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Glads, a family of Iris, are mainly natives of South Africa, with some species found wild in west and central Europe, the Mediterranean to southwest and central Asia, and northwest and east Africa.
The name Gladiolus is Latin for small sword and refers to the shape of the leaves, thus these plants have been commonly called Sword Lilies and Corn Lilies.
Glads have great diversity of flower color and shape, from plain petals to deeply ruffled, from solid to bicolor types, from 1 inch in diameter up to giants 8 inches in diameter, and from 2 to 6 feet in height.
In my homeland Singapore, these flower are commonly brought forth into Chinese temples for prayers because they symbolize improvements or higher acheivements, just like the system of blooming of the flowers from the lowest base point, climbing upwards, step by step.
I have shopped these on my day out with my husband, wishing that over lives can have improvements, in career, in relationships, in dreams etc., now that I have migrated oceans away from home.
The painting on the wall is painted by my mother-in-law, Babro.
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