Jericho Flowers (1 flower) (HJERW)

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• Once watered, the dried-up looking young plants soon begin to bud.

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Description of Jericho Flowers (1 flower) (HJERW)

Species: Selaginella Lepidophylla
Family: Selaginellaceae
Common Names: ~Resurrection Plant~ ~Rosa Mariae~ ~Rose of the Virgin~ ~Dinosaur plant~ ~Holy Night Rose~ ~Mary's Rose~

This is a small desert plant whose branches roll into a tight ball when dry and spread out when wet. The rose of Jericho is also known as the Resurrection flower because the plant seems to come to life after dying. Its origin is described in a very pretty legend. When the infant Jesus fled from Bethlehem with His mother Mary and Joseph, to avoid the massacre of all the young children by King Herod, they crossed the plains of Jericho. When Mary alighted from the donkey on which she was riding, this little flower sprang up at her feet to greet the infant Savior whom she carried in her arms. Flowers sprang up at all the places where the Holy Family rested during their flight to Egypt. All through the Christ's life on earth the little rose of Jericho continued to flourish, but when He died upon the Cross all these flowers withered and died away at the same time. But three days later, our Lord rose again from the tomb, and at the same time the roses of Jericho came to life, and blossomed as a sign of the joy of the earth because Christ was risen. Because of these happenings the rose of Jericho has ever since borne also the name of the Resurrection flower. It grows in the sands of Egypt, Arabia, and Syria. When the flowers and leaves have died and fallen, the drying branches curl inwards, forming a round ball; after the roots die, the plant is blown around by the winds before lodging in a damp spot. The ball then expands again, and deposits it's seeds, which germinate. Once watered, the dried-up looking young plants soon begin to bud. The plant was thought to be favorable to nativity, and was also called the Rose of the Madonna.