This is a picture of viburnum furcatum blooming near a mountain villa at HOSHINOYA. Japanese name of this flower is o-kamenoki which literally means a tree of big turtle, as its leaves look like a turtle shell. It has two flowers; big flower and small flower. Can you see small flowers surrounded by big ones? As a matter of fact, these small ones are true flowers and the bigger ones are just the decoration since they don’t bear a fruit!
星のやの山路地に咲いているオオカメノキ。葉っぱが亀の甲羅のようだから、オオカメノキです。大きな花と小さな花が咲きます。大きな花の周りに小さな花が点々と咲いているのが分かりますか？実は、本物の花は小さい方で、大きい方は実を実らせない「装飾花」。つまり、ただの飾りのお花ってことです！
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