What is the latest meaning of the canna lily flower language?
Canna is also called red canna, small-flowered canna, and small banana. The flower language of canna is “a solid future.” According to Buddhist belief, canna was transformed from the blood that flowed from the Buddha's toe. It is a large flower; blooming in the sunlight and scorching heat, canna makes people feel its strong will to exist.
The flower language of canna
The flower language of canna: a solid future.
It is said that long ago, on a night with a bright moon and clear breeze, several fairies in the heavenly court who could not bear loneliness sneaked out of the palace and peered down at the mortal world. When their eyes turned to the Changtan realm, they could not help exclaiming in unison: What beautiful mountains and waters! They forgot the heavenly rules, felt earthly desires, and decided to go down to the human world to play for a while.
The fairies lowered their cloud heads and landed right by the Changtan River. Each broke off a branch and shook it into an oar; each picked a leaf and breathed on it to make a boat. Leisurely and carefree, they rowed and played, singing and laughing, which made the aquatic creatures in the pool float up to watch, envying them greatly. After midnight, they abandoned their boats and went ashore. Following the mountain path, they entered a narrow strip of sky, where they saw a flying waterfall pouring straight down and water as clear as a mirror, so beautiful beyond description. The fairies could not help themselves, took off their outer garments, and one by one jumped into the pool, chasing and splashing. As mountain birds chirped, day had already broken, and the fairies could no longer return to the heavenly court, so they turned into graceful cannas, as if forever smiling to welcome visitors from all directions.
Varieties of canna
1. Red-flowered canna: flowers red, solitary. Bracts ovate, green, about 1.2 cm long. Sepals 3, lanceolate, about 1 cm long, green and sometimes tinged red. Corolla tube less than 1 cm long; corolla lobes lanceolate, 3-3.5 cm long, green or red. Outer staminodes 3-2, bright red. This species has smaller flowers and is mainly grown for its leaves.
2. Yellow-flowered canna: corolla and staminodes apricot yellow, different from the typical species. Inflorescence solitary and loose, with few flowers; bracts very few; flowers large and soft, recurved downward, lower part tubular, pale yellow, lip rounded.
3. Bicolor mandarin duck canna: introduced from South America, it is a rare and precious treasure among canna species. It is named for blooming on the same flower stem two colors, bright red and five-star bright yellow, competing in splendor. Even more ornamental is that the petals are half red and half yellow, with different shading on the same plant. Even more remarkable is that the red petals are dotted with bright yellow star specks, and the five-star yellow petals are adorned with bright red spots. Bicolor mandarin duck canna is short in stature, with densely growing leaf nodes and large, deep green leaves; it can bud and bloom when it has four leaves. It is an excellent potted plant and is also suitable for urban areas, tourist attractions, residential areas, parks, and roadside greening.