Flowers Understand

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Flowers under stone.

#336: Euphorbia Pulcherrima

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia
Species: E. pulcherrima

Indigenous to Mexico and named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, the poinsettia's association with Christmas began in 16th century Mexico where legend tells of a young girl who was too poor to provide a gift for the celebration of Jesus' birthday.

The girl was inspired by an angel to gather weeds from a roadside and place them in front of the church altar. Crimson "blossoms" sprouted from the weeds and became beautiful poinsettias.

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#327: Scattered

Fall in California.

Where the leaves do their best to snuff out new life meaning only to do what Nature and the California sun urges it to do .....

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They just can't "leaf" the poor flowers alone ..... it's not their nature.

#156: Centerpiece

Centerpiece atop hand-made cutting board created of exotic woods on a table for a Flag Day BBQ .....

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