“Different flowers usually have separate meanings, but, as of often happens, flower-symbolism is broadly characterized by two essentially different considerations: the flower in its essence, and the flower in its shape. By it very nature it is symbolic of transitoriness, of Spring and of beauty…

“…Orange or yellow-colored flowers represent a reinforcement of the basic sun-symbolism …”*

*cited:Trans: Jack Sage: J. E. Cirlot, A Dictionary of Symbols

Image submitted in response to Cee’s Flower of the Day challenge