Showing posts with label Floral Facts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Floral Facts. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Red Roses for Valentine’s Day

Ever wondered why Red Roses work best on Valentine’s Day. As a matter of fact, even St. Valentine must have given it a thought in his hey days! But since Red Roses have been used as a token of celebration on this day across the world, one often wonders how it should be made innovative? There are many ways to assimilate Red Roses while gifting a loved one and the more innovative it is, the better is the impression cast. A bunch of Red Roses assimilated together in a Ruby Vase is something people seldom think of. One wonders how this would make the gesture innovative. The fact is, the vase itself is a very precious article that Red Roses in it automatically look good when assembled together and make for a nice Valentine gesture.

Another classic Valentine’s Day gesture is a dozen red roses coupled together in a bunch. It is considered to be one of the most gracious and elegant gifts on any occasion, and Valentine’s Day only makes it more special. Red Roses when mixed with Calla Lilies make for a great team. This combination is said to be the embodiment of Valentine’s Day and demonstrates the highest form of passion. The passion of Red and the tranquillity of White have an unparalleled feeling. A bunch of Red Roses with long stems become an original creation. As they say, the bigger, the better. The stems have a different effect on the recipient and make the person drool. Red Roses with long stems have huge petals too. Every petal can be felt nicely.

An assimilation of Red and lavender Roses also work perfectly for the occasion. Couple these two colours with petite Pink Roses and you have the combination of a lifetime. All these colours are very subtle and have an indescribable effect. Talking about Red Roses with long stems, if a bunch of a dozen does not work, then two dozen Red Roses with long stems are going to have a ballistic effect. Two dozen become too big a number to handle and the effect would be great.

If the dozens do not work for your beloved, then perhaps a whole pot of Red Roses would suffice without any thought. A whole pot in the first place cannot be flaunted everywhere and hence, has to be kept somewhere. It will serve as a good souvenir for many memories to come and keep bringing back all the nostalgia. Red Roses in any form will perhaps be the best gift to be given to your soul mate on Valentine’s Day. The hidden meaning behind the flower can only be understood and the best of words at times seem to be very shallow. When they get wrapped well, their effect becomes even better. Single, committed, gay, straight, married, engaged, old and young couples are all fond of Red Roses and make it a point to gift it to their better halves on this auspicious day that marks love, commitment and relationships.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Choosing the Right Flower

You just do not go picking up and gifting any flower that you feel like on any occasion! Even as far as occasions are concerned, one has to choose the right flower pertinent to that event and gift. Every flower has its own set of emotions and a wrong flower might be interpreted in a negative manner. None of us is a florist and hence it is better to know which flower suits what occasion and then give the gift accordingly.

Romantic Confessions: The Red Rose works best in this case. The flower is said to radiate unique vibes that go right into the heart and arouse sensitive feelings. Be it an old fashioned romance or a new age love story, red roses work best with couples of all cultures and nationalities. The flower is known across the world for its classic appeal and attraction quotient and hence becomes the automatic choice for everyone who has heard stories about people wooing each other through this rose. Other flowers that might be good substitutes include Lilies, Orchids, Wildflowers and Daisies. The ones mentioned are good at conveying the message of love well.

Congratulatory Notes: Congratulating someone is an occasion of celebration for the person receiving the laurels. Such occasions are best represented by bright colours and hence, it is appropriate that the person or persons in the picture are given flowers in bright and contrasting colours. Such flowers communicate warmth.

Thanks: There can be no better way to express gratitude than by gifting flowers. Flowers are the most appropriate way to express thankfulness and hence suffice for the occasion. The flowers need to be chosen carefully because behind them is a hidden meaning which conveys thankfulness and should be interpreted in the right manner by the recipient. Pink flowers express that sentiment well and hence can be used as flowers to say thanks.

Apology: Apologizing is one tough task and has to be done properly. Since offering apologies can often go wrong, the flowers have to be picked up very carefully. Warm tones can be chosen for they genuinely reflect an apology and move the recipient in many ways. One very important thing to do is attach a hand written note with the flowers as it will have a more calming effect.

Fast Recovery: Get well soon gestures are taken very well by recipients. They perceive it as a token of genuine warmth and are very attached to the gift. The flowers that would go well for this occasion would be something very reclusive and subtle. His is because when the person is still recuperating, bright coloured flowers signify good health and might be perceived as insulting. Subtle variations are taken in good spirit and create a good impression.

All these occasions keep coming in our lives all the time and it is only appropriate that we learn what flower would work for what occasion. This way, one will always be on the better side of things and strike the right chord with people.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Meaning of Colours of Flowers

Flowers are said to be the nicest of things to have ever happened to mankind. Adding to the happiness, they happen to occur in different colours. But the hidden meaning behind this fact is that every colour in which a flower is available has a meaning, a deep connect attached to it. The blue flowers are said to be the embodiment of tranquillity, harmony, serenity, brotherhood, confidence and honesty. Flowers that are really blue are very rare to find and often very precious. Gifting somebody a blue flower has a very deep meaning and is said to be a gesture of brotherhood. The green flowers are said to be the epitome of good luck and those coming with emerald leaves, apple tinted blossoms and chartreuse stems are supposed to represent a zest for love which is a reflection of harmony. The orange flowers are supposed to represent flamboyance and convey a lot of confidence. They are also said to strengthen kinship. People usually gift these flowers when they have to discuss ideas.

The pink flowers are said to exemplify beginnings, commencements and gentle passions. Pink is the colour of youth, sweetness and emotional maturity. Different shades of pink have different meanings, the pale pink being for feminine energy and emotional energy and the bright pink being for friendship and cheeky romance. The red coloured flowers are supposed to be the strongest impersonation of emotions with the attached emotions being passionate, intense and dangerous. They look magnificence personified, quite impulsive and have a thick pulse. They are also idyllic for seducing someone. The white coloured flower is said to represent the circle of life. Times like birth, demise, purity, unionism and innocence are conveyed through white flowers. When given to someone, they are considered to a mark of respect.

The yellow flowers exemplify hope and happiness and are given as a token of courage and cheerfulness. All these flowers come with their own symbolic meaning and are a representation of various emotions connected with the essence of humans and relationships. The colours are a syndication of the feelings that someone wants to convey and an impersonation of the ones that somebody might even try to camouflage. They represent a gesture that might have to do with any of the human virtues and symbolize the sentiment behind it.

People across the world gift these flowers depending on the occasion and the gesture they want to convey. One of the biggest faux pas that can be committed is gifting the wrong coloured flower on the wrong occasion which will eventually convey the wrong emotion. The colour combinations have to be handled very delicately else there might be a big confusion, which ultimately nobody wants. So, you know the colours of the flower that has to be chosen next time when you think of gifting a loved one a flower. Read this blog and choose the flower, else you might stand the risk of getting yourself terrible embarrassed!

Get your act right away!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Lily

Lilium, better known as Lily, is a herbaceous flower grown out of bulbs. It is an Asian flower and is available in more than a hundred species. The importance of this flower is world literature and culture is unparalleled with its popularity traversing cultural borders and geographical barriers. The lily is used and nourished because most of the bulbs that have been made so far contain a pigment of the flower that accounts for the illumination of the electrical equipment. The flower is grown across the globe in parts like Europe, Asia, the Mediterranean and North America. The habitat is either woodland or grassland and in many places, Epiphyte.

Lilies are herbs with leaf stems. They are scaly underground bulbs without tunic and the base is made up of Rhizomes, out of which micro bulbs can also be found. Some of them also grow stolons and get buried at length. The roots make it easy for the harvesters to take the flowers out once they reap so that they can be put to use for further purpose. They are also deciduous and conceive basal rosettes throughout dormancy. Lilies often show diverse germination patterns while they become subject to experimentation by scientists and researchers. Some of the big ones have six petals with their colours ranging from white to yellow and orange to pink.

There are numerous ways to propagate Lily. It can be done by dividing bulbs, by growing them on bul-bils (bulbs formed on the stem), through scaling in which the whole scales get detached from the bulbs and planted further to form new bulbs, through seeds where various germination patterns can be entered and through micro-propagation techniques where commercial quantities get amalgamated with vitro and subsequently planted for the growth of huge plants that can be sold.

There are a lot of Lily forms grown in the garden with most being hybrids. The parent species differentiate them and make them look distinct. Some of them include the Asiatic Hybrids, Martagon Hybrids, Candidum Hybrids, Longiflorum Hybrids, American Hybrids and trumpet Lilies. The Oriental Hybrids wind up the list of one of the most charming and gorgeous looking flowers that mankind has ever seen. The hybrids are used for various purposes, some for medicines and some to be fitted into electrical equipment.

Apart from adding charm to the flora around the world, Lilies are also the most sought after flowers for scientists, botany experts and research scholars across the world for their thesis and dissertations. The flowers have a great illumination quotient about them that have intrigued many and compelled them to inspect this creation of nature whose popularity has no bounds or limits. The flower transcends all expectations and is such a flawless creation that has not only delighted people with its presence and glitter but also has been available to many good causes leading to prosperity and wonderful discoveries. The flower is grown in abundance everywhere and continues to be used as a source of great benefits and opulence.