Thursday, May 28, 2015

Seen at Schreiner's Iris Gardens - No. 3

From the Web site The Flower Expert: The word Iris means rainbow. Iris is the flower of the Greek goddess Iris who is the messenger of Love. In the language of flowers Iris symbolizes eloquence.

Since Iris is the Greek goddess for the Messenger of Love, her sacred flower is considered the symbol of communication and messages. Therefore the flower iris in the language of flowers symbolizes eloquence. Based on their color, irises convey varied messages. A purple iris is symbolic of wisdom and compliments. A blue iris symbolizes faith and hope. A yellow iris symbolizes passion while white iris symbolizes purity. A gift of iris can be used to convey many emotions.

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Happiest iris I saw!

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Two

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Three

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Five

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Seven

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Nine

3 comments:

William Kendall said...

Beautiful colours, and you do macro shots so well.

Randy said...

I love number three.

VP said...

Gorgeous images!