Say it With and On Roses
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Aug 26, 2005
Say it with (and on) roses
By Serene Luo
AT FIRST glance, they don't seem real. Surely fresh flowers can't pass through a printer - or can they?
JUST FOR YOU: Floral designer Amy Lim, 43, looks at a message being written using computer software, which can then be printed on rose petals. -- DESMOND WEE
FarEastFlora.com, the flowers and gifts arm of plant nursery Far East Flora, and Hewlett-Packard last night jointly launched what they say is the world's first full-colour printing on fresh flowers.
Customers can e-mail their messages or pictures and they will be printed on the petals of roses, or they can visit the Far East Flora stores to personally draw or write their own messages on a PC.
The message is printed on a 'floral-safe membrane' by a colour laser jet printer and 'applied onto the roses', explained FarEastFlora.com's executive director, Mr Ryan Chioh.
He declined to explain how exactly it is done as the technology, developed in Singapore, has a patent pending.
Although the printing can be done on any flower petal or leaf, roses from China are usually chosen because of their 'front-facing petals, which are also larger than most other flowers' ', Mr Chioh said.
Each petal can accommodate about three lines of text, each with a maximum of seven characters, or a picture of about 9 sq cm, slightly larger than a postage stamp. The 30-minute printing process is done in-house by one of five florists and a dozen printed roses would cost about $80.
The project, two years in the making, cost FarEastFlora.com about $50,000 to implement. -
so nice so swt rite... guys who dun tink its a waste of $ know whr to order frm nxtime
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Err actually I can't stand it. I hate it when they write on plants and flowers.. like some succulents, they carve words on them.
The plant is so pretty on its own... having those words are like.. vandalism. -
mayb not on the whole bouquet... like some swt words on sum flowers..den the gal can slowly look n find n read
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use it as a marriage proposal
A rose for each word -
Yeah
"Offer stands while rose lasts"Originally posted by Kenashi:use it as a marriage proposal
A rose for each word -
Fresh flowers are already such, transient, short-lived gifts; I wouldn't invest more money into gifts that are so temporary, really. I'd rather write in a card, at least the card can be kept after the flowers wilt.
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ahaha gd oneOriginally posted by choco B:Yeah
"Offer stands while rose lasts" -
will you marry me?Originally posted by Kenashi:use it as a marriage proposal
A rose for each word
tats 4 flowers.. like no nice number leh -
Originally posted by choco B:Yeah
"Offer stands while rose lasts" -
my roses always have card for companionshipOriginally posted by choco B:Fresh flowers are already such, transient, short-lived gifts; I wouldn't invest more money into gifts that are so temporary, really. I'd rather write in a card, at least the card can be kept after the flowers wilt. -
MARRY ME!Originally posted by BabyLover:will you marry me?
tats 4 flowers.. like no nice number leh
shorter, save money -
I will order a dozen and let her search through them.Originally posted by BabyLover:will you marry me?
tats 4 flowers.. like no nice number leh
the ring will be the one that bind the roses together -
unlomantic la uOriginally posted by TehJarVu:MARRY ME!
shorter, save money -
might as well just ask, no need money.Originally posted by TehJarVu:MARRY ME!
shorter, save money
talk is cheap -
so sweeet leh... ur gf beta dun be here de.. arbo no surprise liaosOriginally posted by Kenashi:I will order a dozen and let her search through them.
the ring will be the one that bind the roses together -
no gf, don't even know whether I will ever find one that will love me as much as I love her?Originally posted by BabyLover:so sweeet leh... ur gf beta dun be here de.. arbo no surprise liaos 
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im sure u will la.. dun kip expecting on it.. sumtimes tings happen when u least expectOriginally posted by Kenashi:no gf, don't even know whether I will ever find one that will love me as much as I love her? 
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I just let nature run its own course.Originally posted by BabyLover:im sure u will la.. dun kip expecting on it.. sumtimes tings happen when u least expect
don't intend to try seeking for it anymore.
my feeling, energy n tears are dried up liao, feeling like a desert inside.
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dun tink abt it so much le... shun qi zhi ran d best.. cheer up okie.. sure u will get to buy those flowers deOriginally posted by Kenashi:I just let nature run its own course.
don't intend to try seeking for it anymore.
my feeling, energy n tears are dried up liao, feeling like a desert inside. -
Wa.. Vday sales figure will reach new peak.
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yah definitely.. xmas coming osoOriginally posted by Camellias4me:Wa.. Vday sales figure will reach new peak.