Puzzle Description:

Last year when I made this puzzle in B&W it was suggested it be done in color. I didn;t use color in puzzles then, as I didn't know how to solve. B&W is still my favorite and it was a much more difficult solve. Here is my retake.

#1: Tom King (sgusa) on Nov 29, 2012

Here is the original puzzle #: 16707

I wish real flowers would stay as pretty as this one will.

:) Thanks, Norma! Did you do the original?

Very pretty (for those of us who aren't afraid of color ;)

good one tom :)

like color sometimes... this is one of them :)

Thanks, Kristen, Trav & Tom

damn, Tom! fantastic!

a pointsetta, right? fun fact: pointsettas leaves are green. horticulturalists manipulate light in order to change them to red. in early Nov, they'll keep the plants in total darkness, and even one time of turning on the lights is enough to hinder the color change. It takes about 3 weeks of no light, then they're ready for sale for the xmas season...

Thanks, Kurt! Correct.

so iffin i stay in the dark,,, i can get a tan???

hahahaha...only if you have phytochrome that measures the amount of red vs far-red light that in turn kicks in a hormone, Tom. wishful thinking though...no more need for SPF anything!

Beautiful pointsetta sgusa,great image. I love B&W too,but coloured puzzles can be very nice,you should make more.:)

Thanks, Aldege.

Nice one, sgusa! I think I remember the b/w one from last year.

Kurt, what about the white Poinsettias?

Thanks, JL

I Like it! Great job.

Thanks, Ronda. The original was the only puzzle I have ever received Kadous (Kudos, lol) over the art :)

idk, Joel...good question. I don't think the white cultivars existed when we grew them in the greenhouse during college. If I had to guess, I'd suspect that it's the same though. a color change due to lack of light for an extended period, except the major pigment seen after the breakdown of chlorophyll(giving the green color) is white instead of red. think of it as fall color...different plants have different chromotids(pigments), and are always present in the leaves of plants, but the green is dominant. you don't see the colors until the green isn't produced anymore....

lol, Tom! Kadous...hahaha. he'll like that

Beautiful image and fantastic puzzle! I remember the b/w one, and I enjoyed solving that one. But this one, in color, really captures the essence. It is so well designed: the green is well placed, and not filling in the red gave us a nice level of challenge - fun without being frustrating. I can tell you put some time and thought into this, and that is appreciated!

Kurt, that is so interesting. I never knew that.

Kadou would like the play on words, if he were to see it. Unfortunately, he left webpbn a few weeks ago, and I don't think he is going to be participating anymore, as a creator or as a solver. Pretty sad, huh? I was going to leave too, but then I thought... If Kristen can hang in there and get past the bad feelings, so can I. :-)

Teresa, I'm so glad you decided to stay.

Thanks, Teresa! I always work off of an image. Just not a very good artist.

All it takes are some blinders toward certain comments. :)

Wonderful poinsettia Tom! I would love to have some around the house but they are poisonous to my kitties!

Thanks, Carol!

oddly enough, there was a study done on the toxicity of the plant. rumor had it that it could kill infants if they ate the leaves....idk about cats, but it turns out that the leaves are a little toxic. though you'd have to eat about 500 bracts(leaves) to begin to get ill(for a human). most ordinary household items are much more toxic and will kill if enough is taken in just one sitting. salt, for example. or sugar. nutmeg will throw you into an acid trip. food for thought...

....more nutmeg :D

I'm embarrassed to admit that I tried eating a bunch of nutmeg once about 30 years ago....just made me sick and put me off anything with nutmeg in it for a long while after!

hahaha! I bet...

Had that problem with gin... ;)

Excellent image!

Thanks, Karen!

In nature, the poinsettia plant is deciduous and drops its leaves in the winter. Some of the leaves change color before they fall. Growers carefully control the light exposure of poinsettias cultivated for the home market to mimic this natural cycle and the topmost leaves, or bracts, turn color in response.
Breeding and special selection by plant cultivators have resulted in poinsettias with bracts of different colors, including white, pink and marbled. Since the bracts are not actually flowers, the "bloom" time can last for more than four months, after the tiny flowers in their center have long faded.

Read more: Why Are Poinsettia Leaves Red? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/about_6560373_poinsettia-leaves-red_.html#ixzz2MycFhBLj

Thanks Tom very nice puzzle!

Thanks, Jota!

Beautiful.

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