Not Your Garden Variety Orchid: Flower with 'Tude

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Beware of the Flower

I saw this little orchid in a greenhouse in Carpinteria, California, and just had to take his portrait. Worse, I had to put him on a T-shirt and a few other items. I don't know why, I just think flowers with faces are hilarious.

So if you want a humorous gift for someone that I guarantee will be utterly unique, check out The Flower With 'Tude Shop. The caption on the T-shirt reads, "HEY! Who d'ye think ye're calling PANSY?!!!"

Since this little guy would be pretty lonely by himself, below I've gathered a brief anthology of vegetable and floral humor from around the net.

Close-Up of the "Flower With 'Tude" Design: 

Hey, Who D'ye Think Ye're Callin' PANSY?!!

Caption on T-shirt and other gifts:

"HEY! Who D'ye Think Ye're Callin' PANSY?!!"

Goofball Vegetable Humor Book 

Perhaps this person was also traumatized by having a mother who was a green thumb AND an artist, and who was always making little people on the kitchen counter out of the tomatoes, squashes, and string beans we brought in from the garden.

I had to get this book for her as a Christmas present, of course. It shows you how to make odd-looking faces and animals out of fruits and vegetables already around the house. (No, I'm not talking about your spouse.)

Play With Your Food

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Zany Flower Music 

A simple gardening video with silly yet catchy music that will make you smile.
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Funny Flowers and Vegetables Around the Net 

I can't be the only person who sees faces in flowers, can I?

I donno, but there's some pretty silly stuff out there.
"Weird Fruit" by Renowned Fantasy Artist Ursula Vernon
I love this web artist, UrsulaV. She can do really exquisite fantasy art. She can also do really stupid yet funny art. Here is her gallery of Weird Fruit. My favorite is "Bighorn Pears".
Bob the Angry Flower
Obviously I couldn't skip this guy. Famous comic strip flower tackles the burning issues of our day.
Wearable Vegetables - Odd Gifts
In addition to "wearable vegetables", this guy sells T-shirts with really awful vegetarian puns.

Pareidolia -- Seeing Faces in Inanimate Objects 

Aha! I'm Not Alone in My Insanity!

I was searching the web for other photos of flowers with faces, and not having much luck. I found plenty of pictures, but they were all clip art and other kitsch in which people created flowers with smiley faces on them. That doesn't count!

But finally I stumbled across a blog entry explaining the phenomenon of "Pareidolia", seeing faces in inanimate objects. The article is actually pretty funny and has a cute example.

Armed with a jargon word to assist me in my search, I was finally able to find other photos proving that I'm not the only crazy person out there:

Pareidolia Photos on Flickr 

Boxing Buglers by Jay-Bee

Entropy ≥ Mimesis . Catharsis ² by jef safi

spectacled bracken by turn toward the light

Tree Face by Auntie P

Sombre Bee Orchid or could   it be Daffy Duck by Jay-Bee

Mecki by Munguent

Homer Simpson Fly by malugo

He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty... asparagus by notwelshman

TreeFace_4891 by mike_feldman

orangina by Red Larry Yellow Larry

"Gimme a kiss" by Claudecf

Woe is me! by GustavoG

I'm A Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch 

Because Petunias Need Love Too

Imogen Heap recently re-popularized this old ditty, but she only sang the first line of the chorus, which goes like this:

I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch
and all I do is cry all day
Boo hoo, boo hoo
The air's so strong it takes my breath away (Phee-ew)
I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch,
oh won't you come and play with me!


It's actually an excerpt from a longer song written in 1946 by Maurie Hartmann, Billy Faber and Johnny Kamono.

Amazingly, I've found an obscure website with an original recording of "Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch" with all the verses and all the lyrics. Sounds of a bygone era! There, now you've found something on the net you never knew existed.

I'm a Lonely Little Petunia

This song is originally sung by Imogen Heap. This is just a classic little lullaby. **edit: apparently not originally sung by her, she just has a kick ass version. my bad.

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Oedipus, With Vegetables 

The ancient Greek tragedy of Oedipus (written by Sophocles, for the other Greekgeeks out there). This is a bizarre yet brilliant production that won awards at the Sundance Film Festival and even got a little extra help from Industrial Light and Magic. See http://www.oedipusthemovie.com for a higher-resolution version.
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Orchid Books on Amazon 

(But seriously...)

The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

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Orchids for Dummies

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Hothouse Orchid (Holly Barker)

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Easy Orchids: The Fail-Safe Guide to Growing Orchids Indoors

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Flickr Orchid Photos 

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alghaz01 wrote...

very amazing lens..i wish i can make lens like this..
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ReplyPosted May 08, 2009

flowergardener wrote...

Heya Greek! Thanks for submitting this to my flower group, I actually thought it was already in the group, as I remember finding, enjoying, and rating this flower with 'tude :) Can't rate you again, but by golly it's in the group now!

ReplyPosted April 14, 2009

pichalee78 wrote...

very nice orchids

Malaysia Florist & Flower

ReplyPosted March 26, 2009

nkent wrote...

Love the lens - I love the video "I'm a Lonely Little Petunia" you have put on your lens.
- saves me having to search myself. If you get the chance check
out my Orchid Gardening blog.

ReplyPosted March 06, 2009

ClassyMan wrote...

I like the '"Flower With 'Tude" Design' part - beautiful picture. you can add to your lens some sites or reviews on tools that make gardening easier like: hose reels , sink stations, rain barrels and so on...

ReplyPosted July 22, 2008

 
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