While the capital of Columbia may be Bogotá, it is the city of Medellin that hosts the most important social event of the year, The Festival of Flowers. One of the most eagerly awaited flower festivals, the highlight for many festival growers, is the parade of silletas. These small wooden, chair-like frames were originally used to carry infants and small children, but now local farmers and artisans fill the silletas with hundreds of colorful native blooms. These large, colorful arrangements are normally filled with hundreds of chrysanthemums, roses, bright cheerful sunflowers, and large round agapanthuses. Orchids are always popular not only in the colorful arrangements but also as the national flower. Columbian naturalist Jose Jeronimo Triana chose the Cattleya orchid as the national flower, describing its striking bloom as the “most beautiful” in the world. Other common and popular flowers among the Colombian people include tall gladiola spikes, lilies , and pinocchios. Gladiolas and chrysanthemums can also be found gaily decorating the headstones in many of the country’s cemeteries. Like most other countries, Valentine’s Day is an important holiday for Columbia’s lovers, and roses are still the most popular choice on this romantic holiday.
Elope With Me Roses |
Good Taste Roses , button poms and carnations |
Submission 24 Roses |
Humility Roses and carnations |
Delightful Memories Carnations, lilies and larkspur |
Modern Gerbera , lilies and daisies |
Beginning Of Friendship Roses , orchids and gypsophila |
Solitude Orchids , lilies , carnations |
Strength 9 Roses and carnations |
Deserve 3 Lilies , roses and carnations |
Love At First Sight Lilies, gerberas and roses |
Long Lasting Impression Lilies , orchids , gerberas and roses |
Austerity Roses and gladiolus |
Character Roses, gypsophila |
Confiding Love 3 tulips , 3 pink , 3 daisies , orchids |
Let's Take a Chance Carnations , button poms and statice |
Young Lilies and roses |
Love Me More Lilies, gerberas , carnations and lavenders |
Shelter Roses and carnations |
Excellence 6 Roses |
Quick Sighted 24 Roses |
Soft 24 Roses and lilac |
Hospitality Roses, lilies , roses and gypsophila |
Peace 12 Roses and gypsophila |
Fascination Lilies , roses, gerneras , carnatons and orchids |
Pleasure Orchids , roses, gerberas , carnations and lilies |
I Can't Live Without You 3 lilies , carnations , roses, daisies and orchids |
Faithful 12 Roses, lilies , viburnum , daisies , carnations and statice |
Marvellous Roses |
Dazzling Roses |
Love For Nature 16 Roses and gypsophila |
Capricious Beauty Roses and gypsophila |
Enticement Roses, carnations and orchids |
Deception Lilies , roses and gypsophila |
Sweet Humility Roses, gerberas , chrysanthemum and orchids |
Unreciprocated Love Lilies, carnations, roses, gypsophila |
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