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JANUARY
- New Year's Day
- Hanging "Sexy Pink' heliconia, magenta curcuma and cascading
dendrobium orchids make jewel-toned floral confetti.
FEBRUARY
- Valentine's Day
- Have a heart -- heart-shaped anthuriums, that it!
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APRIL
- Secretaries Week
- Gingers, mini anthuriums and mini birds bring the tropics to the
office. Or offer a bold expression of thanks with birds of paradise and
pincushion combinations.
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MAY
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- May Day Is Lei Day In Hawaii
- It's May Day with an aloha twist.
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- Mother's Day
- Mom will feel like a lady with classy 'Lady Jane" tulip anthuriums,
"Pearl White' dendrobium orchids and pink ginger.
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- Memorial Day
- Hardy tropicals such as anthuriums, gingers and curcuma pay a long-lasting
tribute. Acorn banksia, subdued colors of anthuriums and gingers pay noble
tribute.
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JUNE
- Father's Day
- King protea for King Dad! Mini class heliconias, rattlesnakes and
birds of paradise bring out the jungle in the man. Reflect his strength
with robust red banana blooms, red ginger and monstera leaf.
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- June Weddings
- The proposal? Honor the blushing bride with 'Blush' anthuriums and
'Blush White' orhids. Add softly colored anthuriums, orchids and protea
to traditional floral decorations.
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JULY
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- Independence Day
- For an Independence Day spark, drop red mini claw heliconias, red
anthuriums and white dendrobiums into a cobalt blue vase. Repeat the ramparts
in floral fireworks like 'Duchess' protea, Heliconia psittacorum and H.
caribaea.
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SEPTEMBER
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- Grandparent's Day
- Say they're simply the grandest with a couple of tall 'Lady Jane'
tulip anthuriums, curled red ti leves and spiraled bear grass in a bud
vase.
OCTOBER
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- Rosh Hashanah
- Start a new year with two white dendrobium sprays looped and tied
to white anthuriums, accented by dracena leaves in a cobalt blue vase.
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- Bosses' Day
- For a satirical (but attractive) statement, embellish Banksia 'Mint
Julep' with Heliconia psittacorum 'Sassy."
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- Halloween
- Create an autumn caldron with a spiral European bouquet of 'Dwarf
Jamaican' heliconia in a black bubble bowl, tufted with raffia.
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NOVEMBER
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- Veteran's Day
- Salute our war heroes with 'Midori' anthuriums and 'Flame Tip' leucadendron
sheltered by a tall monstera leaf umbrella.
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- Thanksgiving
- Home and harvest are symbolized by arcs of oncidiums and hala leaves
framing beehive ginger of Heliconia caribaea 'Cream.'
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DECEMBER
- Chanukah
- White anthuriums and pearl white dendrobium orchids in a blue vase
star as a Chanukah centerpiece.
- Christmas
- Get wrapped up in Christmas red with Heliconia angusta 'Christmas'
and red and green 'Oshiro Obake' anthuriums.
- Kwanzaa
- Originally from Africa, 'Flame Tip' leucadendron and any true protea
carry this African American celebration back to its roots. 'Mini Claw'
heliconia with green ti leaves in a black vase reflect Kwanzaa colors of
red, green and black.
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SPECIAL OCCASIONS
- Weddings
- Use a Hawaii dendrobium lei as a bridal bouquet cascade. The bride
can toss it at the reception.
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- Memorials and Funerals
- Create a long-lasting farewell with a heat-resistant sympathy tribute
arranged with Hawaii foliages, Heliconia psittacorum, gingers and anthuriums.
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- Picnics
- Garnish deli trays with bright yellow oncidium orchids and tulip
anthuriums. Skewer fruit slices onto tulip anthurium stems.
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- Pool Parties
- For an impressive pool float, use a Styrofoam ring wrapped with
ti leaves as a base, then tie in birds of paradise, anthuriums, oncidiums,
ferns and foliages.
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- Graduations
- 'Rocket' pincushions, 'Starlight' anthuriums, 'Flame Tip' leucadendrons
and 'Firebird' heliconias can launch any graduate into a new world of adventure.
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- Summer Vacation
- Can't make it to Disneyland? Take a heart with some 'Mickey Mouse'
anthuriums -- they'll last as long as any two-week vacation.
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- Autumn
- Autumn colors bloom in banksia and birds of paradise, while burgundy
'Safari Sunset' leucadendron add the grand finale of fall color.
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