May 13 (Iris)
Flower Language: Love. Friendship. Messenger of love.
Blue Iris: The first love, the love that was once. Crush.
Red Iris: Passion, passion, love.
Yellow iris: Concentric. Friendship is forever. Victory.
White Iris: Pure, innocent, beautiful, innocent.
Purple Iris: Freedom. Auspicious. Love. Good news, Messenger, miss you.
Iris [yuān] tail flower, is a common name for iris plants, there are many species, there are aquatic, such as brook sun, calamus, swallow flowers, etc., there are xerophytic, such as horsetail, yellow calamus, etc., there are mesozoic, such as iris, butterfly flower, German iris, silver bud iris and so on. Irises are named after their petals shaped like the tail of an iris, a small bird of prey in the genus Iris in the family Hawkaceae. In fact, iris flowers are not only like irises, but also like a bird flying with its head held high, with a head and wings and a tail, and a closer look looks like a phoenix spreading its wings.
The genus name Iris, transliterated as Iris or Alice, means "rainbow" in Greek, which refers to the rich color of the flower, with blue, purple, yellow, white, red and other colors. Iris is the rainbow goddess in Greek mythology, the ancient Greeks believed that the rainbow is connected to heaven and earth, Iris is the messenger of the gods and the mortal world, she is responsible for transmitting the prayers, happiness, sorrow, anger, and blessings of the world to the gods, and at the same time, also to transmit the will of the gods to the world. And she is also responsible for bringing the souls of good people after death back to heaven through the rainbow bridge between heaven and earth. Therefore, the Greeks often planted this flower in the cemetery, hoping that after death, the soul of the person could be entrusted to Iris to bring back to heaven, which is also the origin of the flower language "messenger of love". The Israelites believed that the yellow iris was a symbol of gold, and there was a custom of planting yellow iris in the cemetery, hoping to bring wealth to the afterlife.
Iris flowers are large like birds, vivid and beautiful, leaves like swords, turquoise and verdant, and the ornamental value is very high. In addition to being an ornamental flower, Iris also has medicinal properties, and different species have different effects. Extracts of the iris plant can also treat atherosclerosis and osteoporosis. There are several kinds of rhizomes of iris that can extract a precious fragrance, and if it is directly ground into a powder, it is a superior incense powder.
Brief introduction
Iris genus, scientific name: Iris L., iris family, perennial herbaceous plant. There are tubers or creeping rhizomes. Leaf sword-shaped, inlaid. The flowers are beautiful, with the inflorescence growing at the tip of the branch, or only 1 flower at the top of the stem. The flowers are larger; the flowers are petal-shaped, with a long or short tube, curved outwards, the peduncle branches are enlarged, the petals are shaped and colored, and the abduction is covered with stamens. The ovary is lower, the ovules are mostly, and the fruit is a capsule fruit.
Poetry
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Night Dream with Luo Zi and On Medicine Famous Poems
Zhu Yi (Song Dynasty)
Drill through the old paper I am clumsy, should be through the history of the people proud.
Sign a hundred elephant teeth hanging, zhi li ten thousand fly head words.
Divide the sweetness like a hundred and two gold, and make a bitter cut into five car records.
The earth golden sky is brilliant, and Qiongtian Shuiying is refreshing.
Before Shi Cheng wanted to be white, Guan Xian asked wang Yangqi to succeed him.
Tianmen Winter Summer Iris Xiang, Xiangyuntai Pavilion Dragon Bone Metamorphosis.
Ren Zhen Zhu Zi was useless, and when Luo Junzheng was like this.
This evening the moon is white and the wind is clear, and I want to not do the Hulu meeting.
Spring gypsum is willing to give, and the drinking amount will be increased by five times.
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References: Baidu Encyclopedia, Ancient Poetry Network and Online Materials.