Ghyll:Darseed
Well, if forced, I think I can find something in my DIB file on this --Doctor Phineas Crank 20:30, 25 Sep 2004 (EDT)
Also known as; dar, dar flower, darseed flower
- Identification and Field Marks: The darseed flower bi-annual plant in the Oh-Look-A-Pretty-Flower Family which grows up to 1 unanit and has a flower head that is as much as 3 nanits across and notable for turning to face towards the two moons of Ghyll, Pinky and Perky. In the Spring the flowers face towards Pinky and in the Later Summer, they face towards Perky. The stalk is a brilliant, emerald green with a fine network of pale yellow veins. The petals of the flower are the deepest cerulan, while the darseeds themselves are actually ultraviolet with the finest infrared highlights.
- Bloom Period: Darseed flowers are one of those rarest of all plants, the bi-annual, blooming in both the late Spring and the late Fall. It should be noted, however, that darseeds collected in the Spring are fit only for replanting and will not do for Calends Gala judging.
- Similar Species: Oddly enough, the darseed has no known relatives, or offshoots, though it is rumored that a certain sect of religious farmers is working on a "more humble" variety that has bowed heads.
- Habitat: where
- Economic Importance:
Of great importance is the darseed judging. Although conducted in the greatest apparent levity, the contest is very serious, since it determines the cost of darseed for the coming year, which in turn can determine how much darseed farmers can afford to plant for the next season. The contrasts of this event are captured best in the famous painting of the darseed farmer, dressed in his brightly colored clothes, complete with the four-tassled hat and false nose, sitting morosely on his bales of produce, to which is attached a yellow note proclaiming a score of 3, shedding bitter tears into his brightly gloved hands.
