Flowers of Africa
Proteas and fynbos, desert daisies, flame trees, roses of the Rift Valley and the Atlas. 126 pages on Phool so far.
🇿🇦 South Africa 99🇲🇦 Morocco 26🇪🇬 Egypt 24🇬🇦 Gabon 22🇩🇿 Algeria 18🇲🇬 Madagascar 16🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 14🇸🇿 Eswatini 13🇪🇹 Ethiopia 12🇹🇳 Tunisia 12🇱🇸 Lesotho 11🇦🇴 Angola 10🇲🇿 Mozambique 10🇧🇼 Botswana 9🇬🇳 Guinea 9🇰🇪 Kenya 9🇳🇦 Namibia 9🇲🇼 Malawi 8🇲🇺 Mauritius 7🇹🇿 Tanzania 7🇬🇭 Ghana 4🇸🇩 Sudan 4🇿🇲 Zambia 4🇨🇲 Cameroon 3🇳🇬 Nigeria 3🇸🇳 Senegal 3🇸🇴 Somalia 3🇺🇬 Uganda 3🇪🇷 Eritrea 2🇱🇾 Libya 2🇸🇨 Seychelles 2🇨🇻 Cape Verde 1🇰🇲 Comoros 1🇲🇷 Mauritania 1🇷🇼 Rwanda 1🇸🇸 South Sudan 1
Decoration
Palmette
A fan-shaped floral motif from ancient Egypt and Greece, used in art and architecture
🇪🇬 Egypt and 2 more · Art or design
Decoration
History of flower arrangement
How arranging flowers became an art across cultures and centuries
🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 more · Arrangement
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Floral design
The art of arranging flowers and plant materials into decorative displays
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Arrangement
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Palm branch
A symbol of victory, peace, and eternal life made from palm leaves
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Offering or rite
Decoration
Orange flower water
A fragrant distillate from bitter-orange blossoms used in food, drink, and tradition
🇩🇿 Algeria and 7 more · Flower craft
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Superbloom
A rare mass flowering of desert wildflowers after heavy seasonal rain
🇿🇦 South Africa · Parade or display
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Palmette: Lameiro, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- History of flower arrangement: Otto Scholderer, Public domain, source
- Floral design: Jmaxx37, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Palm branch: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Orange flower water: Amadalvarez, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Superbloom: Bob Wick, BLM, Public domain, source