First Flowering
Astronomers and telescope operators have a term, “first light,” that is kind of what it sounds like: the first time that light passes through a new telescope and makes an image.1 There ought to be something like this for horticulture and gardening. I was happy to see flowers emerging, for the first time, from seeds I started stratifying two seasons ago, in late fall of 2023.
These are Calico Beardtongue (Penstemon Calycosus)
The term is supposed to be limited to an image taken from a new telescope, but amateurs will often extend it to mean the first use of a new telescope of any kind, including looking through an eyepiece. ↩︎