Post your Countries Floral Emblem here!
By jennybianca
@jennybianca (12912)
Australia
January 30, 2008 9:53pm CST
I thought it would nice & educational for everyone to post a photo of their countries floral emblem.
My country of Australia, has the Wattle Tree flower as it's emblem. A vrey pretty native tree. This tree was first noticed & used by the earliest convicts & settlers.
We have one in our front yard.
Check out my photo & please post one of your countries floral emblem, with a small explanation.
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4 responses
@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
31 Jan 08
Sampaguita or Arabian jasmine is our floral emblem here, in the Philippines. It's an evergreen vine, with a height of 1 to 3 meters tall.
Most of the Catholics use this to put on their altar as an offering, along with the aromatic Ilang-ilang flower.
@webeishere (36313)
• United States
31 Jan 08
In the States most Catholic Churches use
Lily of The Valley flowers I think also.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
1 Feb 08
I found a photo of a wattle & mud hit built by our first convicts.
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
31 Jan 08
Ok, now I feel really stupid but I have to admit I don't know our countries flower. I do know the state flower of Michigan is the Apple Blossom but I don't have a good picture of one:(
I do have this photo of an apple tree in bloom I took last spring - come summer this tree was covered in apples.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
31 Jan 08
Well thank you very much. I also stated I wasn't sure we
here in the States even had a national flower. Thanks.
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
31 Jan 08
The apple tree is magnificent in full bloom. I have two apple trees in my back yard, but they don t bloom as beautifully as the one in your photo (I left a comment).
The rose is gorgeous, a beautiful apricot colour.
I have left a description of why our national emblem is the wattle with a couple of other responses.
@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
31 Jan 08
Ummm did some research and what I found was the rose is the floral emblem for the United States of America - I learned something new.
This picture is a pink rose, my Mom's favorite, off a bush I gave her for mothers day last year.
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@webeishere (36313)
• United States
31 Jan 08
I don't think the USA has a national flower but each State has it's own State Flower. In Minnesota the pink and white lady’s slipper (Cypripedium reginae), also knows as the showy lady’s slipper or queen’s lady slipper, was adopted as the state flower in 1902. Found living in open fens, bogs, swamps, and damp woods where there is plenty of light, lady's slippers grow slowly, taking up to 16 years to produce their first flowers. They bloom in late June or early July. The plants live for up to 50 years and grow four feet tall. A century ago, the showy lady’s slipper was a favorite adornment in rural church altars during the summer. Since 1925 this rare wildflower has been protected by state law (it is illegal to pick the flowers or to uproot or unearth the plants).
HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
31 Jan 08
It certainly grows very tall and is very long lived. I guess it became protected when it's environment was affected. It is very pretty & quite unusual with the bell shaped flower.
I left a comment with your photo.
I saw your comment to another responder re. the US flower.
I think a lot of Aussies wouldn't know our countries national flower.
The Wattle, which is ours, was used by convicts & the earliest settlers to make Wattle & Mud huts.
I haven't been able to find a photo of one yet.
"Most of the first substantial houses were built out of wattle and daub.
A very rough timber frame was built using naturally round timbers, or timber that had been adzed square. Then thin branches known as wattles were woven in and out of the posts, horizontally and close together.
Trees such as Acacias provided long, straight branches which were ideal for the wattles and, in fact, the acacia became known as the Wattle Tree.
Then mud was pressed, or daubed, onto the wattle fabric, with one man standing inside and another outside of the wall, each pressing the mud towards each other. It was that simple!
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
1 Feb 08
I found a photo of a Wattle Mud Hut built by our convicts.
@guss2000 (2232)
• United States
4 May 08
The Maryland flower is a black eyed susan. The funny thing is, I hardly see them around here... so not sure why they chose this as our flower.
http://www.50states.com/flower/maryland.htm
