Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Roses

I love you

Single Rose:  You are the one.; Only you
2 Roses: Deeply in love with each other.
3 Roses: I love you
4 Roses: Nothing can do us apart
5 Roses: Admire you
6 Roses: I wanna be yours
7 Roses: I'm infatuated with you
8 Roses: Grateful for your caring and support
9 Roses: An eternal love, together as long as we live
10 Roses: You are perfect
11 Roses: You are my treasured one
12 Roses: Be mine
13 Roses: Friends forever
14 Roses: Be Proud
15 Roses: I'm truly sorry/ forgive me
16 Roses: Bon Voyage
17 Roses: You are my Wife.
18 Roses: Stay young and beautiful

Trueness, sincerely

19 Roses
Forever love, waiting for you
20 Roses
I'm truly sincere towards you
21 Roses
I'm devoted to you
22 Roses
Both of us together

Good luck to you

24 Roses: Cant stop thinking about you, 24 hours everyday
25 Roses: Wishing you happiness
27 Roses: I love you, my dearest wife.
30 Roses: It's faith
33 Roses: Three times reincarnation
36 Roses: Because of you/ Romance

My love is only for you

37 Roses: I am saying I love you in my heart
40 Roses: My love is Genuine
44 Roses: Till death do us apart
47 Roses: You are my only one
48 Roses: Unchanging love
50 Roses: Unconditional love
51 Roses: Only you on my mind
56 Roses: I love
66 Roses: Nothing gonna change my love
77 Roses: I believe it's faith to meet you
88 Roses: I feel sorry from the bottom of my heart
99 Roses: I will love you as long as I live
100 Roses: I'm totally devoted to you

Signify a happy union of two loving souls till death

101 Roses: You are my one and only one
108 Roses: Will you marry me?
111 Roses: Eternal love
144 Roses: Loving you day and night eternally
365 Roses: Can't stop thinking about you, each and everyday.
999 Roses: Everlasting and eternal love
1001 Roses: Infinite love
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Blue water lily


In February 1986 blue water lily was chosen as the National flower. Found all the part of Sri Lanka and grows in the shallow water. Petals arranged like a star and the flat round waterproof leaves are bright green. It`s a symbol of purity and truth. It has a sweet fragrance and used for offering at Buddhist Temples and rituals for god Vishnu.Sigiriya frescoes of women holds these flowers in their hands.

Peony


China's national flower peony, it is symbolizing, status, riches and honor, lofty, authority


Lotus



With Indian,

The lotus is the official flower of India. It represents long life, honor, and good fortune. It symbolizes purity of heart and mind.
The lotus holds additional significance for Hindus, as it is a symbol of God and used often in religious practices.







With Vietnamese
Lotus has been a very special cultural image of the Vietnamese for generations.
It is very easy to spot with huge, green and colorful ponds of lotus everywhere in rural areas. Lotus has taken deep roots in the Vietnamese minds and hearts and widely considered as the symbol of simplicity, hospitality and purity. http://www.monre.gov.vn

Silver Fern - New Zealand Symbols

New Zealand is home to about 190 different native fern species. The most famous one is the silver fern.  It takes its name from its appearance as the bottom of the fern turns silver under the sunlight.



Cherry blossom

The Japanese cherry blossom is interpreted as 'transient of life'. This is because the cherry blossom tree has short blooming periods and are very fragile. There is an old story attached to cherry blossoms that values sacrifice. It is said, that there is an Jiu-roku-zakura (the Cherry tree of the Sixteenth day), in the Iyo district. This tree grew on the lands of a Samurai for over a hundred years. When the Samurai became old, the tree began to die. The Samurai was very sad-looking at his cherished tree die. He was a brave and honorable man. Thus, he thought up of a way to save the tree's life. He sat under the tree and committed the ritual suicide under the tree. This act gave the essence of the Samurai's life to the tree. The tree within one hour of the Samurai's death, on the 16th day of the month, began to blossom flowers and continues to live even today. Thus, the cherry blossom tree meaning holds many spiritual beliefs. These beliefs are set in deep within the fundamental teachings of Buddha.

Tulip


Did you know that the name, tulip comes from tulipa or turban (also taliban) worn by people in the Middle East? Tulip is the national flower of Turkey & Iran and the floral emblem of Netherlands. The peculiar shape and colors of tulip make it one of the most loved flowers on earth. Just a glimpse of these flowers, and a feeling of comfort and coziness engulfs the mind. Tulips bloom in the beginning of spring season; amongst the first blooms of the season along with daffodils and other flowers, tulips also symbolize a new beginning.

Pink: Pink tulips are used to present the idea of perfect happiness. These flowers are used for offering best wishes. Pink and red tulips have somewhat similar meaning. Tulips are also used to display care and attachment.

Purple: The purple tulips are known for the quality of royalty. Reference to the purple color being associated with nobility can be found in 'Hamlet', a play written by William Shakespeare. Purple tulips found in Ukrainian artworks are associated with rebirth and spring.


White: Qualities like purity, innocence and humility are associated with white tulips. The attribute of forgiveness is also associated with the white color. Remembrance and respect is exhibited through white tulips; however, tulip flowers can also be used for funeral ceremonies. A garden with white tulips symbolizes heaven on earth. Blue tulips are variants of the white ones. They represent peace and tranquility. You may gift blue tulips to display your trust in a person.
Red: The red tulips are used to express love. Red tulips stand for belief in love; therefore, true love is associated with these tulips.


Orange: The orange tulips represent happiness. This color is also used in reference with the mutual understanding between a couple. Warmth, fascination, energy, desire, enthusiasm are some of the qualities that the orange tulips represent.



Saturday, March 9, 2013

Opium Poppy - Anh Túc

SALVATION OF SOUL - "GLEAMS FROM REMOTE WORLDS VISIT THE SOUL IN SLEEP" Percy Bysshe Shelley



Most of us are familiar with the hypnogogic (hallucinogenic/narcotic) properties of the poppy. From the Chinese poppy opium is derived. The ancient Greeks understood this, and so we see another link to Morpheus and poppy symbolism.
Morpheus lived in his own world - a world of dreams, fantasy and complete nonadherence to traditional reality. He was destined to live here and rule the realms of dreams - it was in his genes. He was born from "night" - his mother is Nix, the goddess of night and dark creations. Morpheus' dad is Hypnos the deific governor of sleep.
To me, this speaks of the potential found in unconventional reality and messages wafting up through our dreams like a sweet fragrance - waiting to be recognized.
Poppies are also sacred to Demeter who was said to concoct an infusion of poppies (like a tea) in order to sleep through her sorrow while Persephone was absent. The theme of sleep is carried through as Persephone's cyclical excursions to the underworld were timed with the seasons. She would leave her mother Demeter in the winter to join her husband, Hades. Her absence marked the winter, her submersion in the underworld signifies a kind of "closing the shutters" and slumber in the cycle of life.
Poppy symbolism is also associated with the Muladhara chakra (I write in more details about thePoppy/Muladhara connection on my blog). Poppies come in many colors, but they're typically dressed in red, the chakra color corresponding to the Muladhara. Further, this chakra prompts human awareness to be fed from rich, nutritive soils and encourages that nourishment to be pulled from our roots and moved up through the rest of the chakras. We blossom at our crown only when we can move well-being up through our roots.
In Chinese symbolism, the poppy represents rest, beauty and success. However, its associations with opiate-induced stupors also lend meanings of sloth, dependence and an inability to temper pleasure with the banalities kicked up by living a pragmatic life. Honest masters know enlightenment is induced from within and through a connection with the infinite. Dependence upon external substances/influences to lift the veils of illusion is considered a lazy approach to enlightenment.
In Christianity, poppy symbolism is recruited to represent death as a period of tranquil slumber. This association is seen in metaphor as the red petals of the poppy symbolize the blood of a sacrificed Christ.Themes of resurrection and immortality (salvation of the soul) blossom as the poppy (and the spirit) never really die, just renew and ascend.
http://www.whats-your-sign.com/poppy-symbolism.html

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Desert Roses = Adenium

THE SWEET INTOXICATION OF HER LOVE 
Adenium obesum, also called the desert rose, impala lily, mock azalea and sabi star, is South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics. 




Lady's slipper orchids - Phragmipedium

CAPRICIOUS BEAUTY, WIN ME
Phragmipedium is a genus of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae) (Subfamily Cypripedioideae) and the only genus comprised in the tribe Phragmipedieae and subtribe Phragmipediinae. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek phragma, which means "division", and pedium, which means "slipper" (referring to the pouch). It is abbreviated 'Phrag' in trade journals.
About 20 species of these lady's slipper orchids are known from SW Mexico, Central and tropical South America.
Orchids can be found growing on all of Earth’s continents, except Antarctica.  Over the approximately 80 million years that they have existed, their flowers have evolved to attract, deceive, and manipulate insects in order to maximize the possibility of fertilization.  Lady’s Slipper orchids are perfect examples of one such strategy.