Prize awarded...

At last the prize for naming the plant has been received by William White family in the Midlands.

The winning name being 'Mistral' - inspired by the winds that whipped up during the performance outside the Natural History Museum.

The prize was the first cut stem taken from the plant, plus
special chocolates.

Inspired names......

Thanks to everyone for the fabulous names which rival any plant label names.

Explorer             Sarah            Grace                          GM
Plantastic           Freddie          Car Plant                      Tamla

Wanderer             John             Trundleweed                    Jan
Hooveronimous        Ian              Morph

Florian              Stephanie        Stranger                       Steven

Morrissey            MM               Sojourner Truth.               Susanne

Changeling           lionpops         Euphrasia Eye-bright           Claudia

Poly                 MD               Black Night                    Caroline

Dizzy                CB               Pipe Dream  Pipio insolitus    LS

Barton’s Bloomers    AM               Lazylizzie
Wheel-plant                           Botanical Billy                Haywain
Doobiesaurous        Alex             Horace                         Stuart
Black turn ripples   AV               Contraption                    LL
Venus pie trap       Malia            Whirling Dervish               SG
Mistral              WW               Rhododendroid Perambulenta     WMB

Steamwheel           Anon             Everything Out                 Joe
Hector               Ian              Beauty form the Beast
Mobile Gimigog       Ireland          Spiderplant                    LL
         

The winning name was 'Mistral' - inspired by the  breeze that picked up outside of the Natural History Museum which suddenly began to turn the flower heads assembled from various fans. 

'Mistral' was put forward by William White - please let me have your postal address your prize awaits - the first cut flower stem and a collection of artisan chocolates.

Captured stills - Sunday 20th May

The images below are from the video footage taken over the first two days of the journey. A short 'buddy film' is being edited, and will be screened daily at the Garden of Disorientation

venue from  the evening of Saturday 26th to the 9th June. 

Be sure to ask to see it if its not on!

Motoring by Imperial College

Naming frenzy

Humorous names proposed

Passing the Science Museum   

Having a chat in the Chelsea Physic Garden

Selection decisions

With only two weeks to go before I will be  entering the plant in the RHS Chelsea 2012 Plant of the Year, I am making crucial final decisions as to which elements of the plant work best to gain those all important points. 


The black poly pipe stem structure definitely supports the multi flower head form well and allows for the plant to be reconfigured easily as it hybridizes away.


The intense shiny black stems and the grid leaves, make a bold dramatic effect, to set off the flowers, unusual and rare in the botanical world. 





The only other plant I know of coming close to this colour is Ophiopogon Nigrescens





 

Tens of flower heads are being trialed - assembled from black plastic cogs,fans, with red electrical wire stamens.



Today's studio decisions will help me begin to classify the plant and fill in the all important CFS FORM 19, to enable me to enter Chelsea.