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Male flowers (at top) Female flowers (at the bottom). The species is characterized by a large purple spathe and spadix, which has a very unpleasant smell reminiscent of rotting meat to attract flies (Lucilia and others) as pollinators. The large palmate leaves have occasional cream flecks along the veins.
The name dracaena is derived from the romanized form of the Ancient Greek δράκαινα – drakaina, "female dragon". [ 7 ] The majority of the species are native to Africa and the Canary Islands , southern Asia through to northern Australia, with two species in tropical Central America.
They are sometimes spotted (hence the Latin name maculatum), toothed with long petioles, about 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) long. Their shape varies from ovate-triangular to heart-shaped. The inflorescence bears about two to eight hermaphrodite flowers about 20–30 millimetres (0.79–1.18 in) long. The flowers of the plant are formed in ...
Figment is the mascot of the Imagination! pavilion at the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World Resort. [2] He is a small purple dragon with a runaway imagination, which serves as a plot device in Journey into Imagination with Figment, the most recent edition of the pavilion, and he is featured in Epcot merchandise.
A black male dragon buried under ice who breaks free to mate with Tintaglia, a blue dragon, to save the dragon race. Igjarjuk Memory, Sorrow, & Thorn: Williams: An Ancient ice dragon who dwells far in the north of Osten Ard. Katla: The Brothers Lionheart: Lindgren [A 8] A fictional female dragon from the Swedish children's book. Kazul: Dealing ...
Dragons were personified as a caring mother with her children or a pair of dragons. Much like the Chinese Dragon, The Vietnamese Dragon is a water deity responsible for bringing rain during times of drought. Images of the Dragon King have 5 claws, while images of lesser dragons have only 4 claws. Con rit is a water dragon from Vietnamese mythology.
Antirrhinum is a genus of plants in the Plantaginaceae family, commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are also sometimes called toadflax [1] or dog flower. [2]
Purple Dragon may refer to: Lamium maculatum, a plant; A group of thugs called the Purple Dragons in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. A standard computer science textbook Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools; A type of dragon in Dungeons & Dragons