Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Gifts of Nature.



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Flowers are the special gifts of Nature. Flowers have long been admired and used by humans to beautify their environment, and also as objects of romance, religion, medicine and as a source of food. They differ in size and color. Many of them smell sweet while a few others are scentless. Some flowers are liked for their beauty, while some others and liked for both beauty and scent. The best known flowers in the world are rose, lotus, marigold, tulip, orchid, golden shower, tuberose, cherry, magnolia, Sunflower, Poppy, Daisy, Lavender, Hibiscus, Lily, Hydrangea, Forsythia, Gardenia, Aster and Perennial etc. Rose called queen of flowers. Most of party or any occasion we decorate with rose flower. Some countries through exhibition for orchids. And there is above hundred type orchids they bring in exhibition. Flowers have long been admired and used by humans to beautify their environment, and also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food.
Plants cannot move from one location to another, thus many flowers have changed to attract animals to transfer pollen between individuals in dispersed populations. They can be highly modified along with the pollinating insects. Flowers commonly have glands on various parts that attract animals looking for nutritious Bird’s and bees have color vision, enabling them to seek out "colorful" flowers. Some flowers have patterns. Bee’s and many insects attracted with ultraviolet so they coming on flowers and get honey.   Flowers also attract pollinators by scent and some of those scents are pleasant to our sense of smell. Flowers pollinated by night visitors, including bats and moths, are likely to concentrate on scent to attract pollinators and most such flowers are white.

In modern times, people have hunted ways to cultivate, buy, wear, or otherwise be around flowers and blooming plants, partly because of their pleasant look and smell. Around the world, people use flowers for a wide range of events and functions that, cumulatively, include one's lifetime.
Flowers have been used since as far back as 50,000 years in memorial service rituals. Many cultures do draw a connection between flowers and life and death, and because of their seasonal return flowers also suggest rebirth, which is the why many people place flowers upon graves.

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