My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Favourite Flowers

Papaver

Poppy with poppy seed heads

Paphiopedilum

Lady Slipper, Slipper orchid

Passiflora

Granadilla, passionflower, passion vines

Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid

Phormium

Flax, New Zealand flax

Phragmipedium longifolium

The Long-Leaf Phragmipedium (longifolium means long leaf), Phrag

Physalis

Chinese lantern, cape gooseberry, Peruvian cherry, Inca berry

Prosthechea cochleata

Octopus orchid, Clam shell or Cockle Shell orchid, it is the national flower of Belize in Central America, where it is called the ‘Black Orchid’.

Protea

Protea (but each variety also has a common name)

Ranunculus

Buttercup, Persian buttercup, water crowfoots, spearworts, Coyote’s eyes

Rosa

Rose

Saintpaulia

African violet