Generally speaking, orchids are brilliant and luxurious flowers. There are various shapes. Phalaenopsises and cattleyas are often used for cut flowers and flower arrangement. Especially, as phalaenopsises become great shape when they bloom, they are given as presents for celebrations. There are a lot of colors such as purple, pink, yellow, white and so on, which make us feel lighter.
They are loved by people and “orchid festivals” are held everywhere. As orchids are beautiful, smell good and last long, there are a lot of orchid lovers. Among orchids, phalaenopsises’ meanings are “Happiness flies to you” and “pure love”. As they have such meanings, they are used for wedding parties. They are full of elegance, aren’t they?. There are many kinds of different orchids, and I’ll tell you their meanings and elegant appeals.
Peony, whose generic term, Paeonia, is named after Paeon, a healer-god, who healed other gods’ wounds in Greek mythology. And the flower is, in Japan, called “shakuyaku,” which drives from “shakuyaku-tari,” an archaic word. Its meaning is “graceful,” and the meaning the flower symbolizes, what you might call “the language of flowers,” is “bashfulness” and “modesty”; additionally “compassion,” and so on, in Western.
Peony, whose generic term, Paeonia, is named after Paeon, a healer-god, who healed other gods’ wounds in Greek mythology. And the flower is, in Japan, called “shakuyaku,” which drives from “shakuyaku-tari,” an archaic word. Its meaning is “graceful,” and the meaning the flower symbolizes, what you might call “the language of flowers,” is “bashfulness” and “modesty”; additionally “compassion,” and so on, in Western. As for the origins of “bashfulness,” there are various opinions: from an English folklore, in which a shy fairy hid behind the flower, and it blushed in a bashful manner as well; from its characteristic of closing in the evening despite of its generous look; and, from an English idiom “blush like a peony.”
