The answer to our mystery flower puzzle was, of course, a poppy. When I say ‘of course’, what I really mean is ‘oh, of course!’ (note pertinent use of italics and exclamation mark), the subtext being (what else?) something along the lines of We should have known all along that it was a poppy and How could we have been so thick? (Camellia indeed!). The latter questions are, however, of a rhetorical nature and do not constitute part of another mystery puzzle competition. In any case, no prizes are — or ever were — on offer, except the freely given observation that there is, in fact, no such thing as a stupid question and that even the simplest queries will result in an increase in knowledge and an improvement in one’s general education and enlightenment.
Didn’t look anything like a camellia anyway…
