1. Lilacs: living with chemists? By one ordinary researcher (observer :o))

2. Lilacs There are lots of various types of lilacs in the world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilac And there are lots of various types of lilacs in the garden of our chemical institution as well. Since I’m not sure if they are hand-maden or natural, I don’t care what are their real names :o) I just can differ them by their other attributes, which often are pretty distinct.

3. Stages of Lilac Life and then they wither silently :o( They bloom, they decorate parks and houses with nice colors and scents,

4. Lilacs differ by color From white to pink, from purple to actually lilac :o)

5. Blooming Flowers which aren’t opened yet are darker than the opened ones, and with time the opened ones become of a lighter color

6. Various shapes Petals can be thin, large, sticked out or grown together

7. Various size Flowers can be in a big range of sizes, from pretty small to large ones

8. Various number of petals Usually there are 4 petals.

9. 5 petals There is a belief in certain nations, that finding (and eating :o)) a 5 petal flower brings luck. http://hamsterwoman.livejournal.com/118432.html http://hamsterwoman.livejournal.com/118432.html Well, if you want to be lucky I invite you to my institution (but don’t eat them too many :o))

10. 6 petals Well, I’m not sure if six petal flowers bring luck, but you can have it a lot at my institution too :o) Bon appetite :o)

11. 7 petals It’s getting more interesting :o) and luckier? :o) Well, yeah, since it’s not a white one :o) http://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index.php?qid=20070427035733AAvOTyh

12. 3 petals This was more difficult to find than the ones with more than 4 petals

13. 8 petals Well, I am not sure if this one brings luck, but it looks really nice and special :o)

14. More 8 petals I’m not sure if it’s natural to have 8 petal flowers of lilac. I wonder if our lilacs are in special environment created by our chemists :o)

15. Mutants To bring more facts; we have lots of various types of mutans, from siam twins to underdeveloped petals :o)

16. Conclusion Well, I can’t say I liked lilacs much, although they are very popular in my country, but after I saw an 8 petal one, and then noticed the differences in colors and shapes, I kept looking for an “interesting species” all day long, I couldn’t stop observing them adorably :o) I was running from one tree to another, I was carefully analyzing one flower after another. Oh well, I might be charmed by their beauty, or I was just stupified (intoxicated? :o) by their strong scent (odour? :o))