Hey dear community, at the beginning I would like to welcome you all to my new post and hope you had a day that brought some interesting experiences into your life! Today I would like to go into something about nature and hope you are able to expand your knowledge a little.
Here are some pictures of a specimen of Snake's head which I recently discovered and is also known to you under the scientific name Fritillaria meleagris and was named after its typical pattern which is somewhat reminiscent of a chess field or the skin of a snake. It is believed that it originally comes from Europe and it came to the spread when people had begun to spread it in a targeted manner and nowadays it is distributed in Europe as well as Asia and is classified as relatively rare and in the wild it is found less and less and is even considered endangered. The rarity can be attributed to the fact that many of the natural habitats have been destroyed, which includes the change of wetlands and during the 19th century it has come out of fashion more and more. The first written mentions can probably already be traced back to the Middle Ages and it is believed that it could come from Croatia or the Netherlands where it was portrayed by some painters of the old Dutch school and during the time of the Reneisance and the Baroque it was often to be found in gardens until it went out of fashion a few centuries later. Heraldry has also strongly influenced it and can be found there in many coats of arms and also in Greek mythology it is also linked to the hero figure Meleager who was part in the history of Jason and the Argonauts and in addition he was once sent by the goddess of hunting Artemis to kill the Calydonian Boar who drove his mischief and it is suspected that the flower is supposed to symbolize him and is considered as a sign of grief because Meleager died during this legend. Due to the ever-growing rarity, it can be very worthwhile to cultivate Snake's head and in addition, it is considered relatively easy to care for and is also a very popular source of food for insects and visited especially by bees, bumblebees and other insects and this aesthetic plant is recommended for anyone who wants to do something for biodiversity and is looking for something artistic, which has already been appreciated by painters of the Dutch school.
Thanks a lot for stopping by and I hope you could learn something new about nature! I captured these pictures with my Camera Sony Alpha 6000 plus 55-210 mm lens.