Flowers

[monster]

Or you could always take her a cup of butter.....

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by smurfalicious

The best "flowers" I've received are orchids. I have a passion for them. They are unusual, beautiful, have an extremely wide variety of shapes and colors, and the blooms last for weeks, even months, at a time. While you can find cut orchids at a florist, the blooms will not last as long. The orchids at the box stores are alright, but usually not the healthiest. A nursery, especially one that specializes in orchids, is the best place to find them.

Here's an orchid for you. It's in my Dad's kitchen. It smells beautiful.

[Sundae]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Grant, you're making yourself nuts to do something that won't earn you many more brownie points than other flowers, you know.

Originally Posted by monster

not true. In these days of Hallmark et al doing the thinking for you, a little personal touch is worth so much more than any bog-standard bunch or bouquet.

I'm with Monster here - the most beautiful bouquet I ever received was from a manager I helped in a business sense. Huge dark red antique tea roses. With the smell of every romantic night in June. I got them on Valentines Day, but of course they meant nothing (apart from the flowers themselves) but I got envious glances on the Tube from women whose genuinely caring men had simply ordered bog-standard closed scentless buds.

The best flowers I ever got? A bog standard bouquet of closed scentless buds from a man who disagreed with sending flowers on principle but needed a big gesture. He chose badly, but hey - he had no practice. In fact he was a shit, but it was a symbol and that meant everything.

Originally Posted by monster

Nuts would be an excellent addition to the bouquet, by the way.

Death with leaves?!

Originally Posted by smurfalicious

The best "flowers" I've received are orchids.

Orchids look so dirty. I love them.

Originally Posted by Aliantha

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I rest my case.

[smurfalicious]

Originally Posted by Aliantha
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wOOw! Beauty!

[monster]

*dislikes orchids*

[xoxoxoBruce]

Gobsmacked! Unable to comprehend disliking any flower.... does not compute.

[kerosene]

We are so fortunate to have a massive amount of floral bliss covering ours and our neighbor's yards. Roses. All Colorado wild roses that grow like mad and have been blooming for 2 weeks, now. Only problem is, the bees like them more than we do, and terrify my little step-son.

If anyone feels like sending me flowers, I like hibiscus.

Surely, Grant, one of the internet florists carries more unusual types of flowers. ?? (Perhaps that has been suggested and I haven't noticed.)

edit: Oh yeah, and why did you change your name?

[Cloud]

I think flowers of any sort are a pretty no-fail gift. I prefer flowers that smell nice, though, and hothouse floral arrangements tend not to.

No one sends me any.

[Sundae]

Erm.
Errrrrrrrm.

Did I miss a name change thread?
Or have I confused two different threads?

Grant/ Perry Winkle, Perry Winkle/ Grant?

[Cloud]

oh, yeah, good catch. How many guys have good attitudes toward menstruation? Can't be that many . . .

Of course, I'm seeing "perry winkie" -- and I think "petite/little winkie" -- so maybe the name needs a bit more thought.

[Perry Winkle]

Shhhhhh

I ended up getting flowers at Safeway. Blech. All the flower shops I went to were closed or out of business.

I'll plan ahead better next time.