And while the rose, poppy, and peace lily are all three historically significant flowers, there is no bloom with as deep a ...
Blue lotus flower, or Nymphea caerulea, is an Egyptian water lily. Sometimes called blue Egyptian lotus, historians speculate ...
“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...
Dating back to ancient Chinese civilizations and remaining culturally relevant today, the lotus is a flower with a rich backstory. As it opens with the sun and closes at nightfall, this flower is ...