Albert Herdianto Widjojo
These are just jasmine flower buds sprinkled on my father’s grave. In my country, the buds of jasmine, besides jasmine, are one of the important flowers for various rituals or traditional ceremonies. We did not sow it as people used it but formed it as a cross.
Some other flowers that are often used for various rituals and ceremonies are white magnolia or cempaka (Kantil – Javanese), ylang flowers, tuberose, common jasmine, and white and red roses. As a term for various ritual purposes, in general, all of these flowers are often referred to as the flowers of seven kinds. The two special ones of those seven flowers are jasmine which is the national flower of my country and white magnolia which is considered to have a magical element where this flower in a seven kind flower group is a symbol so that someone has a strong spiritual soul by always remembering the Supreme God.
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Do you know the national flower of your country?
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Lovely photo! The sweet scent of Jasmine is what makes it special. Sampaguita or Philippine Jasmine is our national flower.
Wow! Our country’s national flower turns out to be the same…
I can almost smell it from here. Great shot and info. Rose is ours I believe. I just planted a jasmine last week in the yard.
I know that your sense of smell is very strong, Kim.
Yes, Carol has said about roses as your country’s national flower.
I am glad you planted jasmine, hopefully, I can smell it from my place after your jasmine bloom.
Well the only national flower I have heard talked about is the Pohutakawa flower. Lovely post, great that your family are so close and kind to each other.
Pohutukawa flower is very unique and at first glance it looks like Red Bottlebrush and Red Flower eucalyptus Tree (Melaleuca leucadendra) but still, it is different.
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Q: Do you know the national flower of your country?
Yes (11 votes) – 65%
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Unfortunately, I do not know which is the national flower of our country. It could have been carnation
That’s okay, dear friend… Yeah, who knows carnation is your country’s national flower
Thank you sooooo much, dear friend.
The national flower of India is “Lotus.”
Yes, I know my friend. Lotus is a flower full of philosophy.
The national flower of the USA is the rose. I did not know about yours being the beautiful magnolia. And this jasmine is incredibly beautiful. What a great photo Albert.
Jasmine always reminds me of the Isley Brothers song..
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
Summer breeze makes me feel fine
Blowing through the jasmine in my mind
I have never heard that song before, so I looked for it at YT. Now I reply to your comment while listening to it.
The rose become special because many countries call it as their national flower. As far as I know, besides my country, other countries that also mention jasmine as their national interest are Syria.
White magnolia is special in my country because it’s considered… you know… not even many people dare to plant it here…
I love the aroma of jasmine. I did not know he was the national flower of your country. In Bulgaria the national flower is the rose. There is a rose valley and lots of rose oil and other cosmetic products are produced.
I just found out that roses are Bulgarian National Flowers as well as the US, UK, and others.
I’m not sure Italy has a national flower. I found the lily, symbol of aristocracy and of Florence, the city where our language and most of our culture (arts and literature) comes from.
The strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo, not the plant that makes strawberries) is thought to be another plant for this country because of its colors (green leaves, white flowers and red fruit). I think the lily is most likely to be the one.
Chrysanthemum is the flower of the dead, while the flowers of the orange fruit are commonly used for weddings.
I have just tried to find an Italian national flower but did not find it. Thanks for your explanations about some of the special flowers from your country. My country actually has two National Flowers, the Moon Orchid besides Jasmine and one other flower called National Rare Flower, namely Rafflesia arnoldii.
Rafflesia arnoldii… wow, that’s impressive! Never heard of this plant before.
And I read it doesn’t smell as nicely as most flowers do. ?
It was a giant flower that smelled like a carcass…
The language of flowers is interesting. We use them to say get better. We use them to say I am sorry. We use them to say sorry for your loss.
Sometimes I do wonder about that.
Yes, The language of flowers is a very beautiful symbolic language that is used more than its shape, color, and aroma…
Jasmine flowers’ smell is my favorite aroma.
Melati does have a special aroma, and you definitely have a reason to choose it as your favorite.
Upzz… Typo… Melati is Jasmine in my language…
Different flowers are used in other countries for this purpose. We use chrysanthemums.
But Jasmine’s flower has an unforgettable smell. It’s used in the cosmetics industry.
Indeed. Jasmine is also found in teas and herbal teas. ?
Do you like jasmine tea, Sabrina?
Yes, jasmine green tea is among my favorites! ?
If it’s not coffee, jasmine tea is my friend in the morning and evening.
Do you mean chrysanthemum is a flower commonly used as a bouquet of flowers to be placed on a tomb?
Yes, Jasmine is used for many things because of its special fragrance.
In our country, there is a special place of carnation, but I would not say that it is national flowers
Carnation is a beautiful flower, and who knows it is your country’s national flower…
I would not really know, dear friend … it is in a lot of pictures where they represent Slovenia … I know it is for a linden leaf
I have also been trying to find Slovenia’s national flower with Google search but didn’t find it.
I guess it really is not …. judging by the advertising material for Slovenia, I often see the linden leaf
I don’t know the national flower of the US, but it better not be olives…
Do you have special revenge for the olives?
an olive branch is the symbol of peace in the west
Then, why do you hope it’s not olive if it’s good?
the US is at war more often than not. they’ve been at war for the past two decades. sometimes they fight two wars at the same time. the US military budget is larger than Russia’s and China’s combined
nobody can pretend the US is a peace loving nation, so they’d better not have olives as a national flower or tree
So if olive is a national flower then it will be an anomaly or falsehood…
exactly. this nation has strayed far from the principles it was founded upon, all for the love of a fast buck
…and the people cannot do anything…
the populace can always do something, but in this instance they have allowed it to happen
the constitution doesn’t make any provisions for a two party system. I don’t know of any other democracy with only two parties…
You’re lucky this time, it’s the unoriginal uninspired rose.
What do you mean by unoriginal rose? Is it other than white and red?
I meant choosing the rose as national flower was unoriginal and uninspired, because it’s very common and popular all over the world. I apologize, now I realize it may have sounded like it was a specific kind of rose. ?
I do not know whether the countries that chose rose intended to determine a certain type, but generally, it was not mentioned, like my country called Moon Orchid as one of the National Flower for example.