Did You Know…

September 8, 2008 at 7:02 pm | In Floral Trivia | Leave a Comment
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Did you know…

There are over 270,000 species of flowers that have been documented and are living in the 21st Century.

The first plant fossils found were woody magnolia

Paleobotanists have more recently uncovered tiny herb-like flower fossils dating back 120 million years.

The Emperor of China owned over 600 books about Roses

Empress Josephine of France collected 2,562 different roses

There are nearly 25,000 varieties of Orchids

Tulip Bulbs were traded like stock!

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