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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
But two of the three drawings of dahlias by Dominguez, made in Mexico between 1570 and 1577, showed definite characteristics of doubling. In the early days of the dahlia in Europe, the word "double" simply designated flowers with more than one row of petals. The greatest effort was now directed to developing improved types of double dahlias.
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.
The tree is called the devil's, monkey's or Mexican hand tree or the hand-flower in English, the árbol de las manitas (tree of little hands) in Spanish, and mācpalxōchitl [2] (palm flower) in Nahuatl, all on account of its distinctive red flowers, which resemble open human hands. The scientific name means "five-fingered hand-flower tree".
The maguey flower is eaten in the central states of the country, particularly the State of Mexico, Hidalgo, Nayarit, Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala. [1] Finding maguey flowers is not an easy task. Although they are generally sold in fresh bunches in local markets, most of the harvested flowers are for self-consumption. [3]
The national flower of Nicaragua is known as the sacuanjoche (plumeria rubra). The sacuanjoche flower (Plumeria) grows on a conical tree that flowers around May. Sacuanjoche flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure sphinx moths to pollinate them. The flowers have no nectar, and simply dupe their pollinators.
This birth flower also represents the Greek goddess Persephone; its bloom signaled that she was coming up from the underworld to usher in a new spring. Related Story: 17 Winter Flowers That Bloom ...
Cosmos atrosanguineus, the chocolate cosmos, is a species of Cosmos, native to Mexico. It has often been claimed that it is extinct in the wild; however it is "quite abundant" in Mexico. The species was introduced into cultivation in 1885, when the British seed company Thompson & Morgan first listed it in their seed catalogue. [4]