Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Lily-of-the-Valley / May Bells / Our Lady's Tears





Lily-of-the-Valley ..
Scientific Name: Convallaria majalis ..
Family: Ruscaceae ..
It's a shade loving woodland plant ...

The flower is also known as "Our Lady's Tears" since, according to legend, the lily of the valley came into being from Eve's tears after she was driven with Adam from the Garden of Eden ...

The lily-of-the-valley was elected the national flower of Finland in 1967, when Finland celebrated its 50 years of independence ...

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful!

- Melanie

Anonymous said...

beautiful and awesome :D