Recommended Flowers for the Office and a Detailed Guide to Taboos

Nowadays many offices keep some flowers and plants, which can green the office environment and decorate the office. So which flowers are suitable for keeping in the office? What taboos are there for office flowers? Let's take a look.

I. Healthy Flowers for the Office

1. Spider plant, African daisy, and flowerless ornamental birch: they mainly absorb formaldehyde, can also break down the benzene emitted by copiers and printers, and can take in nicotine.

2. Holly fern, ivy, and sago palm: they can break down 3 kinds of harmful substances, namely formaldehyde found in carpets, insulation materials, and plywood; xylene, which hides in wallpaper and printing ink solvents and is harmful to the kidneys; and toluene, which lurks in dyes and detergents.

3. Anthurium: it can absorb xylene, toluene, and ammonia found in chemical fibers, solvents, and paint.

4. Dragon tree (Brazilian iron types), daisy, and lucky bamboo: they can remove trichloroethylene from copiers and laser printers and from detergents and adhesives.

5. Chrysanthemum: it has the ability to absorb hydrogen fluoride.

6. Lilac, jasmine, orchid tree, and rose: they have the effect of killing germs.

7. Lucky bamboo, money tree, sago palm, and golden ficus: through photosynthesis, plants can absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, making the air in a closed office fresh.

II. Taboos for Office Flowers

1. Avoid strong scents: some flowers and plants have too strong a fragrance, such as night-blooming jasmine, tulip, and lantana. The fragrance of the flowers can make people uncomfortable and even cause adverse reactions.

2. Avoid allergies: some flowers, such as Chinese rose, yudingxiang, lantana, hydrangea, geranium, and redbud, can cause allergic reactions in people. If you touch or stroke them, they often cause skin allergies and even red rashes.

3. Avoid toxicity: some ornamental flowers and plants are toxic and should be placed with care, such as mimosa, poinsettia, oleander, yellow azalea, and zhuangyuanhong.

III. Other Points to Note

1. If there happens to be a restroom in front of or near your seat, you can place some broad-leaf plants between your seat and the restroom to absorb its foul energy, and they can also block unfavorable magnetic fields and restrain and transform external sha energy.

2. One very important point: never place artificial flowers in the office, because artificial flowers symbolize death and decline!

3. If you feel you are running into petty people at work, it is recommended to place or hang 3 red fresh flowers or a potted cactus or cactus ball on the left side of the desk, that is, the Azure Dragon position.

4. Indoors, broad-leaf plants should predominate, because their large leaves can block sha energy and can also absorb the energy of heaven and earth, while small-leaf or trailing linear plants are basically yin in nature and will draw away people's energy, so it is best not to place them.