Poinsettia Flower Story. The idea of my Tess Pretty Poinsettia came to be as the result of a late night discussion with a friend. The star like leaf pattern was said to resemble the Star of Bethlehem Christmas Star.
Mostly used around Christmas for floral displays. The Poinsettia is now one of the most important floricultural crops in the country according to many professional botanists and The American Botanical Council. The poinsettia and the amaryllis are the only New World plants that have come to be a part of the Christmas holiday.
It came to be known in the United States as the Poinsettia in 1836 when the first US Minister to Mexico and botanist Joel Roberts Poinsett began to send the plant home to his green houses in South Carolina.
It came to be known in the United States as the Poinsettia in 1836 when the first US Minister to Mexico and botanist Joel Roberts Poinsett began to send the plant home to his green houses in South Carolina. We came to talk about the upcoming Christmas how sad it is as an allergic to not be able to have any seasonal flowers inside and she especially misses poinsettias. The vibrant plants are native to the rocky canyons of Guatemala and Mexico. Mostly used around Christmas for floral displays.