Mertensia ciliata are oval to lance-shaped and pointed. The inflorescence is an open array of many clustered blue bell-shaped flowers each between 1 and 2 centimeters long. The hanging, fragrant flower is tubular, expanding into a wider, lobed mouth. The flowers and leaves are edible. As the individual flowers progress in age they change in color from blue to pink-red. The flowers bear poricidal anthers and are fertilized via buzz-pollination by several "Bombus" species. Primary Nectar robbing by "Bombus" species, including "Bombus occidentalis" is common in some populations. Mertensia ciliata Mertensia ciliata is a species of flowering plant in the borage family
Aunty Jack Introduces Colour Bond), Thin Arthur (Rory O'Donoghue), and Kid Eager (Garry McDonald) are swallowed into the world of colour television, as colour wipes from the bottom of the screen, converting the ABC into colour television. The characters are shown attempting to resist the arrival of colour, with Aunty Jack fighting the process with "colour remover" in what ultimately becomes a futile process. The special was started at three minutes to midnight, so that the episode would swipe to colour at midnight, beating all other Australian commercial television stations, which respectively changed to colour television on the 1 March 1975, although many sources