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June 6, 2008

Anthurium -- flower for celebration

I could not help thinking about flowers for celebration again, as today happened to my No.2 son’s birthday. We celebrated his 13th birthday at the Biltmore Hotel in June 1982.

By then, we had made several trips to Hawaii and Thailand and had grown special fondness for Anthurium. We decided we would use only anthurium for this occasion.

I happen to believe in "less is more” when it comes to any floral arrangement. My beloved florist (the late Gale Potter) used all white anthurium for some tables, all pink and all red for others. We also alternated the height – half of them high above the table. The Biltmore Ballroom has very high ceiling and the concept of unevenness (high and low) placement of the center pieces made the whole place looked very special and different.

Our guests still remember the beautiful sight of assortment of anthuriums as they entered the ballroom 26 years ago. I could just close my eyes and relive that happy moment, accented by the exotic-looking flowers.

Posted by Pat Feinstein  at 9:59 PM | Permalink

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