As it opens with the sun and closes at nightfall, this flower is often thought to be a symbol of life’s ebbs and flows, ...

This month has a primary and a secondary birth flower, and between the two of them, they symbolize happiness, new beginnings, ...

Narrator: Each thread of lotus silk starts with the stem of the lotus flower. The lotus is Vietnam's national flower and a plant that's grown across the country. While this fabric has been made ...

For Hindus, the beautiful and arresting lotus flower represents life, fertility and (as with Buddhists) purity – standing aloof above the mud and murk from which it grows. Though its roots are ...

Egyptians revered the lotus as a symbol of purity and rebirth ... In the 1960s, the term “Flower Power” emerged as a peaceful rallying cry against the Vietnam War. It was first introduced ...

The blue lotus was also very symbolic of fertility in Ancient Egypt. It’s now known that a chemical commonly used to treat male sexual dysfunction, apomorphine, is found in the flower.