[Himalayan blue poppy bloomed!]
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"Himalayan blue poppy" which became famous for the The International Garden and Greenery Exposition,Osaka,Japan,1990.
The figure has Mystical beauty, and is a very popular flower.
The seed and seedling acquisition was difficult those days, but it comparatively becomes easy to go into a hand.
As for the actual condition, there are few places currently grown in Japan. Because a part of Hokkaido -- in except, the heat of summer is not be able to be borne but it will wither.

Papaveraceae
Meconopsis betonicifolia Franch.
Himalayan blue poppy, Tibetan blue poppy

The whole is such touch.Since it is after rain, the petal is getting wet and giving a few.

A close-up of a flower. It is said that what Goto of this garden actually saw in Himalaya was bluer.

another stock -- it has got wet after rain again. Purple is a little deeper than the upper thing.

A close-up of a flower. It has five petals although the upper thing has four petals.

The next bud has already swollen also on the stock which the second flower finished.
If a first flower finishes a second flower will open, and if a second flower finishes a third flower will open.
Since one blooms at a time in order, the time when a flower can be seen may be long.