Frangipani

Alternative names: Burmese gardenia, egg yolk flower, flower language: hope, rebirth, resurrection, flowering period: May to October.

Frangipani is native to Mexico. It is cultivated in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian and other provinces and regions in China. People in Guangdong use it to dry it and make herbal tea, while people in Xishuangbanna use it directly to make dishes. Frangipani is both a Chinese medicinal material and an ornamental tree species. It is often used to decorate courtyards and gardens. Greenery.

Frangipani is the national flower of Laos and the city flower of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong. It is also one of the six flowers among the "Five Trees and Six Flowers" in Buddhist culture, so it is also called "Temple Tree" or "Pagoda Tree" , is enriched with rich Buddhist cultural connotations and is also a symbol of the holy flower.

Care tips:

Frangipani prefers a high temperature, moist and sunny environment, and the optimum growth temperature is 20-26°C. The soil is preferably acidic sandy loam that is deep, fertile, well-permeable, and rich in organic matter. Frangipani is drought-tolerant, avoids waterlogging, and has good stress resistance. Water it according to the principle of seeing dryness and wetness.

Story:

It is said that an angel who was pregnant with spring broke the law of heaven because she had feelings before reincarnation, so the angel had no choice but to escape and live in the southern country where there are lovers in the world. She betrayed the kingdom of heaven. , which is tantamount to hitting an egg against a stone. Soon, facing the ubiquitous power of God, one day on Tianzhu Rock, she wrapped her beloved love tokens for the last time - a yellow ribbon given by her lover, tightly around her white wings, and then used it to hit the stone. In a fearless posture, the body is pressed against the hard rock wall.

God was also moved by her, so at the place where she died for love, a magical tree grew out of a broken wall on the Tianzhu Rock of Qixing Rock. The flowers bloomed like eggs, with yellow and white flowers. This faithful token of love is the only impression left in the previous life. After reincarnation, it turned into a flower that is still beautiful in this life.

From then on, this magical flower bloomed everywhere in the southern country where she once took refuge, and people called it plumeria. Every time when the flowers bloom, the mountains full of frangipani bloom on the branches, as if angels are waving, for the love in the past and present life, and for the new life of stone broken flowers.