I found a five-petalled lilac!

I loved to look at lilac inflorescences as a child. After all, we have a sign: if you find a five-petalled lilac flower - it's lucky. Such a flower must be plucked, eaten and made a wish that will surely come true. This five-petalled lilac flower is like a four-leaf clover, which has long been a recognized symbol of good luck and a national symbol of Ireland, which is very, very rare.

Lilac flowers with five petals (usually with four petals) are also rare. In all my childhood, I only once found such a flower, which I, of course, quickly swallowed. I don't remember what kind of wish I made then, obviously something girly, probably came true 😄. So when I recently took a picture of a lilac and saw a flower with 5 petals, I was very happy. And then in the same purple cattail I found another five-petalled flower, and then another… But they must be very rare. And then I realized it was a cultivated lilac, that is bred by breeders, so it has flowers with 5 petals is probably not so rare. So I was upset, because my discovery was not so rare. But I still ate the flower 😊

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