Valentine Flowers - Amaryllis Flowers

Valentine Flowers - Amaryllis Flowers

It is said that the flowers are one of the best creations by god. So the evergreen fluorescence of bright flowers can be the mot beautiful gift presented to some one special in your life. The gift of flowers to your beloved is the most appealing and truly exotic. Flowers speak for your feelings; they express your true emotions for love. Since flower hold special importance in different phases for your life, present your soul mate with beautiful Amaryllis on this valentine day.

The Amaryllis flowers are the genus of plants having single species popularly called as monotypic flowers or only one species. Amaryllis is also recognized as Belladonna Lily or the naked ladies. The Amaryllis is a native of South Africa. It is found mostly in the south western rocky regions of Cape. The large bulb plants are the warm climate flowering plants. The Amaryllis is also used as individual specimens at the time of mass plantations. The big and thick Christmas Amaryllis flowers give a magnificent effect.

Valentine Flowers - Amaryllis Flowers

The flowers have wide range of colors varying from pink, red and white. A single Amaryllis bulb can produce flowers for continuous 75 years.

The romantic flowers of Amaryllis are officially called as Hippeastrum, has its roots in the South American/Caribbean area. The Amaryllis pronounced as AMMA-rillis, has its deep romantic implication as some times the flower is also called as “Knight Star”. The large and flamboyant starry trumpets which spring from huge delicate bulbs will make your love life more interesting and more appealing. The romantic flower was named after a shepherdess in Greek mythology. The flower can bring a magical change in your love life as it means “sparkling” referring to the attractive bloom.

The warm colors of Amaryllis like the pillar box red, candy pink and peach can bring great warmth in your love life. Present the pure white Amaryllis to your eternal love and feel the soothing purity on her face. The flower becomes more special when you present it to your Aries love who has got the same zodiac sign of the flower and who is more like the flower. Understand the love language and present the flower which has the meaning of “splendid beauty” or ‘pride’ on this valentine day to your sweet life partner.

The Amaryllis or belladonna is a bulbous plant. Each bulb of Amaryllis is nearly 5 to 10 cm in diameters. The stripped and dull green leaves are 30 to 50 cm long and 2 to 3 cm broad. These leaves are arranged in twin rows. The leaves live for short span they are born in the autumn and die in the late summer. During the late summer time the Amaryllis bulb produces naked stems each 30 to 60 cm tall. These stems have a cluster comprising either 2 or 12 cone shaped flowers at the top portion. The funnel shaped flowers with six petals are 6 to 10 cm in diameter. An Amaryllis is usually white colored but other colors like pink and purple are also available.

In the beginning of eighteenth century the belladonna flowers were cultivated. Most species of Amaryllis were sold with the name of ‘ready to bloom for the holidays’ even when the flower was named as Amaryllis. Due to this name confusion some flowers of different species are also named as ‘naked ladies’.