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Language of flowers – cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers; Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers; List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas
The name of the flower likely comes from an Old English poem by John Gay about a woman by that name. It probably came over during Colonial times, when the settlers sewed the wildflower on the ...
The plants are hardy herbaceous perennials with narrow tufted radical leaves and an elongated stem bearing a handsome spike of white or yellow flowers. Asphodelus albus and A. fistulosus have white flowers and grow from 45 to 60 centimetres ( 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –2 ft) high; A. ramosus is a larger plant, the large white flowers of which have a ...
While France does not have an official national flower, the fleur-de-lis, which was a symbol of the royal family, as well as the cornflower (blue), marguerite (white), and red poppy, which together represent the tri-colored national flag, are also generally treated as French national flowers.
In the Philippines it is called prinsesa ng gabi, meaning "princess of the night" or sometimes alas quatro, "at four o'clock". In Chile it is called putita, meaning "little hooker", because she is prettiest when her flowers come out at night. In Mexico and Cuba it is called maravilla, meaning "marvel". In Malta it is called ħummejr.
List of Indian state flowers (Union territories) Union territory Common name [3] Binomial name [4] Image Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Andaman Pyinma: Lagerstroemia hypoleuca: Chandigarh: Palash: Butea monosperma [15] Delhi: Alfalfa: Medicago sativa: Jammu and Kashmir: Common rhododendron: Rhododendron ponticum [16] Ladakh: Himalayan blue poppy ...
The Flower of Life in Sacred Geometry "In Secret Geometry, certain geometric shapes and patterns have a symbolic meaning and spiritual significance in the creation and design of the ancient world ...
In iconography, Kalpavriksha, the wish-fulfilling tree, is painted within a picture of a landscape, decorated with flowers, silks, and suspended with jewellery. [3] It is a pattern which has a prominent symbolic meaning. [1] Ornamental Kalpavriksha design was a feature that was adopted on the reverse of the coins and sculptures in the Gupta ...