthemum 'Trendy Time,' 2009<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Wednesday, October 5, dozens of Japanese chrysanthemums, or kiku<\/em>, trained into a variety of styles and displays will join Fall Flowers of Japan<\/em><\/a> in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory! Don’t miss this mesmerizing floral display. In anticipation, we\u2019re taking an in-depth look at these fascinating flowers.<\/p>\n

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Chrysanthemums are composite flowers, meaning they have flowers heads made up of many individual flowers. Other composites include zinnias, sunflowers, asters, black-eyed susans, dandelions, and marigolds. There are 13 different classes of chrysanthemums with varying flower forms defined by the National Chrysanthemum Society<\/a>. (See classes one through three here<\/a>, and classes four through seven here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\"Class<\/a>\n

The flowers in this class are similar to Semi-Double chrysanthemums<\/a> except that they have a raised center that looks like a pincushion. You will find this class of chrysanthemum in kengai<\/em> or ‘cascade’<\/a> displays.<\/p>\n\"Class<\/a>\n

The long, tubular ray florets in this class are spatulate, meaning they look like a spoon. The central disk in this flower is round and visible. It looks very similar to Semi-Double<\/a> except for the fact that the ray florets (outer petals) look like spoons.<\/p>\n\"Class<\/a>\n

The blooms in this class are fully double with no open center. The florets are straight and tubular with open tips that look like quills.<\/p>\n

Previous Days in the Kiku Countdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n

How Do They Do That?: Kengai<\/em> or ‘Cascade’<\/a><\/p>\n

Kiku<\/em> Classification: Decorative, Intermediate Incurve, Pompom, and Single and Semi-Doubles<\/a><\/p>\n

How Do They Do That?: Ozukuri<\/em> or ‘Thousand Bloom’<\/a><\/p>\n

Kiku<\/em> Classification: <\/strong>Irregular Incurve, Reflex, and Regular Incurve<\/a><\/p>\n

Illustrations courtesy of the National Chrysanthemum Society USA <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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