#victorian flower language

[phantomtomes]

🍂 I am utterly in love with this book and learning about Victorian flower language. 🍂

[aroacearchangel]

furiously googling “flowers with no romance meaning” because a. I love flower language and b. I love being aro and found exactly what I was looking for!!

image description under the cut

[id: A screenshot of a flower website stating: “Alstroemeria. Also called Peruvian lily, alstroemeria symbolizes the strong bond between two people that transcends romantic love. Send this elegant flower to a special friend to celebrate the strength and devotion of your friendship. Alstroemerias are tuberous perennials native to the cold, mountainous regions of South America. They are popular as cut flowers and also in the garden. Their delicate flowers come in many colors, and they bloom every summer and fall.” Above the text is a circular photo of the aforementioned orange and yellow flowers. Half of the petals on the flowers are speckled with dark brown lines. The flowers’ dark green leaves are long and thin.]

[wolfsbane-and-nettles]

More lore for 'Chosen Horizons' as written in Ori's journal. This time it is about the language of flowers and how hobbits use it. I plan on going into more detail about the language and how it is used in this AU, even if it isn't in the story exactly...

My sources are primarily from

'Floriography' by Jessica Roux

'The Complete Language of Flowers' By S. Theresa Dietz

and many online sources that I constantly forget to save or bookmark.

Feel free to use this as references for your own fics, if you'd like...just keep in mind that despite my best attempt at sticking to the authentic language of flowers...I am but an American Millennial, and not a Victorian who actually practices this... I use it as I see fit and make some changes where I feel is necessary for the plot.

For example, I don't know if there are legitimately flowers associated with each day of the week, but I chose to use the "Monday's Child" poem as a baseline for it...As well as the secret messages bit. I do plan on adding more, like I said...so stay tuned. I'm planning on making a simple dictionary of all the flowers and their meanings that I have used/plan on using/think Bilbo/hobbits would use, etc...And as always, feel free to use it yourself.

[floracreativa]

Chasing Butterflies - Sarah Stilwell Weber

1914

Oil on board. Stilwell Weber was a founding member of a female art association group made to promote and exhibit visual art, The Plastic Club. This painting is a perfect example of victorian art and the Victorian language of flowers. In victorian times, Pansies and violets meant "thinking of you," and some lesbians gifted violets to their lovers, although there is no evidence Stilwell Weber was a lesbian or had any association to lesbians. One of the most well known flowers and its meanings are the red roses, symbolizing love and infatuation. Stilwell Weber utilized elements from Art Nouveau including symbolism, naturalism, and decorative ornamentation. Like many art nouveau artists, her art was often published in magazines and illustrated books.

[bamfwizard]

heyyy!!!!!! so today I told my therapist that

[eccentric-stingray]

I beg your finest pardon? Is it just me or is his tie green? And are those or are those not flowers on his tie?? So green flowers?? Are any of them carnations, just by chance? Is this subtle foreshadowing or…?

[pigeon-tracks]

Flower Portraits

[alfieloveswriting]

Floriography: Resources for Writers

For centuries, flowers, herbs, and other plants have been used to convey meaning, both in life and in literature. Many of the greats, including Shakespeare, Austen, the Brontë sisters, and Steinbeck referred to floral symbolism to delicately weave into their intricate works. Flowers influenced art for generations before us, and with luck, they will continue to inspire artists for generations after us--long after we've become them.

Victorian Floral Code.pdf

Floriography: An Illustrated Guide to the Victorian Flower Language by Jessica Roux

Language of Flowers Wiki

Hanakotoba - Japanese Flower Language Wiki

Ikebana - Japanese Flower Arrangement Wiki

Kate Greenaway's Language of Flowers

Floral Emblem Guide

Plant Motifs In English, Russian, and Tatar (pdf)

Flower Language Myths

Language of Flowers.com

[wherewisteriaends]

Those are some of the flowers I could identify on Agatha's grave Dandelion - It can mean divination and fortune-telling. Chicory - It stands for perseverance and endless waiting. Statice - Remembrance or fond or memories. Echeveria Cante - Due to its plant condition, it can be seen as a source of water.

Lisanthius - Life-long bonds and gratitude. In purple, dignity.

Allium - Humility and patience among others. Spiked Speewell - Healing and protection and support. Lavender - Mistrust and distrust (I might have confounded it with spiked speewell the shot isn't very clear). White chrysanthemum - Condolences. In white, truth. White Dahlia - Eternal love and commitment. White for rebirth. Asparagus - A reflexion of a life's journey and growth. Deptford Pink - Passion and beauty. Soprano Purple - Innocence and purity. African Daisy - It carries messages of love and care. And @h-azzy I did this while listening to the bolero. Now all of you can go cry given the symbolic.

[bubblezumi]

Au Idea :D

FloriographTale:

(Flowers source: https://gutenberg.org/cache/epub/31591/pg31591-images.html)

these are only ideas rn, i'll solidify them at some point >:3 (and draw art + what the bouquet would look like)

Flowey:

Buttercup (Kingcup) — Childishness

Hydrangea — Heartlessness

Asriel:

Daisy — Innocence

Allspice — Compassion

Bulrush — Docility

Birch — Meekness

Toriel:

Aloe — Grief

Moss — Maternal love.

Adonis (Flos) — Painful recollections

Angrec — Royalty

Wood Sorrel — Joy, Maternal tenderness

Napstablook:

Yew — Sorrow

Red Columbine — Anxious and trembling

Humble Plant (touch-me-not) — Despondency

Sans:

Tremella Nestoc — Resistance

Bay Leaf — I change but in death (?)

Ox Eye — Patience

Rudbeckia — Justice

Camomile — Energy in adversity

Papyrus:

Oak Leaves — Bravery

Liverwort — Confidence

Flax — I feel your kindness

White Dittany of Crete — Passion

Coreopsis — Always cheerful

Xeranthemum — Cheerfulness under adversity

Elder — Zealousness

Undyne:

Rudbeckia — Justice

Palm — Victory

Cedar — Strength

Nasturtium — Patriotism

Black Poplar — Courage

Alphys:

Red Columbine — Anxious and trembling

White Dittany of Crete — Passion

Asphodel — My regrets follow you to the grave

Flowering Almond — Hope

Birch — Meekness

Cereus (Creeping) — Modest genius

Mettaton:

Amaryllis — Pride, Splendid beauty

Bay tree — Glory

Ash Tree — Grandeur

Ash-leaved Trumpet Flower — Separation

Liverwort — Confidence

Narcissus — Egotism

Muffet:

Quince — Temptation

Foxglove — Insincerity

King-cups — Desire of Riches

Winter Cherry — Deception

Cabbage — Profit

Flytrap — Deceit

Asgore:

Marigold — Grief

Yew — Sorrow

Peony — Shame

Angrec — Royalty

Birdsfoot Trefoil — Revenge

Pomegranate — Regret, Binding choices

Gaster:

Walnuts — Intellect

Mulberry Tree (White) — Wisdom

White Poplar — Time

Gerson:

American Starwort — Cheerfulness in old age

Theoretical Flowers:

Chara: Aconite (Wolfsbane) — Misanthropy, Walnuts — Intellect Frisk: Flax — I feel your kindness, Magnolia (Swamp) — Perseverance (there was no determination)

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Victorian steampunk inspired — asriel and chara in victorian clothes, modern characters in more steampunk styles

Flowers directly related to magic — more magic, more flowers grow

Too much magic, too many flowers can grow and cause breathing problems, hyper awareness and paranoia.

too little and the flowers will take too much energy leading to fatigue and lowered pain resistance.

Flowers can adapt based on people’s lives? eg can be born with daisys (innocence) but later they grow into something else?

Chara and frisk - the humans - don’t have any flowers bc the flowers are caused by magic, however i’m planning for when frisk falls — if they do the pacifist route, they will gain a flower associated with the characters, like at the end of the ruins, when toriel hugs them, she tucks a wood sorrel or moss behind their ears so she’ll be there with them the entire way etc?

maybe the monsters dust like canon but the flowers continue growing where they died? so it would be like a city/town/village/area overgrown by nature by the end of geno? they disappear at a true reset but not at a softer reset like the end of neutral?

maybe a stupid idea, but every time flowey goes somewhere he died and regrows? so he leaves a wilted flower behind for a few mins before it dusts?

Frisk and Chara designs

[toa-greatmind-nothingislittle]

I am not very smart at electronics so it took me a very long time to figure out how to do this, but here is a link to the actual spreadsheet of my floriography chart! I'll tag everyone who asked to be tagged previously below.

@books4evermorr @lark-spurned @greatwillhunting @ares-enjoyer @january-glooms @arbutoideae @lorieninksong @wingedcat13 @melodiesblue @benign-virus @montaguethelorekeeper @incense-and-iron @mimisoft64 @propa--gandhi @kuzka @overly-distressed-mouse @exhausted-snek @bloggedanon @chaotic-child-changed-blogs @jaz-the-bard @definitelynotshouting @splashdragon @hawkheartedlion @nixnereid

[the-portrait-of-dorian-gay]

DOES ANYONE ON THIS DAMNED WEBSITE KNOW FLOWER LANGUAGE??? IM TRYING TO MAKE MY BOYFRIEND A BOUQUET. SOMEONE HELP.

[billowingangel]

A Personal Bouquet

Relationships: Canada/England Prompt Day 6: Flower Language for @hetalia-rarepairweek​

England keeps receiving flowers one day at a conference. 

divider by @animatedglittergraphics-n-more​

[yearofthesnape]

I always wondered why, in SWM, the Marauders are specifically under a beech tree. Turns out, beech trees signify prosperity in Victorian plant lore...

It gives a whole new layer of sadness to the image of Snape, his future literally in his hand in the form of his O.W.L. paper, drifting close to a beech tree only to be attacked 😭

[willowisdeceased]

Upon falling into floriography, I realized something about Harry Potter.

In Victorian flower language, petunias represent anger and resentment. Aunt Petunia resented Lily for leaving to practice magic, and resented Harry because of Lily. Lillies (specifically Calla Lilies) represent innocence and youth, yet they're also associated with death. Lily Potter was described as sweet and innocent, but she died way too young. Just thought this was neat :)

[nightshadeandcircaea]

I really enjoy victorian flower code, so I'm going to slowly teach it to anyone who meets me.

First up: American Starwort

Starwort means Welcome! Welcome could be either a greeting or saying that something is expressly allowed (to do that you would need to pair it with another flower).

(Feel free to ask for specific flowers or meanings with that "chat over tea" button at the top of the blog!)