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Water Lily

Calla Lily

Forget-me-not

is an aquatic flower plant;

its stalk is growing deep in water (up to 5 meters); if this stalk is broken, the flower will wither;

it is blooming in June and lasts till September; it opens its petals in the morning and closes in the evening.

its leaves can grow up to 30-40cm in diameter;

needs up to 6 hours per day of sun to grow and to develop in a very good way;

Water lily

They are of different colours

( white, pink, purple, yellow…)

Water lilyIt symbolizes the intellectual enlightenment and the purity of mind

Did you know that lily roasted seeds have the same taste like coffee beans?

Its roots are useful. The tea from its roots can treat some disease(breast diseases).

Long time ago the jam made from lily flowers was used as a drug or as a painkiller.

Water lily

Lily extract has wonderful benefits for skin care.

The American Indians made flour out of dried roots by pounding them. The flour was then baked into pancakes. The young leaves and flower buds were eaten as vegetables, seeds eaten fried.

A legend says that long time ago an Indian girl named Naia was fascinated by the moon. Once she wanted to touch it and climbed a hill, but she can’t. She was upset, but when she looked in the Amazon river she noticed the clear moon. She wanted to embrace it and jumped into the water. She got drowned. The moon turned her into a very beautiful flower. And now Naia could watch the moon all the night.

Water lily

Calla lilies have long leafstalk. It consists of a spathe and spadix. The spathe a large, flaring, trumpet-shaped bract, surrounds the spadix which is covered with tiny flowers.

The calla lily is associated with rebirth because it can survive up to 10 days as a cut flower. The calla lily is a native plant of Malawi, South Africa, which is near Madagascar.

Calla lily

They come in such colors as yellow, pink, purple, green, black and orange. Each color calla lily has its own meaning or connotation. For example, pink represents admiration and appreciation while purple denotes passion and is a color often associated with royalty. The color white usually represents purity and innocence, making white calla lilies a very popular flower choice for wedding bouquets.

Calla lily is a symbol of divinity-if it is used at weddings. If it is used at funerals it represents sympathy and purification.

Calla lily

This flower has a very important benefit-it is very beautiful. It can be used at funerals and also at weddings.

Do not eat this flower, because it creates stomach aches and suffocations.

Calla lily

The legend says that Zeus, the Roman God fathered Hercules with his association with a mortal women Alceme. He wanted his son to partake more of divinity and become mortal. So, he brought Hercules to Hera after drugging her to sleep. He placed baby Hercules at her breast and Hercules began nursing. When Hera got up from her sleep, she was shocked after seeing a baby nursing her. She flung the baby away from her. When doing so, some of her milk fell on earth and these drops sprang in the first lilies on earth.

Calla lily

Is a low-growing plant that typically has blue flowers;

It is a garden flower with a high of 40 cm and 5 petals.

Its blue flowers appear in May and last till June.

Forget-me-not

Colours that this flower possesses are blue, white and pink.

Its name comes from German culture. Many men were blue eyed and women wore these flowers in their chest in order to remember their boyfriends.

symbolize true love. The forget-me-not flowers are a medium, "true blue". And as the name suggests, they are given or used to decorate gifts with the hope the recipient will not forget the giver. It also symbolizes faithful love and memories.

Forget-me-not

A legend says that once upon a time a couple was walking on the bank of the Danube river. The girl saw a little blue flower afloat in the water and she jumped to take it, but she got drowned. The young boy jumped to save her but she found only the blue flower. Being was disappointed he wrote on a bench the words “ Forget-me-not”. This flower is considered to be the symbol of sadness and of breakup.

Forget-me-not

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