For November I'm working on the Zauschneria californica also known as California fuchsia.
I just discovered that I had written this flowers scientific name down incorrectly, so please note the change from the original!! Yikes! Sorry! Honestly, this whole project has taught me that I really have no grasp on plant biology at all. I'm constantly unsure what something is called and staring at flower part pictures doesn't help me because they're always too generic. And I'm always so excited when someone knowledgeable has made their flower diagram readily available. Sadly, I didn't find a flower part diagram for the California fuchsia, so I'm bound to make many more blunders. Apologies!
This is what I think I know. The California fuchsia has red-orange flowers in
something of a tubular or funnel shape. In the reference picture you can see
something that connects the flower to the stem. I know that when you have
multiple flowers in this formation it's called a raceme but is the actual
purple bit that connects the flower to the stem called a raceme? I'm not sure,
so I called this a stalk in my directions. For all the people that this is
blatantly obvious to and think I'm a dunce, I apologize. I feel like a dunce.
Still here I go duncing along!
Here's the plan:
Colors: DMC 310, 369, 601, 718, 906, 3078, 3801
Bud (A): Satin Stitch- 2 strands 601
Sepals (B): Straight Stitch- 2 strands of 369
Outer Petals (C): Satin Stitch- 2 strands of 601
Inner Petals (D): Satin Stitch- 2 strands of 3801
Filaments (E): Stem Stitch- 2 strands of 601
Anthers (F): Straight Stitch- 1 strand of 3078
Stalks (G): Stem Stitch- 2 strands of 718
Stem (H): Stem Stitch- 2 strands of 906
Leaves (I): Satin Stitch- 2 strands of 369 for the ones near the flower, and 2 strands of 906 for the leaves farther away
Name: Backstitch- 2 strands of 310
Box: Split stitch- 2 strands of 310, but maybe you want to save this for after you've completed more months to get a nice even stitch across months...
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