10 interesting facts about the flower bouquet (10 photos)
Anniversary, christening, the first date and many other no less significant solemn events, do not do without bouquets. Any man during the year presents about a dozen different bouquets: mom, sister, daughter, beloved woman. There is an opinion that flowers are given only to the representatives of the beautiful half, but this is far from true.
In the land of the rising sun there is a festival of boys, and besides the usual gifts they are presented with irises - a symbol of masculinity and confidence. Japanese men's bouquets are made according to tradition. Red flowers - from below, show how the love of men instantly breaks out, and whites, which are in the center, testify to the cooling and pacification of the man's feeling with time. The surprising fact is that for Japanese girls you have to make compositions with the opposite symbolism.
Of course, in the modern world the creation of unique compositions requires certain skills. But here experienced florists will come to the aid, whose shops work online, professionals with great pleasure will not only make a chic bouquet on an individual order, but also deliver it to the specified address
The main points of registration of bouquets were invented in France about four centuries ago. In the beginning, only buds were used, which were combined with all sorts of lace inserts.
The British are confident that the bouquet of the bride, preserved after the wedding celebration, is able to protect the marriage from betrayal and deception. There are firms whose specialization is the drying of wedding flowers with a press machine or under vacuum.
As a gift and solemn decoration, bouquets began to be used only at the end of the 19th century.
In most countries, the tradition of weaving wreaths was popular. In India, this occupation is popular now.
As a replacement for classical colors, sweets were used, such bouquets were made from sweets, and "delicious" compositions were made according to all the rules of floral analogs.
Amazing compositions, you can make up of different elements, it all depends on the imagination.
The largest bouquet is considered to be 42 tons composition, intended for the chosen one of the heir of Qatar.
During the reign of the English Queen Victoria, "talking bouquets" were particularly popular. Each individual flower had its own destiny, and to solve such a puzzle the addressee needed enough time. And to compose a unique composition was quite a labor-consuming occupation.
In the 20th century, the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky gave his earnings in Paris, a shop selling flowers with the only romantic condition: once a week, one beautiful girl was to be presented with a bouquet, but not simple, but from rare, beautiful flowers.
Rosa is rightfully the leader, and is considered the oldest cultivated flower. For five thousand years, it is an ornament of any winter garden and premises.
The most expensive bouquet for the wedding was presented in Vietnam. Orchids and lilies, included in the composition, were decorated with 91 rubies and 9 diamonds.