Different flowers and their meanings - what do they symbolize?

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” the famous bard Shakespeare made Romeo say.This epochal statement may have literal truism attached to it, but the name of, and even the color of, different roses, mean different things. When you log onto an online flower delivery service website why do you think there are so many options?
Why is every available variety of flowers presented in the catalogue?
For example, why do we have different flowers at Florazone.com?
What purpose do they solve?
Why not have just one variety of a particular flower?
Is it just to show you what different types of flowers the flower delivery service website has or do different flowers hold different meanings?
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Do you know every kind of flower has a unique emotional response associated with it?

Every flower holds its unique meaning. Every flower symbolizes an emotional response to a situation or an event. In fact, even the color of the same type of flower holds different meaning for different occasions. For example, red roses symbolize love and romance and a bunch of white roses helps you express your feelings for a solemn occasion like a loss or an illness. Want to tell someone that you are sorry but cannot muster up the courage to use words? You can send yellow roses to the person. What flowers you use, and what colors you use to express different feelings and emotions, depend on your cultural and social background, but the underlying meaning is more or less the same. Tastes and preferences when it comes to sending flowers have pretty much become global. This is why, on Valentine’s Day there is a mad scramble for red roses and the roadside flower shops make a killing that day.But not everyone knows the meaning of every flower. Yes, you definitely know why you want to send red roses, but do you know why you should send lilies?

Are you wondering why that pretty office colleague stopped talking to you when you sent her a bouquet of yellow carnations?

What about Gerberas? Ever heard of them? Orchids?

Let’s find out the meanings of various flowers that you can send for various occasions and to express unique emotions.

Different flowers and their meanings

"Roses are red and violets are blue", is, but a statement that is no longer true. Roses these days come in different colors. You have red roses, pink roses, white roses, blue roses, and even black roses. Different colors have different meanings. Red, as you already know, means love and romance. Yellow roses mean friendship, a new beginning or wishing someone good health. White roses mean reverence, purity and wellness.

A bunch of carnations helps you express a strong emotion. Carnations too come in different colors. Pink carnations represent undying love and devotion. If you want to express admiration and adoration, you may like to use red carnations. White carnations are for purity and good luck. You send yellow carnations mostly to express a negative feeling, something like you don't want to get romantically involved with someone.

As you can see by the shape of these exotic flowers, they symbolize the brightness of the sun. All in all, the gerberas mean happiness and an abundance of brighter feelings. They have different colors too. Orange gerberas can help you convey feelings of warmth, enthusiasm and energy; the color orange anyway represents sunshine. The feeling of friendship and happiness can be communicated by sending yellow gerberas. Be graceful and gentle by throwing in a dash of pink gerberas in your bouquet. Red, in the case of the gerberas, represents passion.

This flower is closely associated with the famed Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite. Consequently, symbolically, orchids represent sensuous feelings like sexuality and virility. The orchid flowers also mean love, beauty, charm and thoughtfulness. Orchids come in different colors; white orchids mean reverence and humility, yellow orchids mean beginning of new friendships and phases of life, purple orchids mean dignity, royalty and respect, and pink orchids mean grace, joy and happiness.

The full name is Gladiolus flowers. They are normally used in an assortment or a bouquet. Aside from expressing strength and moral integrity, this flower also helps you express a feeling of infatuation and tender love for the recipient.

Lilies, just like the roses, are ubiquitous. Lilies can mean different things to different people. They represent love, affection, feminity and purity. A bunch of lilies sprinkled with other flowers can be used to convey lasting love.