A local florist near the recipient of your gift will tastefully arrange
these and other flowers
prior to your Oakland flower delivery California. |
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Orchid
Common names: orchid, cymbidium, dendrobium, oncidium, cattleya, phalaenopsis.
Orchids (Orchidaceae family) are diverse flowering plant families, with over 800
described genera covering 25,000 species, with another 100,000 plus hybrids or
cultivars produced by horticulturalists.
Oncidium blossoms are 1 1/2 to 1 inch, usually yellow with orange-red flower markings.
Cattleya blossoms are large, ruffled, usually 5 to 6 inches across in white or
purple with contrasting throats.
Phalaenopsis have moth or butterfly-shaped flowers in colors such as white, pink,
purple or bicolors.
Cymbidium and dendrobium flowers have a butterfly-like shape flower that are 3
to 4 inches across.
The larger, cymbidiums, are white, yellow, green or lavender with pink or red
lips, while dendrobiums are often white or lavender. |
Liatris
Common names: liatris, spike gayfeather
Liatris belongs to the Compositae family.
About 40 species of this hardy perennial grow across North America, from southern
Canada to northern Mexico, also east of the Rocky Mountains through Florida.
Liatris spicata, L. aspera Michx. and L. pycnostachya Michx. are major commercial
species, often used as colorful accents in cut flower arrangements or bouquets.
Unlike other flowers, liatris flowers open from its stem top downward.
Clustered along the spike, they have a feathery look.
Various shades of deep lavender are most common; other flower colors are bluish
shades, violet or white. |
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