# Names of all the flowers in this painting? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 12, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099 "2021-06-12T04:36:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![longtry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/839c29/32.png) [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/1 "2021-06-12T04:36:23Z")
I’m looking at [this painting of Brandt & Eelkema](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bloemen_in_een_terracotta_vaas.%2C_Albertus_Jonas_Brandt%2C_Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema%2C_1810_-_1824_-_Zoeken_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg/1597px-Bloemen_in_een_terracotta_vaas.%2C_Albertus_Jonas_Brandt%2C_Eelke_Jelles_Eelkema%2C_1810_-_1824_-_Zoeken_-_Rijksmuseum.jpg), and am growing more & more fascinated by it. Can someone help me name all the species in the picture? Framing each one with a number into a new image, and then write down the name here will be easiest for me to follow. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/2 "2021-06-12T05:55:38Z")
[https://i.ibb.co/mFX3ztf/Flowers.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/mFX3ztf/Flowers.jpg) Not really my long suit, but ambit claims to open the batting … ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/3 "2021-06-13T02:26:04Z")
I think 8 is a Iris is 10 refering to the large white blooms that don’t quite look like roses or the tiny blue flowers behind? 12 looks like a rose to me, hard to br certain with the way its positioned 13 looks a lot like the goatheads currently blooming in my yard ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/4 "2021-06-13T02:43:00Z")
Does 14 refer to the rust red blooms or the lavenderish buds next to them? to the left, not the poppies ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/5 "2021-06-13T02:55:35Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > 10 refering to the large white blooms that don’t quite look like roses or the tiny blue flowers behind? 10=white rose like blooms. I missed the tiny blue ones 14= red blooms. I took the others as been part of same flower … but they probably aren’t There are also a couple of faint red blooms under #4 which I meant for the larger unfurling red rose. If the OP comes back, rather than just us doing their horticultural homework, I will add the extra numbers ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/6 "2021-06-13T03:03:51Z")
oh yeah, I missed those under #4. I’m not going to try to guess those, whatever they are, in the context of the painting, they seem to be of less importance to the artist. colors muted, in the background, etc, ok I’ll guess, some variety of small rose ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/7 "2021-06-13T05:17:47Z")
13 is an auricula 9: Morning glory/convolvulus 10: Peony? Might also be true for 3. 8: A form of honeysuckle? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/8 "2021-06-13T05:30:09Z")
The little blue flower between 1 and 2 could be a clematis. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/9 "2021-06-13T09:57:25Z")
[https://i.ibb.co/zx8qc3w/Flowers2.jpg](https://i.ibb.co/zx8qc3w/Flowers2.jpg) In more hope than certainty I think there are more varieties than initially observed. Have included the input from posters above. ---
**Author:** ![Anaglyph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Anaglyph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaglyph)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/10 "2021-06-13T10:13:40Z")
7: (small white one) probably some type of Jasmin 8: could be some kind of Honeysuckle, wilted 9 Convolvulus tricolor 10:(small blue flower in background: Ehrenpreis (in German) = Veronica chamaedrys 12: Peony 13: Primula Auriculas 14: Levkoje (in German) ?= Gilliflower ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/11 "2021-06-13T10:52:36Z")
I’m wondering if 3 could be a fancy peony (would proteas have come in from the Cape by the time of the painting? 19 could well be a jasmine. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/12 "2021-06-13T11:32:05Z")
1. Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale) 2. Lilac 3. Peony (definitely not a Protea, which would have been unknown at the time except to travelers) 4. Rose 5. hard to tell (the yellow flower). Possibly Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis) 6. Azalea 7. do not know either the white one or the blue one. 8. probably a jasmine 9. Morning Glory (annual convolvulus) 10. possibly another rose 11. peony? 12. rose 13. Primula, auricula type 14. Stock or gilliflower (Matthiola incana) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/13 "2021-06-13T11:51:40Z")
I see the Rijksmuseum date it to the early 19th century, so maybe proteas were available as an exotic luxury item ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/14 "2021-06-13T13:09:11Z")
I’m pretty sure 12 is a peony. And 3 look like peonies to me, as well. Could the colors have faded? The foliage of 9 looks like petunia, but the colors are weird for a petunia, and look more like morning glory. But the foliage is wrong for morning glory. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/15 "2021-06-13T13:18:16Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > see the Rijksmuseum date it to the early 19th century, so maybe proteas were available as an exotic luxury item Proteas are very hard to grow outside their particular climate. Used to live near the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum within sight of the Pacific and knew some of the workers there. Proteas were a major speciality and it took them years to figure out how to get them to grow, even in an extremely similar climate, which the Netherlands ain’t. Also the flower looks like a peony, the [central boss of stamens](https://www.bhg.com/gardening/plant-dictionary/perennial/peony/) variety. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/16 "2021-06-13T13:32:36Z")
I grow some peonies that look a lot like that. I don’t know how common that form of peony was at the time, but would be easy to grow in the Netherlands. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/17 "2021-06-14T00:35:23Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > 1. probably a jasmine Did you mean for this to be 19? I ask because it doesn’t look like any of the jasmine images I could find, but I think I could be a wilted honeysuckle as suggested by PatrickLondon, or an Iris as their petals grow curly like that naturally. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/18 "2021-06-14T00:47:44Z")
I’m wondering, 16, the small blue flowers, Delphium? Perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/19 "2021-06-14T00:59:07Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > Did you mean for this to be 19? > I ask because it doesn’t look like any of the jasmine images I could find, but I think I could be a wilted honeysuckle as suggested by PatrickLondon, or an Iris as their petals grow curly like that naturally. Sorry, yes, 8 is the honeysuckle-ish one. Jasmine might be 7. Maybe. ---
**Author:** ![am77494](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d2c977/32.png) [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099/20 "2021-06-14T01:10:07Z")
I grow a lot of different jasmines (about 7) and none of them look like 7. I maybe wrong though since jasmine is a very loose term. As to 19, my guess is Mock Orange, Murraya Paniculata. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-of-all-the-flowers-in-this-painting/944099.md?page=2)