Flowers for Everyone
Created on 2008-04-11 00:37:13
With the advent of the ‘Metrosexual Man’, it isn’t just the fairer sex who admits to being thrilled at receiving a thoughtfully chosen, delicate, spectacular bouquet of flowers. Today we can choose any bloom from anywhere on the globe for every occassion. For instance the simplicity of a green cymbidium orchid in a glass tube with ti leaves is found at rainforestflowers.net under the ‘for him’ section. It is superbly presented and with a price tag that won’t make you gasp. Or, be original and let him know that he is your ‘Big Kahuna’! Have an exquisite, fresh lei sent from Hawaii. Hawaiianleicompany.com will make exactly what you want and ship it for you to create that special aloha!
If you have ever found to a florist who quotes the meaning of every flower then cherish and keep them, you are extremely lucky to have found them. When your loved one dashes through the door laden with blooms, pay attention. Are they carnations, tulips, daffodils, or is it an assorted bouquet? If it is an assortment, is it from the gas station, the grocery store or an elegant florist? Are your blooms totally open or are they verging on their best? This is how good flowers should be.
Next, what is the language the flowers speak i.e. what are they? Red roses mean ‘romantic love, I love you’. Pink roses say many things ‘appreciation, thank you, grace, perfect happiness, admiration, gentleness, and please believe me’. White roses are almost obvious in rose language; they whisper ‘purity, innocence, silence, secrecy, reverence, humility’. Lavender roses offer the promise of ‘love at first sight and enchantment’. Every Valentines Day there seems to be experts on television telling us how unlucky the yellow rose is. But in fact it is ‘joy, friendship, promise of a new beginning, welcome back, remember me, jealousy, I care’, that the yellow rose purports. Similarly, if someone gave you a yellow tulip it would mean ‘hopeless love’. Even worse, the orange lily implies ‘hate’.
If you are lucky enough to have someone who buys you flowers, then you are indeed fortunate. If the person who presents you with blooms does so on a regular basis and you don’t care for the type or style they bring you, try showing them some bouquets you do like. A very subtle way of doing this would be to show them something you are thinking of ordering for a friend or maybe your mother for an upcoming event. Take a look at calyxflowers.com for some ideas, and then you can do a “show and tell”.
