Monday, January 25, 2010

Question - 414

Which flower is this? How is a stylized depiction of this flower famous?

Answer: The flower is a lily and a stylized depiction of the flower (as shown here) gives the famous fleur-de-lis (lily of the valley). This symbol is most commonly associated with the French royal house and shows up in all kinds of other places like, for example, the logo of the New Orleans Saints. NJ, Prachi, Schmetterling, Karthik, Iam, Arvind, anon, Mekie (who identified it as an iris which Wikipedia tells me is equally correct) and Ajinkya got it. Well done.

10 comments:

NJ said...

fluer de lis

Prachi said...

The Fleur-de-lis, better known as Iris or Lily. Inspired the emblem of World Scout Movement

Schmetterling said...

The Fleur de lis / Lily of the valley (of the valley might just be a Yardley addition)

Unknown said...

Fleur de Lis. Used in many coat of arms and more famously is the symbol of the boy scout movement.

Iam said...

Iris / fleu-de-lis (Whatever u desire! As always, off the record, on the qt and very very hushhh hushh!)

Arvind said...

fleur de lis - new orleans saints logo?

Anonymous said...

FLEUR- DE-LIS

mekie said...

iris. Georgia O'Keeffe's Black Iris painting.

Unknown said...

Fleur-de-lis, a stylized lily

Hasan said...

too lazy to find the name, but i think it's the flower from the cartoon sections of the Wall by Floyd