Great example of 4-petaled Jussiaea species, Arroyo Petexbatun
Posted April 6, 2016
We continue to find and photograph 4-petaled flowers native to the Mayan areas of Guatemala. These are to assist iconographers and epigraphers to recognize the 4-petaled flowers on Tepeu 2 (Late Classic) Maya ceramic vases, bowls, and plates.
I am interested in 4-petaled flowers because several 9th century bowls and vases in Tikal Burial 196, “Tomb of the Jade Jaguar,” were decorated with flowers of four petals.
Obviously not every species we find in El Peten or Izabal or Alta Verapaz are the precise model, but when you add all the 4-petaled flowers we have found so far, yes, you do see all the original flowers which inspired the details on the Maya ceramic vases, bowls, and plates.
So we show here a photograph of a flower found near Posada El Caribe, Arroyo Petexbatun (an hour or so by boat from Sayaxche).
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