Idealism
Delicate and harmonious, it gives elegance to life.
Centaurea cyanus
Cornflower, Blue-bottle, Bachelor's button
Small soft mildly fragrant semi-double compositae flowers composed of tiny tubular frilled ray florets in blue, purple, pink and white; borne singly. A slender annual herb with greyish cottony hairs on leaves.
Photo Courtesy:böhringer friedrichIdeal of the New Creation (Ideal of Auroville)
The ideal should be progressive so that it can be realised in the future.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium-sized single cup-shaped flower with delicately or heavily crinkled petals of violet mauve with nearly white edges and an intense pale mauve or violet centre.
The ideal should be progressive so that it can be realised in the future.
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Chinese hibiscus, Hawaiian hibiscus, Rose- of-China
Medium-sized single cup-shaped flower with delicately or heavily crinkled petals of violet mauve with nearly white edges and an intense pale mauve or violet centre.
Photo courtesy: Dinesh Valke