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Dandelion Hot Cakes

Dandelion Syrup, Edible flower recipe, edible flowers 1 cup white flour 1 cup cornmeal 1 tsp salt 2 tsp baking powder 2 eggs ¼ cup oil ½ cup dandelion blossom syrup or honey 2 cups milk 1 cup dandelion blossom petals 1. Mix dry ingredients first. 2. Add wet ingredients and mix together thoroughly 3.  If mixture is too dry, add a little milk. Add flour if too thin. 4.  Cook on hot, oiled grill. 5.  Serve with  butter and Dandelion Blossom syrup. from Patricia Banker

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Send Her Hawaiian Flowers This Mother’s Day

This Mother’s Day, send mom a gift that will fill her home with the fragrance of Paradise. Here at Hana Flower Company we can provide you with aromatic fresh flower leis, colorful protea baskets, brilliant orchid plants and a wide array of tropical flower arrangements that will dazzle your mom’s eyes and nose.  She’ll feel as if she’s stepping onto a Hawaiian Island every time she enters the room. Give us a call at (800) 952-4262 or visit us online at www.hanaflowers.com and let us know which arrangement you would...

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Orchid Pollination - how does it work?

Here is the basic scenario in orchid pollination. When a pollinator enters into an orchid that produce pollinia, it touches a viscidium, which promptly sticks to its body, usually on the head or abdomen. Then, when leaving the flower, it pulls the pollinium out of the anther, as it is connected to the viscidium by the caudicle or stipe. The caudicle then bends and the pollinium is moved forwards and downwards. When the pollinator enters another flower of the same species, the pollinium has taken such position that it will...

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