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( http://www.dotapea.com/vermillons.htm). 

The color of the petals is orange-colored, more precisely vermilion, cinaber-based ( natural mercury sulphide HgS, mercury ore. )

Authentic vermilion is a pigment as well as poison. It was forbidden in the 19th century due to its toxicity.

With its characteristics, it could symbolize the psychological ambivalence that one can find in the psychoanalytical approach.

The Mandala of Svadisthana is the crescent of the moon (ardhendurû-palasitam)