Results for "legend"
15 pages found.
Decoration
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
A legendary tiered garden from ancient Mesopotamia, famed in classical texts
🇮🇶 Iraq and 1 more · Garden style
Decoration
Varamalaवरमाला
A flower garland exchanged by bride and groom in Hindu weddings
🇮🇳 India · Garland or wreath
Decoration
Onam
Kerala’s ten-day harvest festival with flower carpets, feasts and boat races
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Custom, Aug to Sep
Shamrockseamróg
Ireland’s three-leaf clover symbol, worn on St. Patrick’s Day
🇮🇪 Ireland · Wildflower
Decoration
Saint George's Day in CataloniaDiada de Sant Jordi
Catalonia’s day of exchanging books and red roses on April 23
🇪🇸 Spain and 2 more · Custom, April
Decoration
Fern flower
A mythical flower from Baltic and Slavic midsummer traditions
🇪🇪 Estonia and 7 more · Custom, Jun to Jul
Decoration
Tanabataたなばた / 七夕
Japan’s festival of wishes, bamboo, and colorful paper decorations
🇯🇵 Japan · Custom, Jul to Aug
Decoration
Nageirebana抛入花
A free-form ikebana style using tall vases and no flower holders
Arrangement
Lycoris
Bulb flowers of Asia, known for their bright blooms and leafless stems
🇨🇳 China and 6 more · Wildflower
ReinwardtiaReinwardtia indica
A yellow-flowered plant of the Himalayas used for dye and in folk tales
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Wildflower
PasqueflowerPulsatilla vulgaris
A spring-flowering perennial with silky purple blooms and feathery seed heads
🇨🇳 China · Wildflower
Early Purple OrchidOrchis mascula
A wild orchid with purple flowers found across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East
🇮🇪 Ireland and 6 more · Wildflower
Poet's daffodilNarcissus poeticus
A fragrant white daffodil linked to ancient Greek myth and poetry
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 more · Wildflower
HaberleaHaberlea rhodopensis
A rare Balkan flower that revives after years without water
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 1 more · Wildflower
Nyctanthes arbor-tristisपारिजात
A fragrant night-flowering shrub with white and orange blossoms
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Nageirebana: GustavoReinoso7777, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Varamala: Sumita Roy Dutta, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pasqueflower: Per A.J. Andersson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Early Purple Orchid: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Poet's daffodil: Arnaucc, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Haberlea: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shamrock: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lycoris: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Saint George's Day in Catalonia: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Fern flower: Antoni Piotrowski, Public domain, source
- Reinwardtia: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nyctanthes arbor-tristis: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tanabata: Laika ac, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hanging Gardens of Babylon: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source