Philippine Flowers and Their Meaning

By LeiraOlecra

Acacia (pink) – Platonic friendship
Acacia (yellow) – Secret love
Amarillo (amaryllis) – Pride
Azucena (Tuberose) – You are so lovely
Begonia – We are being watched
Cadena de Amor (pink) – My heart is yours
Cadena de Amor (white) – My love is pure
Calachuchi – Nobility
Camia (Butterfly Lily) – Gay of heart and light of head
Campanilla (Bellflower) – I wish to speak with you; Loyalty
Carnation – Ardent love; encouragement
Chrysanthemum (yellow) – Coolness; dejection
Chrysanthemum (white) – Honesty; Truth
Chrysanthemum (bronze) – Amity
Cypress – Despair; mourning
Dahlia – Forever
Daisy – Delay
Dama de Noche – Wait for Me
Everlasting – Always remembered
Fern – Sincerity
Forget-Me-Not – Fidelity; True love;
Gumamela (Hibiscus) – Delicate beauty
Hyacinth (blue) – Constancy
Hyacinth (white) – Modest loveliness
Ilang-Ilang – Thought of
Iris – My compliments
Jasmine – Amiability
Kamantigue (balsam) – Impatience
Lily (Easter) – Innocence; Purity and sweetness
Lily (yellow) – Falsehood
Lotus – Forgetfulness; Strange love
Magnolia (Malacoco) – Benevolence
Marigold – Jealousy; Cruelty in love
Mimosa – Sensitivity
Morning Glory – Affection
Narcissus – You love yourself well
Night-Blooming-Cereus – Transient beauty
Orchid – Luxury; Flattering
Pansy – Think of me
Passion Flower – Holy love
Petunia – Stay beside me
Rosal (Gardenia) – Sweetness; Refinement
Rose (red) – Love; Admiration
Rose (white) – I love you not; Refusal: I am not worthy of you
Rose (yellow) – Misplaced affection; Jealousy
Rosebud – Confession of Love
Rose (leaf) – You may hope
Rose (thorn) – Rejection of Love
Rosemary – Remember me
Sampaguita – Simplicity of Filipino women
Sunflower – Showiness; Adoration
Verbena – Quick Emotion
Violet (blue) – Faithfulness
Zinia (cosmos) – Thoughts of you