Popular beliefs
Contrary to popular belief, calla lilies symbolize not only death, but also purity, holiness, sincere faith, and the beginning of a new life.
The flower is able to protect the house from the effects of negative energy, expel evil spirits, and improve the well-being of its owners.
Nowadays, more and more people are beginning to associate calligraphy with well-being and tranquility .
Why is calla the flower of death?
The superstition that calla lilies are a flower that foretells death arose due to the tradition in European countries of bringing white flowers to funerals. Very often calla lilies are placed on the graves of the dead. This has become the reason why people rarely plant calla lilies at home, for fear of inviting death.
In fact, there are no other reasons to associate calla lilies with negative fatal events. On the contrary, the flower has positive energy and attracts only good things to your home .
However, it is still not customary to give calla lilies as a gift to women and men in old age: this can be perceived as a hint of an imminent death.
Bride's wedding bouquet
Calla lilies are gradually gaining popularity.
Recently there has been a fashion to create wedding bouquets for the bride from these flowers. This is facilitated by the personification of new life by calla lilies. There is a growing belief among people that calla lilies will bring newlyweds a happy, harmonious family life filled with love and respect. In addition, calla lilies go perfectly with the bride's white dress.
A wedding bouquet serves not only as a beautiful decoration, but also as a talisman. In order for calla lilies to protect the bride and groom from the evil eye or damage at a special event, the bouquet should always be next to the bride. If, according to tradition, the bride is going to throw a bouquet to her friends, it is better to use a pre-prepared copy of the real bouquet.
Other signs associated with a house plant in a pot
- One of the features of calla lilies is to predict the weather. If the flowers seem to shrink around the yellow center, there will be drought. Blooming widely means heavy rainfall.
- It is believed that calla lilies can attract love to the home of their lonely owners. If you put a pot with a plant in the room, then meeting a person destined for fate will not take long.
- A pot of calla lilies given to a lonely friend will help her find happiness in her personal life.
- If there is a quarrel between family members in the house, calla lilies will help relieve the consequences of the conflict, smooth out tension in relationships, and restore mutual understanding.
- Calliper is considered a good housewarming gift. The flower will help you quickly settle into a new place, create an atmosphere of comfort, harmony, peace and tranquility.
- Creative people who have lost inspiration are advised to place a pot of calla lilies in their home. The plant will give you confidence in your abilities, will have a positive impact on the discovery of talents and opportunities, and will contribute to the search for new ideas.
It is believed that the energy of calla lilies is so closely intertwined with the emotional background of the family that the flower can become an indicator of the mental state of each household member.
- The plant, for no apparent reason, begins to fade slightly - the person who is most often near the callas experiences a state of apathy, depression, and causeless anxiety.
- If, with good care, the calla lily gets sick, this is a signal of an impending illness in one of the family members.
- Pests found on the plant mean that the owners of the flower have ill-wishers who want to do harm and spread gossip.
- A healthy flower speaks of a favorable environment in the family, mutual understanding and support, and a good mood for everyone living in the house.
Signs and superstitions about calla lilies
Some flowers are so integrated into the emotional background of the family in which they live that they are able to predict the imminent approach of death.
If a flower grew in your home from the very beginning, then over time it will become a kind of soul of the family, which will be able to show problems with the emotional state of each member. Calla lilies become an interesting vital indicator.
Previously, people were very afraid of calla lily, although they knew about its origin, but now everything is changing. Most people began to consider callas not a flower of death, but a flower of prosperity and peace, and rightly so.
- Callas prevent quarrels between spouses and other family members.
- Whitewing, grown in a pot all its life, can add a boost of energy in the morning and calm a shaken nervous system.
- Attracts love into the home.
- Even the image of a calla lily protects the house from gossip, deception and the evil eye.
The whitewing cannot bring death into the house, this incredible flower helps the people who take care of it.
Why does it bloom?
Blooming callas are a sign of well-being, health, prosperity, physical and mental comfort of their owners.
- If the whitefly has not bloomed for a long time and finally pleases with flowers, this means the onset of a white streak, quarrels and disagreements will remain in the past, troubles and misfortunes will bypass the house.
- For its owners who are in a relationship with a loved one, but have not entered into an official marriage, the blooming of calla lilies foreshadows an imminent wedding.
- To a sick person, a flowering plant brings the news of recovery.
Florists' opinion
According to florists, calla lilies are a non-capricious plant that is easy to grow both in open ground and in a pot on the windowsill. In the Russian climate, two types are popular: Ethiopian calla lilies and Richardia. At home, with proper care, an exotic plant will decorate both the garden plot and the room inside. Experts advise planting calla lilies in wooden flowerpots or coconut flowerpots; they will fit perfectly into any interior. The main condition for flowering is placing the flower in a place with good lighting.
Recently, calla lilies are often used to create unusual compositions, or simply cut and placed in vases.
Some tips for caring for cut flowers:
- To prolong the life of the plant, you should not use bleach, as this will cause rotting of the stem;
- You should not place the bouquet in a sunny and warm place; the durability of calla lilies depends on the temperature.
Calla affects a person’s general condition, protects against despondency, and helps cope with stress and depression.
The bride's bouquet
Recently, wedding bouquets made from exotic calla lilies have gained popularity. They are considered very sexy and masculine. At wedding ceremonies, bridal bouquets made from white shades are in demand, which is why in our area it is called whitewing.
Important! If you used only calla lilies when making a bouquet, it is worth considering that they have a pungent odor.
Many are scared that such a bouquet resembles a funeral bouquet, but there is no need to despair, flowers symbolize the beginning. Giving such a bouquet to a new family means wishing them a long life together, joy, and happiness. Also, an exotic bouquet will be a wonderful gift for an insecure girl who is constantly unlucky in love. It is believed that this will bring her a long-awaited meeting with her loved one.
A wedding bouquet can radically change the image of the bride. This bouquet will not suit brides in a full dress. But tall girls in strict, tight-fitting dresses, taking such a bouquet, will feel like real queens.
To create a bouquet, you can use not only white callas, but also purple and pearl ones. A wedding bouquet with burgundy and red flowers looks impressive.
Callas are one of those plants around which there are many legends and superstitions. Some consider it a family talisman, others a harbinger of death.
Is it possible to keep calligraphy in an apartment?
Despite the most famous sign associated with death, and people’s fears about this, calla lilies can increasingly be found as a house plant.
The benefits of indoor flowers for the home
- The flower acts as a talisman against negativity, evil intentions, the evil eye and damage aimed at the owners of the house and their family members.
- It is useful to keep calla lilies in the house for people who have problems with the heart, blood vessels, and respiratory organs. The plant takes away diseases, returning vital energy, strength and health to the owners.
- A pot of calla lilies placed at home eliminates quarrels and misunderstandings from the home, puts household members in a peaceful mood, prevents conflicts from developing, energizes the home, and calms the nervous system.
- Whitewing helps to attract love, stability, and prosperity into the home, discourages uninvited visitors with bad intentions, prevents the spread of gossip and protects its owners from deception and fraud.
- For business people, calla lilies ensure successful transactions, profitable contracts, set up partners for peaceful negotiations, and calm resolution of emerging problems.
How can it be dangerous?
Calla lilies in the house can be dangerous for particularly superstitious and impressionable people . Belief in omens about death will develop in them anxiety, restlessness, nervousness, and will negatively affect the entire nervous system. Therefore, if the opinion that the calligraphy brings death is too strong in the mind, it is better to refrain from growing this flower in the house.
Callas in a wedding bouquet
Oddly enough, the fashion for creating wedding bouquets from calla lilies came not so long ago. Before this, people gave great priority to signs and superstitions and did not allow their daughters to go to the altar with such a bouquet.
There is another indisputable fact that can scare the bride. Calla lilies at a funeral symbolize not the end, but the beginning, namely the beginning of a new, albeit afterlife. At weddings, a bouquet of calla lilies also symbolizes the beginning.
A terrible comparison, isn't it? But don’t be afraid, a wedding bouquet of calla lilies will help both the bride and the groom start a new, peaceful and love-filled life.
This bouquet fits perfectly with the bride’s dress, it emphasizes her beauty and gives her confidence in her choice.
Any wedding bouquet is considered a talisman, so during the wedding the bride should not let it out of her hands. And, by the way, if the bride intends to throw a bouquet, then it is advisable to prepare the same one, maybe even an artificial one, so that the real one will always be nearby as a talisman.
Feng Shui meaning
The teaching of Feng Shui considers calla lilies to be flowers of peace, tranquility, well-being, inspiration, and energy. Whitewing in the house reduces conflicts, disagreements, fills the home with an atmosphere of warmth, goodwill and love of life.
In addition, with a bouquet of calla lilies of a certain color, you can express your feelings for a woman without words:
- Yellow callas symbolize majestic beauty. To give such flowers to your beloved means to admire her beauty, elegance, and tenderness.
- Black callas will tell your chosen one about your passion and hot feelings.
Legends of the appearance of a flower
There are two legends about the appearance of this deadly flower.
- One day, the leader of the tribe fell in love with a girl from a neighboring village. Her beauty was special, her skin was snow-white, and she herself was immaculate. The leader decided to take her by force as his wife. No one stood up for the girl, and when the couple walked to the altar, the beauty saw a fire and decided to throw herself into it. The gods decided to have mercy on the bride and turned her into a beautiful calla lily flower.
- A long time ago, the daughter of one of the gods fell madly in love with a man. The girl’s father deprived her of visibility, but the most interesting thing was that the guy felt her presence and fell in love with her. After some time, he gave her a blanket of flowers, after which the father took pity on them and made his daughter visible. Calla lilies grew in the place where the blanket fell.
Since then, the flower has been considered a guarantee of love and mutual understanding in the family, protecting lovers from enemies.
Where is the best place to put it?
If quarrels often break out between family members, it is better to place the butterfly in a pot in the room where the entire household most often gathers. This will help them find a common language, get rid of irritability, and learn to listen to each other.
Calla lilies in the bedroom will help restore tenderness, care and harmony to the relationship of spouses who have lived together for many years.
A plant placed in the room of a sick person will relieve him of illness, charge him with vital energy and restore the strength spent on fighting the disease.
Despite the prejudiced attitude towards calla lilies and the negative meaning attributed to them, these flowers bring only happiness, prosperity and peace to the house . The opinion that whitefly is a harbinger of death has no basis. If the flower portends anything, it is only favorable changes.
Identification
Calla lilies have extraordinary meaning. They are a unique creation of nature and signify admiration, respect, admiration and beauty. These flowers can be used both in classic and formal bouquets.
Many brides want to take the first step into married life with a bouquet of calla lilies in their hands, since they are the ones who personify a happy, strong marriage. This plant plays the role of a talisman of happiness in the house. It is believed that if there are calla lilies in your home, they will protect you from everything bad.
Those who have not yet found their soul mate will also like these flowers, as they connect lonely hearts and attract the eyes of the polar sex to their owner.
What else do calla lilies symbolize?
A bouquet containing calla lilies is truly the highest gift. After all, the petal of this plant looks like a royal mantle wrapped around a golden crown in the center of the inflorescence. In ancient times, it was believed that calla lilies protected the family from quarrels. Another interpretation of these flowers: according to popular belief, they protect girls from the evil eye and gossip.
One of the practical qualities is weather forecast. In preparation for collecting water, the plant opens its wonderful petal to its fullest extent. Before dry, hot weather, the petal curls tightly around the central candle.
Callas: description of flowers with photos
Calla or in other words calla lily is a flower that has a rather unusual appearance. The height of the stem sometimes reaches up to 1.5 m in height. The leaves of the plant are large, fleshy, bright green.
Elongated calla lily flowers crown a round, tubular stem with shiny, waxy leaves.
The flower itself consists of a yellow spadix, which looks like a wax candle and one wide petal, funnel-shaped.
Depending on the variety, callas can be white, black, red, yellow, or blue.
The coloring of calla lilies is varied.
Popular plant species are as follows:
- "Ethiopian calla lily." As a rule, the color of the flowers is white or pale pink. Plant height up to 1 meter. The roots are deep underground. This is the difference between this variety and other species in which the tubers are located on the surface.
- "Remanna." Low flower. The maximum height is 70 m. The petal palette is distinguished by its diversity, ranging from light pink to dark purple. The peculiarity is that they hibernate in winter. The flower completely sheds its petals and leaves; only the bare stem can be observed from the ground.
- "Elliott." The plant is not tall, up to 50 cm. Its highlight is large yellow flowers. This type of calla lily loves the sun very much.
Callas always evoke positive emotions.
Swamp calla lilies are also found in nature. This plant can be found in water bodies. The flowers have a white or pinkish tint. They are often used in landscape design to decorate artificial ponds or lakes. But remember, this type of flower is poisonous.
Why are callas the flower of death?
People take these flowers to funerals. People assume that calla lilies can highlight a sad event if taken to a cemetery:
- Perhaps this opinion was formed due to the elongated yellow inflorescence, reminiscent of a candle. The white leaf covering the inflorescence looks like a shroud. The assumption that calla lilies are the flowers of death is fundamentally incorrect; there is no need to believe them.
- In addition, the plant seems magical because it blooms only at night and the dense petals look like lifeless ones. Therefore, they can be planted on the grave of a loved one, but should not be presented to elderly women. They will perceive the gift as a hint of approaching death.
Is it possible to keep a flower in the house?
Of course, it is possible and even necessary to grow this flower, despite some negative opinions of unreasonable people.
There is information indicating the good influence of calla lilies on humans:
- on monuments and images there are flowers that personify kindness and purity;
- flower of the Virgin Mary herself;
- amulet for the home. If family members or lovers quarrel, then calla lilies placed indoors will restore peace within a few days. Therefore, it is useful to place flowers in the spouses’ bedroom. Plants can even prevent spouses from divorcing;
- in the Bible you can read that these plants grew close to the cross on which Christ died;
- doctors advise their patients to grow calla lilies to strengthen the heart and blood vessels;
- they give coziness to the room without requiring close care in return;
- Calligraphy strengthens the immune system and nervous system, energizes, and prevents despondency and melancholy.
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Signs and superstition
There are several signs and superstitions about the plant:
- Some people think that callas bloom before the death of a household member or close relative. However, they bloom every summer, but a person’s relatives and friends do not die every year.
- The British consider it reasonable to bring calla lilies to see off the deceased and plant them on the grave. But it is not customary to congratulate people on the holiday in England.
- Residents of many countries consider it bad manners to congratulate the hero of the day with white flowers. They are considered a symbol of death and disease. But experts do not agree with this statement. Callas are a symbol of purity and purity.
- When rain or thick fog approaches, the flower opens, and when dry weather sets in, without rain, its petal curls up around the inflorescence.
- A dream about calla lilies always portends a positive beginning for a person. He will fall in love and get married.
Magical qualities
So, you already know the meaning of calla lilies. Many people think that this is an ordinary flower, but in reality, it is a very sophisticated plant. People endow him with magical qualities:
- It is believed that not only the flower is endowed with a specific power, but also its picture. Thus, calla lilies protect the home from the “evil eye” and relieve despondency and stress.
- It is generally accepted that this is a symbol of building relationships and endurance. They say that if there is no sweets in a house with kids, then it will be useful to put this plant in their room. It will have a beneficial effect on the child.
- Many people think that the flower has a positive effect on human health. If you give an individual suffering from a serious illness a bouquet of calla lilies, it will give him courage and strengthen his hope for a speedy recovery.
