We got our own Kungsängslilja from some family friends as a housewarming gift. It took a couple of weeks to bloom and I wasn't even sure that it would this year, but here it is in all its glory. Mama and Papa Swede's Kungsängslilja looks like a checkerboard, but ours looks exactly like purple snakeskin, which is appropriate since its English name is Snake's Head Fritillary. This is the only snake in the world I can get down with.
cool! i thought the lighter spots were water droplets! but snakeskin petals?! wow.
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