A Flower's Tale
Henrick Vanger receives a pressed flower on his birthday as he has every year since the disappearance of his niece. This year, he receives a new one, which he does not know the name of.
"It was a plant about four inches high with small, heather-like foliage and a white flower with five petals about one inch across" (Larsson 5)
This plant is the Leptospermum Rubinette of the Myrtaceae family, also known as the Desert Snow flower. This plant can be used to make tea that is rich in Vitamin C. Bees harvest the nectar to make honey that has strong anti fungal and antibacterial properties. It is a very beautiful flower that makes many floral arrangements even better as it is a desired garden plant, and is cultivated because of this.
The plant has many strains and of them, only a few are able to withstand temperatures of -8 to -10 degrees Celsius and they are:
Though one strain of this rare flower can be found in New Zealand, It is typically found in the southern portion of Australia.
"It was a plant about four inches high with small, heather-like foliage and a white flower with five petals about one inch across" (Larsson 5)
This plant is the Leptospermum Rubinette of the Myrtaceae family, also known as the Desert Snow flower. This plant can be used to make tea that is rich in Vitamin C. Bees harvest the nectar to make honey that has strong anti fungal and antibacterial properties. It is a very beautiful flower that makes many floral arrangements even better as it is a desired garden plant, and is cultivated because of this.
The plant has many strains and of them, only a few are able to withstand temperatures of -8 to -10 degrees Celsius and they are:
- Lanigerum
- Liversidgei
- Polygalifolium
- Rupestre
- Scoparium
Though one strain of this rare flower can be found in New Zealand, It is typically found in the southern portion of Australia.
The temperature of (Melbourne) Australia during the month of December ranges from 18 degrees to 35 degrees Celsius, which is very comfortable to very hot (64-95 degrees F).
Logically, this would position the sender in Southern Australia not too long before or towards the beginning of the story.