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The importance of the Christmas flower poinsettia can't be any more stressed than the fact that it was a gift to Jesus which miraculously turned into a beautiful and gorgeous red flower and since then has been an important flower meant for the purpose of home decoration and for floral centerpieces for the occasion of Christmas. Christmasonnet.com attempts to give an interesting account about Christmas flower poinsettia to make your Christmas decoration a more colorful affair.
The poinsettia also known as Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd, also belongs to the breed of Euphorbiaceae and the genus of Euphorbia consists of some 700 to 1,000 species. A single |
female flower recognizes this breed of flower and it doesn't usually have petals and sepals and is mostly surrounded by individual male flowers all of which are enclosed in a cup shaped structure also known as cyathium. Popularly the red, pink, white, or bicolored portion of the plant is referred as the flower and this flower consists of leaves, which are modified. This plant is a native plant of Mexico traces its origins in the region presently known as Taxco.
The Aztecs of central Mexico cultivated the plant prior to the arrival of Europeans, and the Aztecs called it Cuetlaxochitl. Joel Roberts Poinsett in the United States first introduced this plant in 1825 and since then this plant has been recognized in US as a vital decorative flower for the occasion of Christmas flower centerpieces and Christmas flower bouquets and flower gifts during Christmas. A Mexican story explains the fact behind poinsettias coming to be considered an important flower for Christmas decoration.
A child during the birth of Christ on Christmas Eve couldn't afford any gift for the little god and thus picked up some weeds from the roadside as she was told that any humble gift given with love to god would be accepted. When she brought them into the church to give them to Christ they turned into wonderful red and green flowers and the conglomeration of people felt that they had witnessed a miracle on the Eve of Christmas. Since then poinsettias have been considered as an important flower for the purposes of Christmas decoration for homes and churches etc.
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