A former customer of Apple Tree Florist who is also a very good friend of ours called Ann to inform of her recently renovated business space in a hypermarket. So yesterday morning we dropped in, bringing with us a flower arrangement which I did myself and 2 small pots of indoor plant as gifts.
Here is one useful tip for you guys. If you intent to send flower arrangements for business openings, remember to choose PURPLE ORCHIDS. In Cantonese purple is pronounce as "chee" and money or bank notes is "ngan chee". The magic is in the word "chee". This means that by giving purple orchids you are wishing a lot of money, wishing a lot of business to the recipients.
Another favourite is SUNFLOWER. The colour yellow is pronounce "wong" in Cantonese. Busy is also pronounce as "wong". Thus, you are wishing the recipients a busy time, a bright future and good business. Sunflowers look great on flower stands.
Chinese are not only 'super' superstitious over the use of colours and numbers, they are equally fond of giving and receiving auspicious gifts, auspicious gestures on auspicious days !!
Beautiful!
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