Scientific name: Plumeria acutifolia
Common name: Frangipani
Fun Fact: The frangipani is the flower of the city of Palermo in Sicily, Italy.
Scientific name: Plumeria acutifolia
Common name: Frangipani
Fun Fact: The frangipani is the flower of the city of Palermo in Sicily, Italy.
Flower canvas.
Scientific name: Canna generalis
Common Name: Canna Lily
Fun fact: Canna is a member of the Banana family
Dandy lil Lion.
Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea.
Scientific name: Taraxacum officinale
Common name: Dandelion
Fun fact: The dandelion is the only flower that represents the 3 celestial bodies of the sun, moon and stars. The yellow flower resembles the sun, the puff ball resembles the moon and the dispersing seeds resemble the stars.
Autumn Sunflower.
Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea.
Scientific name: Helianthus annuus
Common name: Sunflower
Fun fact: Some Sunflowers can grow as tall as 10 feet tall!
Scientific name: Etlingera elatior
Common name:Torch Ginger
Fun fact: The stems of the flowers are chopped up and added to curries or soups with rice noodles.
Scientific name: Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Common name: Peacock flower
Fun fact: Medicine men in the Amazon Rainforest have long known some of the medicinal uses for Caesalpinia pulcherrima, which is known asayoowiri. Four grams from the root is also said to induce abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Flower of the Silver Afgekia
Scientific name: Afgekia sericea
Common name: Silver Afgekia
Origin: Thailand
Fun fact: Flowers last for only one day, they open successively from the base of the flower stalk towards the tip.
