A local florist near the recipient of your gift will tastefully arrange
these and other flowers
prior to your flower delivery to Beverly Hills California. |
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Orchid
Common names: orchid, cymbidium, dendrobium, oncidium, cattleya, phalaenopsis.
Orchids (Orchidaceae family) are among the largest, most diverse of 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. |
Gladiolus
Common names: gladiolus, glad, gladioli.
Gladiolus , sometimes called sword lily, it is a genus of flowering plants, iris
family (Iridaceae).
Gladioli have been extensively hybridized with a wide range of ornamental flower
colours available from the many varieties.
Tall, tightly packed spikes of six to eight blossoms open in sequence from its
stem base, so they make very good cut flowers.
2 to 8 inch-wide florets bloom in one direction with sword shaped foliage on long
stems.
Gladiolus lend itself to almost any type of style from use of a full stem to provide
height to a tall arrangement or individual florets for corsage or wedding flower
work.
Gladiolus last seven to 10 days as a cut flower, and are available in a wide variety
of colors including white, green, cream, yellow, buff, orange, salmon, pink, red,
lavender, purple, blue plus terra cotta. |
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