A Florist's Take

This is a description pulled from an upscale floral gift catalog. I thought the references to the classic screen were particularly effective in eliciting an emotional response.

Harlow Bouquet

Our bouquet of Erica orchids seems destined for a star's dressing room or sweetheart's table. The 15"-18" stems are covered in blooms petaled in the whisper-pale pink of a marabou powder puff. Their throats are a darker, lipstick shade, the result of a cross between dendrobium and cattleya orchid varieties. Our creamware vase dresses them up in a style benefiting the beauties they are, its form echoing the satin evening gowns of bygone luminaries of the silver screen.