Gifting flower to Girl friend

Gifting flowers to your girl friends to her personal taste is a big challenge. Often you land up selecting a flower based on your taste. Some of you might give flowers based on usual meaning of the flowers and their colors. If you go by traditional meaning here is what different flowers mean:
· Hibiscus stands for delicate beauty.
· Red roses and tulips both signify passionate love.
· Sunflowers convey adoration.
· Pink roses and carnations imply friendship.
· White roses are synonym for purity.

Alternatively you can pick flowers that reflect memories that associate with them – your girl friends habit of wearing a dress with certain flowers; the dress that she wore on your first date or the flower that you gave her on first date or that resulted in happiest moment.

However, you might be careful in a flower that has negative connotations while gifting to girl friend. Orange blossoms are symbolic of fertility, and rhododendrons in any color mean, “beware!” Lavender flower traditionally means “distrustful.”

Roses tend to be the first choice for many, though some express a little annoyance at always receiving roses. You can wisely select newer verities of roses or big red roses or long stemmed roses to impress your girl friend.


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India Flower news - Jan 2008

FloraStand - Bangalore Florist and Wholesale flower supplier starts Chennai wholesale operation ahea
Bangalore, Rayer Flora (India) Pvt Ltd owned retail, wholesale flower outlet, FloraStand (http://www.florastand.com/) starts whole operations in Chennai ahead of Valentines day....

Demand for Indian Red Roses surge ahead of Valentines day 2008
Bangalore, Thousands of lovers around the world will convey their feelings of love with Red Roses every Valentines day and several growers in Hosur, Bangalore and Pune are celebrating equally valentine 2008...

Lalbagh flower show is a visual treat
The Hindu, Bangalore
BANGALORE: It�s that time of the year when people pay their biannual homage to Lalbagh which, amid a highly polluted and concrete jungle, stands tall as a refreshing testament to India�s Garden City...

Roses surge ahead of Valentine's Day
The Economic Times, Pune
Come Valentines Day many hearts will speak with red roses. And it will be a big business for rose growers and exporters. The export of roses for the coming Valentine�s Day (February 14) is expected to be about Rs 25 crore, estimated to be a 20% rise over last year.

Demand for Indian roses surges ahead of Valentines
Sify News, Hosur, Tamilnadu
Hosur: Come Valentine's Day and thousands of lovers around the world will convey their feelings with the never-withering symbol of love - a rose - albeit with a 'Made in India' tag. A month ahead of February 14, orders are pouring in from around the world for roses grown in southern India's floral corridor that spreads from Hosur in northwestern Tamil Nadu to neighbouring Bangalore....

Mysore, Udupi, Hadagali Mallige flowers patented
Oneindia.in, Bangalore
To protect the three local rare and unique flower species--Mysore Mallige (Jasmine), Udupi Mallige, and Hadagali Mallige�of Karnataka have been patented. The GI (Geographical Indication) status has provided excusive rights to the local community to cultivate these three crops and continue to grow for 10 years and more. All the three flowers are household names in Karnataka and known around the world�

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Don't celebrate Valentines day 2008 with Plastic flowers

Day be day artificial flowers are gaining popularity among Indian buyers as their love for flower and its beauty increasing. What buyers fail to realize is that most of these artificial flowers are made of plastics that damages the very environment that required to grow these beauties.

Not only these plastics flowers lack in fragrance like natural flowers, they also contain chemicals like coloring agents that are very much harmful to drinking water. These plastics when disposed takes millions of years to decompose.

Once can always can select dried flowers that does not have any artificial coloring that gives better pot lift. Many natural loving flower enthusiasts are eagerly looking forward to celebrate valentines day 2008 by gifting roses grown naturally and taking oath not to get plastic flowers anymore to their home.

Demand for Indian Red Roses surge ahead of Valentines day 2008

Thousands of lovers around the world will convey their feelings of love with Red Roses every Valentines day and several growers in Hosur, Bangalore and Pune are celebrating equally valentine 2008.

The demand for red roses grown in India has gone up 25 to 30% and it is expected to be fueled further if the political turmoil in Kenya continues. Growers in Bangalore, Hosur and rest of the country are gearing up to export lakhs of roses to world markets. Prices for red roses depend on their colour and the length of the stem; those with stem length of 70 cm can fetch about Rs 25 per stem, while stems of one meter length go for Rs 40.

Last year the prices of roses did shot up equally in Delhi market. The price for red roses went beyond Rs.20 per stem. Growers in India peak their production cycle to coincide with every valentines day cycle and production per hectare can be as high as 150,000 roses in just 10days during valentines season.

Valentines day is back once again...

There are different opinions as to the origin of Valentine's Day though all of us celebrate with Red roses. Some experts state that it originated from St. Valentine. Valentine's Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honor “Juno”, the Queen of the Roman Gods and the Goddess of women and marriage. The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia.

The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars and each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar who would then be partners during the festival. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.

Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families and Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. The good Saint Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and Saint Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples. Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270. At that time it was the custom in Rome, a very ancient custom, indeed, to celebrate in the month of February the Lupercalia, feasts in honour of a heathen god. On these occasions, amidst a variety of pagan ceremonies, the names of young women were placed in a box, from which they were drawn by the men as chance directed.

The pastors of the early Christian Church in Rome endeavored to do away with Lupercalia and chosen Saint Valentine's Day for the celebration, which then became “Day of lovers” worldwide into modern day Valentines Day and Flowers, esp. Red Roses became popular gift for the day.

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Say it with Flowers

Flowers are the best gift for everyone, there are certain color codes and rules for different occasions. Also, some colors have different meaning in different geographies. A yellow rose or flower in general means friendship including in India, while it will break a relationship if it is gifted to Russian. In general following these will help avoid embarrassment.

FLOWERS ARE universally given and accepted as a wonderful, thoughtful, warm gift. Giving gifts is part and parcel of social interaction. No other gift can match the versatility of a single flower, which can express joy, gratitude, romance, sympathy, or an apology for that matter!
Flowers have their own language and symbolism based on the type and colour. The meaning of flowers was so well developed that in 17th century Turkey, secret messages were conveyed through flowers! This secret language was popular enough in Europe for the French to codify the first flower dictionary in the year 1818.

To give an example, while a red roses or carnation was sent to give the message, "my heart aches for you," one dreaded receiving a striped carnation back which meant, "A no; Refusal or Sorry" a rather civilized way of saying, "Buzz off". Interestingly one could always reply to that with a yellow rose/carnation, and it would tell the recipient, "You have disappointed me". If a single red rose is received as the answer, you have a slight problem because the sender has decided to ignore the refusal and just declared his undying love for you.

If you are in Japan, you might want to avoid giving white lilies, or chrysanthemums, which are associated with funerals. They are also superstitious about potted plants, as it is believed to encourage sickness. If you are gifting a bunch of flowers to a Japanese then make sure that it has more or lesser than four flowers, because number four in Japanese is `shi', which is also the word for death.

While in China, avoid giving yellow or white flowers and zooming across to Europe, flowers are often taken to a hostess of a dinner party at her home. Remember that red roses mean "romance, secrecy and passion," while yellow roses can signify "jealousy". Avoid even number of flowers, which signifies bad luck, as does 13 in a bunch. White lilies or chrysanthemums again are associated with funerals.

Flowers are appropriate gifts in Latin and Central American countries, but certain colour needs to be avoided. In Guatemala, white flowers are associated with funerals, while in Mexico or Brazil, purple flowers have the same connotation. Therefore, when traveling abroad, check what the local significance is; you can avoid the embarrassment of sending unwanted messages.
Apart from these little quirks in flower giving or sending flowers, follow some basic guidelines and you will come out a winner.

• Flowers are appropriate practically for any occasion. Check the local custom.

• Gifting flowers spontaneously creates the best of goodwill and cheer.

• Don't forget that a nice potted plant is also a great hostess gift, as well as when you are visiting someone who is convalescing.

• It is a good idea to gifting flowers or sending either before the party, or the next day. Otherwise, she will have to busy herself looking for a vase to put the flowers in, taking her away from her hostess duties.

To learn more on what color, in general, would be more appropriate visits this link.

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Delhites Hearts bleed with soaring rose prices on Valentine's Day

New Delhi, Feb. 14 (PTI): The price of expressing love got higher this year, as rates of roses went through the roof this Valentine's Day with a single stem costing more than Rs 20 in the national capital.

Delhi, which is India's largest flower market in terms of consumption, received a record supply of about 20-lakh cut roses during this Valentine's Day. "The number of cut roses, which gathered momentum from February 9 for the Valentine's Day, increased to as high as 20 lakh," Delhi-based flower wholesaler said. Prices also went up to Rs 400 per bunch of 20 roses of best quality in Delhi, which has an estimated Rs 50 crore annual business in floriculture, a trader said. However, only a few good-quality long-stemmed cut roses received that amount, and the average wholesale price was in the range of Rs 7.50-10 per cut flower.

Apart from Bangalore and Pune which are the regular suppliers to Delhi market, Hyderabad also sent roses to the capital city this year.

Not only roses, even rates of other flowers also went up this Valentine's season, traders said. Carnation and lilies from Himachal Pradesh are also said to have commanded good price. Red carnation was sold at Rs 150 a bunch comprising 20 cut flowers while Oriental lilies went up as high as Rs 60 per piece and Asiatic lilies received Rs 25-30 per stem. Flowers were also received well in the international market as Indian cut roses quoted up to Rs 15 for the 80cm-long stem variety. However, Indian exporters who received Japan's largest order to any country, an exporter said.

"Demand for roses in Japan does not increase during the Valentine's Day as Japanese prefer to gift chocolates," he said. Even as Indian exporters look forward to overseas market in this season, some countries like Thailand are eyeing the Indian market for a share. Imported Heliconias from Bangkok were sold in the range of Rs 125-175 per piece in Delhi.

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Valentines day 2007 special : FloraStand - wholesale Florist in Bangalore offer 10% special discount to its customers for Valentine 2007.

Rayer Flora (India) Pvt Ltd owned wholesale flower outlet and Florist shop FloraStand (http://www.florastand.com/) in Bangalore offers 10% special discount to its customers for valentine 2007 while celebrating 2nd anniversary.

Bangalore (Bangaluru), February 5, 2007 : Florastand’s, Bangalore Florist in Indiranagar, was started in November 2004 by Rayer Flora (India) Private Limited, grower and exporter of roses, with the a sole objective to delivery farm fresh quality flowers and flower arrangements directly to end customers at best price. Florastand also a wholesale flower outlet of Rayer Flora (India) Private Limited, continues to celebrates 2nd Anniversary by offering 10% special discount to its online customers.

FloraStand with its e-commerce shopping site http://www.florastand.com/ continue to get patronage from customers around the world from countries like US, UK, Australia and other European countries including India. “While our online customer base is growing our customers are coming back again and again after seeing the quality of flowers and the service we provide” according to Mr.V.Mani managing director.

FloraStand had launched several new products to cater to its customers increasing desire for new options to celebrate Valentines day 2007. For all its existing customers, FloraStand had sent emails which give them a special discount of 10% on all their Valentine purchases online at http://www.florastand.com/ .

Rayer Flora (India) Private Limited (www.rayerflora.com), is a grower and exporter of high quality roses with farm in Hosur, 35 KM form Bangalore international airport. Rayer Flora with 3.5 hectares of hi-tech green houses growing annually over 7 million roses of red, pink, yellow, orange, white and bicolor roses, is exporting quality roses and ornamental flowers since 2004, to its customers in Dubai, Sharja, Abu Dhabi, Australia, Beirut, Netherlands and in Singapore. Rayer Flora is planning to export 250,000 red roses for Valentine 2007. Rayer Flora is a registered member of APEDA (Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (India) - www.apeda.com and also registered member of DGFT India, Tamilnadu Horticulture Board.

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