Flowers insolita Blog

At Flowers insolita, we are absolutely committed to protect the environment and the safety of floriculture workers.  Working together with progressive wholesalers and traders, we preferentially purchase flowers from certified growers, whenever the choice is avaiable to us.
There are many certification programs in the global horticulture trade.  The programs ”certify” the growers who meet certain strict […]

As you know, we have been working on developing a new product line called “Emotion Series” of bouquets, based on the meaning of each flower. In the process of investigating the meanings of flowers and their mythologies, I have encountered so far three instances of rather graphic stories, involving things like murder, jealous rage, adultery, […]

There are two major differences between supermarket roses and florists’ roses: quality and presentation.  These differences in our opinion justify a difference in price between supermarket roses and our roses.
In Part I, we explained the difference in quality.  This time, we will explain the difference in presentation.
(1) “Presentation” of supermarket roses
Supermarket roses are just unprocessed […]

Why are florists’ roses so much more expensive than the roses sold in supermarkets, Costco, Fire-departments, or roadside vendors?
In Huntington supermarkets, we can buy two-dozen roses for $14.99; that’s 62 cents a stem. We (Flowers insolita), on the other hand, charge $48 for a dozen roses, gift-wrapped with fillers, greens, and bow. Now, that’s a […]

The largest known flower on the earth is called Rafflesia arnoldii; its blossom has a diameter of three feet (!!) and weighes up to 30 pounds (!!!). Smelling like rotting flesh, Rafflesia arnoldii has no leaves, stems or roots.  The Rafflesia bloom is rare and hard to see; the buds take many months to develop and […]

HONDA has been developing a humanoid robot called “Asimo” for the last 9 years (I don’t know what Asimo means). This robot can walk, go up and down stairs, and even run.
See this amzing video.
What’s the use?  Currently, none.  ASIMO is essentially a very expensive (millions of dollars a piece) and yet totally useless toy.  […]

We are experiencing a heavy snow-freezing rain today (Mar 16th, Fri).  According to the forecast, it will become worse; they are saying it will be 3-6″ snow!
This will be the second “killer” snow storm in 2007.  “Killer” because it really kills retail businesses.
As you might recall, we had a nasty snow-ice storm on the Valentine’s Day.  […]

Just when we get a taste of spring (70 degrees over the weekend ) and excited about gardening, Mother Nature  decides to change her mind! It gets cold again and rainy and snowy and we have sleet too. Hopefully this will be the end of it. I’m looking forward to short sleeve shirts and flip flops. It’s […]

As some of you might have noticed, we are developing a new product line called “Emotion series.” These flower arrangements are based on “Floragraphy,” or the meaning of flowers, which lovers in the Victorian era used in order to secretly communicate their feelings. Red rose, for example, is the best known example: love. […]

The Rose market has tightened up. The availability is slim and the price has gone way up in the market. The main reason for this is the Feburary cold-snap in Bogota, Columbia, the biggest exporter of roses to the US market. Also, the rose farms are already pinching for Mother’s Day.
In the […]