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Higanbana - Red Spider Lily

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Higanbana - Red Spider Lily

This time every year you can see this flower blooming around Japan, especially beside rivers. The color is almost always bright red, but I was surprised to recently spot a yellow version, and a white version too. Have you ever seen these colors?

In the Japanese name, `higan` is a Buddhist term for the period of seven days around the Spring or Autumn equinox (bana/hana means flower).

Of course you`re thinking, "Wow - it`s pretty. But can I eat it?" Unfortunately the answer is no; they`re poisonous to eat.
#εœ’θŠΈ #花

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michiko
Commented by michiko
Posted at 2011-10-12 22:31

I didn't know such colors the flower had. I want to see the colored flowers.
In Japan, the flower had been planted in a graveyard. So some Japanese hate it. But really often it was eaten after pulling out poison when there was in famine.

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