Flower Life
Cell process in which stored food reserves are converted into useful energy for the plant.
What is respiration?
Red, yellow and blue are _______ colors.
What are primary colors?
Design that consists of clusters or groups of flowers & foliage that strengthens the element of line which moves the eye through the arrangement.
What is parallel design?
Primary or line flowers used in a design to establish the outline of the arrangement.
What are skeleton flowers?
Growers, Wholesalers and Retail Florist must ______ their flowers.
What is processing flowers?
The process of plants losing water through stomata in their leaves.
What is transpiration?
Two primary colors combined in equal amounts.
What are secondary colors?
An asymmetrically balanced design of few materials usually placed in groups that emphasize forms and lines.
What is a formal linear design?
Used to create focal point with unusual and distinctive shapes.
What are form flowers?
A Citric acid solution that causes flowers to take up water rapidly to prevent dehydration after flowers being dry packed.
What is hydrating solution?
The impression of the design being stable and self-supported.
What is balance?
A combination of both natural and man made materials in an unnatural manner to create new images.
What is interpretive design?
Are usually single stem with large rounded heads used inside or along the arrangement to fill in.
What are mass flowers?
A chemical consisting of a mixture of ingredients that when added to water extends the vase life of cut flowers by lowering the water PH.
What is floral preservative?
The relationship between the completed arrangement and its location
What is a scale?
The design consists of several layers of materials, varying in size and texture to create a flowering effect.
What is cascade design?
used as primary flowers to establish the skeleton outline height or width of an arrangement.
What are line flowers?
The process in which cut flowers & foliages have been tested to extend their freshness.
What is conditioning?
The relationship between the flowers, foliage and container.
What is proportion?
The location within a design that attracts the most attention; the center of interest. In a corsage, the ________ is where the largest flower is placed.
What is a focal point?