is now at home Poinsettia to us every year at this time and that both beautifies the corner where they are located. Da color and warmth to the room and pleases the eye and is now a classic among the symbols of Christmas.
But let us enter a little into the history of this plant, how it has become so characteristic symbol of the Christmas season, as it is, a plant of Mexican origin and hot weather, so little has to do with the idea we have cold and snow.
Its technical name is "Euphorbia pulcherrima" and also called "Poinsettia" or "Pascuero."
"pulcherrima means" most beautiful. "
Their colorful bracts are available in various colors: red, yellow, salmon, white, etc. .. Bracts and flowers say no because those "petals" that we are not such but botanically called bracts. The same applies to the Bougainvillea that what we are actually flower bracts. The flowers come out in the center of the bracts and are tiny and yellow, with no ornamental value.
Mexican Legend has it that Poinsettia first appeared thanks to the prayers of a peasant and a peasant who were brothers. Since they had no money to offer a gift to the church in honor of Jesus, took one year to the altar a bouquet of herbs that placed around the crib of the temple, according to Christmas.com.
Miraculously, the first "Flower of the Holy Night" came out as a bright red star and green. According
Christmas.com, the poinsettia or Poinsettias were cultivated in Mexico by the Aztecs long before the introduction of Christianity in the Western Hemisphere. Initially, the plant was associated with religion in the seventeenth century, when, because of their bright colors and blossoms Christmas, the Franciscan priests in Mexico used the flowers in the processions of the Nativity.
But let us enter a little into the history of this plant, how it has become so characteristic symbol of the Christmas season, as it is, a plant of Mexican origin and hot weather, so little has to do with the idea we have cold and snow. 
Its technical name is "Euphorbia pulcherrima" and also called "Poinsettia" or "Pascuero." "pulcherrima means" most beautiful. "
Their colorful bracts are available in various colors: red, yellow, salmon, white, etc. .. Bracts and flowers say no because those "petals" that we are not such but botanically called bracts. The same applies to the Bougainvillea that what we are actually flower bracts. The flowers come out in the center of the bracts and are tiny and yellow, with no ornamental value.
Mexican Legend has it that Poinsettia first appeared thanks to the prayers of a peasant and a peasant who were brothers. Since they had no money to offer a gift to the church in honor of Jesus, took one year to the altar a bouquet of herbs that placed around the crib of the temple, according to Christmas.com. Miraculously, the first "Flower of the Holy Night" came out as a bright red star and green. According
Christmas.com, the poinsettia or Poinsettias were cultivated in Mexico by the Aztecs long before the introduction of Christianity in the Western Hemisphere. Initially, the plant was associated with religion in the seventeenth century, when, because of their bright colors and blossoms Christmas, the Franciscan priests in Mexico used the flowers in the processions of the Nativity.
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