# Vancouver Flower Clock Project

The Vancouver Flower Clock Project (VFCP) was initiated in October 2008 by ProximityArts, a non-profit interdisciplinary arts collective based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The project is based on a garden plan hypothesized by Carolus Linnaeus in his Philosophia Botanica(1751) that would take advatage of certain species of flowers that open their blooms at set times of day to accurately predict the time, in what he described as an horologium florae (floral clock).
As a collaborative naturalist's journal, The VFCP aims to create a collection of information that would aid particpants in the design and maintenance of a flower clock that is unique to the growing conditions and latitude of the Vancouver region and would also reflect the unique cultures of the region and their history with these plants. The project stresses the importance of regional botany, information sharing and the interweaving of aesthetic and scientific observation.

## How to Participate

If you live outside of the Greater Vancouver Regional District you can use this page as a template and start a similar project in your region. If you live in the GVRD, there are a number of ways you can help develop this project.
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### Add to the list of species

In Philosophia Botanica, Linnaeus described three groups of flowers:
* Meteorici - flowers which change their opening and closing times according to the weather conditions.
* Tropici - flowers which change their times for opening and closing according to the length of the day.
* Aequinoctales - flowers which have fixed times for opening and closing.
Only Aequinoctales are suitable for use in a flower clock. If you are aware of any species with this trait, please add it to the Species List below using this template:
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|''Botanical Name''
| Common Name
| [[/Plant name/]]

### Add to the Species Journal

Take a walk. Watch the flowers grow. You can use these journals to log a bloom sighting, and post information about each species. You can include measurements, stories, pictures, recipes as well as indicate whether a bloom was open or closed at a specific time.
For a new species journal, copy and paste Journal Template onto a new page with the format "plant name"

## News and Events

PROJECT LAUNCH TEA PARTY Sunday JUNE 21, 2009 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Blim 197 17th Ave. E Vancouver
By Donation
Drop by for a wiki tutorial, a flower tour of the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood and to learn more about the project.
Bring your laptops, digital cameras or a pencil and paper.
Free cucumber sandwiches and homemade lemonade!

## Resources
### Project Background Info

* Carl Linnaeus
** Linnaeus' flower clock
** Online text of Philosophia Botanica
* Garden Design
* Ethnobotany
* Flowering Plants

### Plant Identification

* E-Flora BC-Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columia

### Climate and Local Growing Conditions

Vancouver's hardiness zone ranges from 6b-7b depending on altitude and proximity to the coast.
* Vancouver's Climate

## Participants

* Proximityarts

## Species List

Use Journal Template when adding a new journal.

### Aequinoctales

The current list is based on Linneaus observations in Philosophica Botanica.
| Botanical name | Common name | Journal |
| Tragopogon pratensis L. | Meadow Salsify | Meadow Salsify |
| Leontodon hispidus L. | Hawkbit | Rough Hawkbit |
| Picris hieracioides L. | Hawkweed Oxtongue | Hawkweed |
| Cichorium intybus L. | Chicory | Chicory |
| Crepis tectorum L. | Hawk's Beard | Hawk's Beard |
| Reichardia tingitana (L.) Roth | false sow Thistle | False Sow Thistle |
| Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus | Sow thistle | Sow Thistle |
| Taraxacum officinale Weber | Dandelion | Dandelion |
| Crepis alpina L. | Hawk's Beard | Hawk's Beard |
| Tragopogon hybridus L. | Goat's beard | Goat's Beard |
| Rhagadiolus edulis Gaertner | - | Endive Daisey |
| Lapsana chondrilloides L. | - | Chondrilloides |
| Convolvulus tricolor L. Convolvulus | Dwarf Morning Glory | Dwarf Morning Glory |
| Hypochaeris maculata L. w:Hypochaeris maculata | Spotted cat's ear | Spotted Cat's Ear |
| Hieracium umbellatum L. | Northern Hawkweed, Narrowleaf Hawkweed | Narrowleaf Hawkweed |
| Hieracium murorum L. | Wall Hawkweed, Golden Lungwort wort plants | Golden Lungwort |
| Crepis rubra L. | Red Hawksbeard | Red Hawksbeard |
| Sonchus arvensis L. w:Sonchus arvensis | Field Sow-Thistle | Field Sow Thistle |
| Sonchus palustris L. | Marsh Sow-Thistle | Marsh Sow Thistle |
| Leontodon autumnale L. | Autumn Dandelion | Autumn Dandelion |
| Hieracium sabaudum L. | Hawkweed | Hawkweed |
| Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallr. | Blue sow-thistle]] | Blue Sow Thistle |
| Lactuca sativa L. | Lettuce | Lettuce |
| Calendula pluvialis L. | - | Calendula Pluvalis |
| Nymphaea alba L. w:Nymphaea alba | White Water Lily | White Water Lily |
| Anthericum ramosum L. | St. Bernard's Lily | St. Bernard's Lily |
| Hypochaeris achyrophorus L. | - | Journal |
| Hedypnois rhagadioloides (L.) Schmidt subsp. cretica (L.) Hayck | - | Journal |
| Trichodiadema babrata (L.) Schwartes | - | Journal |
| Hieracium pilosella L. | Mouse-ear Hawkweed | Journal |
| Anagallis arvensis L. w:Anagallis arvensis | Scarlet pimpernell | Scarlet Pimpernell |
| Petrorhagia prolifera (L.) Ball & Heywood | Proliferous Pink | Proliferous Pink |
| Hypochaeris glabra L. | Smooth Cat's Ear | Journal |
| Malva caroliniana L. | - | Journal |
| Spergularia rubra (L.) J. & C. Presl | Sand spurrey | Journal |
| Mesembryanthemum crystallinum | Common Ice-Plant | Common Ice Plant |
| Cryophytum nodiflorum (L.) L. Bol. | Ice-Plant | Journal |
| Calendula officinalis L. | Pot marigold | Pot Marigold |
| Hieracium aurantiacum syn Pilosella aurantiaca | Orange Hawkweed | Orange Hawkweed |
| Anthericium ramosum L. (syn. Anthericum album) | - | Journal |
| Alyssum alyssoides L. | - | Journal |
| Papaver nudicaule L. | Iceland Poppy | Iceland Poppy |
| wikispecies:Hemerocallis lilioasphodelus L. | Day-lily | Journal |

### Local Additions

Include Species not indicated above. Use Journal Template when adding new species.
| Botanical name | Common name | Journal |
| wikispecies:Ipomoea alba | Moon Flower | Moon Flower |
| | Evening primrose | Evening Primrose |
| Mycelis muralis | Wall Lettuce | Wall Lettuce |
| wikispecies: Echinopsis pachanoi | San Pedro Cactus | San Pedro Cactus |
| Hypochaeris radicata | Rough Cat's Ear, Hairy Cats Ear | Hairy Cat's Ear |
| Lapsana communis | Nipplewort | Nipplewort |
| Mycelis muralis | Wall Lettuce | Wall Lettuce 2 |