What flowers are good to grow for Buddhist believers? Three plants loved by Buddhists
Friends who believe in Buddhism must not miss these three kinds of flowers with Buddhist nature, because growing them shows that you have a connection with Buddha.
Siam tulip (Curcuma alismatifolia)
As a subtropical plant, the cut flowers of Siam tulip are commonly used in temples as offerings to Buddha. It is a purely perennial plant and also a heat-tolerant plant. Before the buds open, its shape resembles a milk jug, with a triangular main body attached to many long and short root fibers, and small eggs hang all over the root fibers. After blooming, it takes on a kaleidoscope-like form, and the pouch of each flower tube can hold water. In gardens, poison dart frogs lay eggs here to hatch tadpoles, and special small bees, small insects and others also go inside to pollinate. The growing condition is that it absolutely must not have waterlogging, and it needs full sun. After blooming, around November, it goes dormant. At this time it needs to be placed indoors, because outdoors at around zero degrees it easily rots.
Lotus
The lotus is the familiar lotus flower. Buddha Shakyamuni and Guanyin Bodhisattva both loved the lotus very much, and both sit on lotus thrones. After blooming, the flowers have many petals, with colors including red, pink, white, purple and so on, and the edges may have colored patterns or borders. The flowering period is from June to September. It is a light-loving plant, and daily care requires 6-8 hours of direct sunlight every day. The temperature condition is 25-30 degrees Celsius. In summer, water 1 to 2 times; in spring and autumn, water once every 7 to 10 days; in winter, generally water once every 2 to 3 days.
Musella lasiocarpa (also known as the golden lotus banana)
Legend has it that when Buddha was born, lotuses appeared with every step, and each step he took produced a golden lotus. It is Musella lasiocarpa, also known as golden lotus banana, and it is also one of the Five Trees and Six Flowers of Buddhism, which shows its high status. At the same time, in Dai literature, Musella lasiocarpa is the embodiment of rewarding good and punishing evil. It carries the meaning of nobility, sacredness, and simple elegance. During the flowering season, the flower shape resembles great golden inflorescences, like golden lotuses surging up from the ground, hence the name. It mostly blooms in winter and spring, and the flowering period lasts more than 250 days, so it has the fine reputation of "blooming for a hundred days without the flowers fading." When it blooms, it is also very distinctive: the flowers open among the petals, surrounded by bracts, and each round of small flowers opens in sequence as each round of bracts unfolds, giving it high ornamental value. In addition, the stem juice of Musella lasiocarpa can be used to counter alcohol and treat monkshood poisoning, its pseudostem can be used as pig feed, and the flowers can also be used as medicine, with an astringent and hemostatic effect.