Florlology 101

摘要

Well, the color green doesn't exactly cause the earth to spin on its axis. But of all the colors in the spectrum, green truly is the color of life. Without it, life as we know it wouldn't exist. The sun would scorch the planet. Earth's atmosphere would be toxic. There would be nothing to eat. There would be no available energy to fuel our bodies or run our machines. And it all comes down to one simple molecule: chlorophyll, the green pigment of plants. As florists, we tend to take green for granted.You could even say that we have a love-hate relationship with it. After all, practically every leaf and stalk that we handle is green, and a lot of it goes into the garbage as we strip away the foliage and re-cut the stems of our fresh flowers. It stains our skin and our clothing. It gets under our fingernails. Untold tons of chlorophyll get trashed every day in flower shops around the globe.