Chrysanthemum

This is one of my favorite flowers. Usually it is called mums or chrysanthemum. The blooms of this flower are composed of many individual florets. Each floret is capable of producing seed. The disk florets are in the center of the bloom head while the ray florets are on the perimeter. The disk florets are considered perfect flowers for they possess both male and female
reproductive organs.Here are the kinds of mums:

Reflex: The disk florets are concealed and the ray florets reflex outwards to create a mop like appearance.

Regular Incurve: Similar to the irregular incurves, only usually smaller blooms, with nearly perfect globular form. Disk florets are completely concealed. They used to be called 'Chinese'.

Decorative: Similar to reflex blooms without the mop like appearance. Disk florets are completely concealed, ray florets usually don't radiate at more than a 90 degree angle to the stem.

Intermediate Incurve: These blooms are in-between the Irregular and Regular incurves in both size and form. They usually have broader florets and a more loosely composed bloom. Again, the disk florets are completely concealed.

Pompon:The blooms are fully double, of small size, and almost completely globular in form.

Single/Semi-Double: These blooms have completely exposed disk florets, with between 1 and 7 rows of ray florets, usually radiating at not more than a 90 degree angle to the stem.

Anemone: The disk florets are prominently featured, quite often raised and overshadowing the ray florets.


A red chrysanthemumSpoon: The disk florets are visible and the long tubular ray florets are spatulate.


Chrysanthemum morifolium - an example of Spoon shaped bloom.Quill: The disk florets are completely concealed, and the ray florets are tube like.