{"id":3514,"date":"2013-09-10T13:01:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T13:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/so-what-is-it\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:41:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T03:41:21","slug":"so-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/so-what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"So What IS it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3511\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/guess_what.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" style=\"border: 0px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/guess_what.jpg 424w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/guess_what-416x436.jpg 416w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/guess_what-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking at this, it is hard to tell if this photograph was taken on land or in the sea!<\/strong> I took this photograph at the St Vincent and the Grenadines Botanic Gardens last month. \u00a0So that should tell you that it was taken on land, but what IS it?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\"><strong>Our guide called it the &#8220;comb and brush&#8221; flower.<\/strong> I have yet to find the scientific name for it, so if you know it, please post it in the comments. \u00a0I know it is gorgeous, but has one interesting feature&#8230; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3512\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/comb_brush_st_vincent_botanic_gardens_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Comb and Brush Flower St Vincent and the Grenadines Botanic Gardens  ::  SocaMom.com\" title=\"Comb and Brush Flower St Vincent and the Grenadines Botanic Gardens  ::  SocaMom.com\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/comb_brush_st_vincent_botanic_gardens_2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/comb_brush_st_vincent_botanic_gardens_2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\"><strong>If you pick it, it comes apart in your hand.<\/strong> No matter how beautiful you think it is, you can&#8217;t posses it. \u00a0This flower will never be part of your flower arrangement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3513\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/comb_brush_st_vincent_botanic_gardens.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Comb and Brush Flower St Vincent and the Grenadines Botanic Gardens  ::  SocaMom.com\" title=\"Comb and Brush Flower St Vincent and the Grenadines Botanic Gardens  ::  SocaMom.com\" width=\"400\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/comb_brush_st_vincent_botanic_gardens.jpg 400w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/comb_brush_st_vincent_botanic_gardens-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Comb and Brush Flower St Vincent and the Grenadines Botanic Gardens<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-3511\" src=\"http:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/guess_what.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"400\" style=\"border: 0px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/guess_what.jpg 424w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/guess_what-416x436.jpg 416w, https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/guess_what-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking at this, it is hard to tell if this photograph was taken on land or in the sea!<\/strong> I took this photograph at the St Vincent and the Grenadines Botanic Gardens last month. \u00a0So that should tell you that it was taken on land, but what IS it?<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/socamom.com\/w\/so-what-is-it\/#more-3514\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">So What IS it?<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogging","blog_design-has-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>So What IS it? 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