Frozen Fever: Elsa's flower mystery: Part 3 - I think I finally figured it out!
So as some of you may know, I've been on a mission to find the exact flower Elsa's pink flower in Frozen Fever was inspired by. So far I haven't been successful with it. I have found ones that are quite close to the flower but not enough for me to say that it was the one that inspired the flowers Elsa resembles on her dress in Frozen Fever.
(Links to previous parts below)
Here's what Elsa's flower looks like on her dress and in the vase:
From here what we can identify, is that the flower used is a deep pink with leaves that resemble the shape of the flower. The flowers differ in size too. The petals have a sling bend to them.
As we go through what my options were in my previous parts, I want to rule them out, briefly saying why until we conclude to the one I have newly found.
In Part 1, my options were,
The shape is off to be Elsa's flower. It's too wavy too. However when in a vase, the leaves do have a drop to them as can be seen in the Frozen Fever flower vase. Then again if this was the flower used for inspiration, they would include closed up lilies as in this photo.
Despite this being a more purply pink, it could be in the lighting her. Elsa's flower was a bit more red. This is most likely the closest one of them all. However when in a vase, the leaves act like grass.
The flowers bend upwards but Elsa's bend down slightly. Leaves don't match up either.
And in Part 2, my options were,
These flowers are too red and the petals are lifted too high. However the leaves do form a flower/ star shape. The flower also comes in pink but like the Stargazer lily, it would include closed up lilies.
The petals seem to be quite spaced out and have a rounded tip plus they are quite small and have a consistent shape.
Ceratopetalum Gummiferum Alberys Red
The gap between the petals is a 'u' shape and are too spaced out and flowers are quite crowded together. The shade of pink/ red is also off.
Shape is far from similar to Elsa's. Has too many petals. Leaves are obviously cactus like and spiky which is not an aspect seen in the pink flower Elsa uses.
Long thin petals and leaves and very spiky looking. So this isn't it.
Like the Rain Lily, this seems to be a close match too. This has a white centre and Elsa's flower as seen in the vase also has a white centre. In some art of the flowers, it's seen with a simple yellow centre. However, the leaves are also quite large in comparison with the flower itself.
Spring Starflower Ipheion Uniflorum
This flower is also alike but is quite a paler pink to be the exact flower inspired for the one used. But the line in the middle of each petal is there so it's a possible inspiration for the flower seen.
However none of these flowers have similar leaves to what can be seen if the plant Elsa uses for her dress. Flower/ star shaped leaves do exist but ones with flowers.
The leaf plant that could be possible as inspiration for this pink flower is
It's almost identical to the leaves in the plant Elsa uses with the expectation of an added leaf. The flowers that are with this plant are called Galium Odoratum. They're small, white and have 4 petals.
When I made part 1 and 2, I just wanted to suggest what it could be, what the options for this flower are. I thought I'd find the exact flower but I didn't and hence never quite concluded what it was.
But now looking back I don't think there is one exact flower that looks like that. I believe it's a combination of a few similar looking flowers and plants. The inspiration for Elsa's flower seems to be a combination of the flowers: Rain Lily, Egyptian Pink Starflower, Spring Starflower Ipheion Uniflorum and the plant: Sweet Woodruff. The Rain Lily has the right colour, shape and six petals, the Egyptian Pink Starflower also has the colour and shape but also has a white centre, the Spring Starflower Ipheion Uniflorum has the petal details and the six petals, and the Sweet Woodruff has the start - flower leaf shape.
So it's highly possible that the flower Elsa uses to create her dress was inspired by multiple flowers and a star shaped leaf plant to create their own plant that would feature a snowflakes qualities for the purpose of design and theme on Elsa's gown. It's possible that there were more flowers and plants used for the inspiration but I guess we'll never know unfortunately.
But fun fact - the flowers Elsa uses for her dress are also seen in the tent Anna comes out of at the end of Frozen 2! It's probably a common flower used in Arendelle for decoration and one of Elsa's favourites.
