08 Jan
To plant a bulb is to plant a miracle. But there are many types of plants we call bulbs and they can be divided into the following: true bulbs, tubers, rhizomes and corms. It will be a long study but a most rewarding one for Mother has named nearly fifty flowers in the above category. We shall take up each of these as we proceed in a wondrous exploration of this special creation of Conscious Nature.
Each of the above are basically storage units for plants that require energy to sprout, grow and blossom in one season. Yes, it seems to be a miracle that from something seemingly lifeless, brown, and often desiccated in appearance, an untold beauty can emerge in the flower aspiring towards the heavens.
Let us look at these various types and while we are doing so remember these lines from Savitri:
Alive and clad with trees and herbs and flowers
Earth’s great brown body smiled towards the skies, ||36.19||All the world’s possibilities in man
Are waiting as the tree waits in its seed: ||117.48||
A bulb, described as a 'true bulb' is one that is formed in layers and has a basal plate supporting the top and is where the roots will emerge. Bulbs are most often round to oval in shape and have a pointed top. An onion is an excellent example of a bulb with its layers of scales.
For our first bulb in this series that promises to be very lengthy, I have chosen the narcissus, whose common name is daffodil. Hundreds of varieties of daffodils have been developed over many years resulting in an extraordinary range of colours and forms, from miniatures to the grand large flowered types. All daffodils are in the family, Amaryllidaceae, which we will study in great detail through Mother's significances.
The first daffodil was first named by Linnaeus, the father of Botany, in his Species Plantarum in 1753! Daffodils are long-lived bulbs native to southwest Europe and North Africa.
The bulbs become dormant usually in later summer to winter when the leaves die back and the contractile roots pull the plant further into the earth with the stem and leaves emerging in the spring.
In "Mother's Garden" in Georgia, U.S. A. the site of 10,000 to 20,000 daffodils in a great range of colour is truly breathtaking.
Here are the two Narcissus named by Mother:
The large yellow flowering trumpet type: Power of Beauty
Mother's comment: "Beauty has its full power only when it is surrendered to the Divine."
A few photos of Power of Beauty from "Mother's Garden".
Narcissus poeticus - the Poet's narcissus
Mother's significance: Beauty Aspiring for the Supramental Realization
Mother's comment: "Beauty is not sufficient in itself, it wants to become divine."
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