Blue flowers-are they auspicious?

In my experience as a retail florist (more than 13 years now), I have come across customers who ask for blue flowers for pooja (worship). There are not much option for blue flowers at florist stores, here in India. When I think, the flowers which come to my mind are Hydrangea, Irises, Orchids. One interesting thing about orchids is that the blue colour is not natural. These orchids are dyed (how this is done is another story). Other blue flowers are daisies from Bangalore.You can also find agapanthus lily which is blue in color. Talking about these blue flowers, they are available throughout the year but only for few weeks.

Mostly the customers are disappointed when they do not get blue flowers. I do not have a correct answer as to why blue flowers are auspicious and used in pooja (worshipping).

If any of my readers could enlighten me, I will be grateful.

Fathers Day

Fathers day will be celebrated on 21th June all over the world. This is the day to honor fathers. But the business for florist is not as much as it is on Mother's Day.
I have thought on this many times but no sure answer came.Are children more attached to Mothers? I am not sure this is the reason. May be children like to send other gifts like Tie, shirt on Fathers Day.
If you have flowers in mind, visit India Florist and place your order. We promise a smile on your Fathers Face; and that's a guarantee.

After elections why florists are happy

Elections in India were conducted in second week of May 2009. Some candidates will win while others will loose in this elections. So for some it will be a moment of joy and for others it will be sad.

But florists all over the country are in joyful mood and awaiting the results. You will be surprised and asking why is it so.

Who so ever wins the election, it is a win win situation for florists. When any candidate wins, lot of people (supporters, relatives and friends) will send them flowers. So it will be a busy day for florists and they will get a good business.All day they will be busy taking orders and delivering flowers.

This is the reason for florists to be happy.

Strange request by customers

Sometimes you get strange request from your customers. Today a customer visited my site and called me later. He requested me to send flowers to his girl friend. Nothing unusual here, the only issue was that his girl friend was arriving in Delhi and he wanted me to deliver flowers at airport (arrivals). Normally we do not accept such orders. There are many problems with such orders. How will the deliver man recognise the recipient? What if the delivery man is few minutes late and recipient has already left. Not all delivery man carry a mobile phone.So these are the problems.

This customer requested a lot and finally I agreed to send flowers.
But I am skeptical, will this delivery happen successfully?

substitution is necessary

When you order flowers online, it is possible that the flowers you ordered are not available with the florist.Some varieties are seasonal and may not be available. Also, some times it happens that the florist did not received the flowers ordered by you (please keep in mind that the florist get their flowers from the wholesaler every day).

In such case, the florist may substitute the flower. These substitutions are made in such a way that they look closest to the original order.

You as a customer can also inform the florist, if substitution is necessary, what flowers you want.