Floriculture Photo + Sketch Atlas

Start with the vase-shaped rosette of broad, banded silver-green leaves and the stiff pink central bracts.

Silver vase = silver-banded leaf cup + pink center.

Find the glossy heart-shaped spathe surrounding a straight, finger-like spadix.

Anthurium = shiny heart + finger spadix.

Start with dark glossy leaves crossed by bold pale or white veins.

Zebra Plant = dark leaf + bright vein stripes.

Look for a symmetrical conifer with regular horizontal tiers of soft-looking branches.

Norfolk = stacked Christmas-tree tiers.

Start with thin, broad heart-to-arrow-shaped leaves painted with contrasting veins, blotches or margins.

Caladium = painted paper-thin heart/arrow leaf.

Look for flat five-petaled pinwheel flowers above glossy opposite leaves with a pale midrib.

Periwinkle = five-petal pinwheel + glossy opposite leaves.

Look for a velvety crested flower head shaped like a brain or rooster comb; plume forms may look flame-like.

Cockscomb = comb, brain or flame.

Start with thick glossy leaves splashed or veined in yellow, red, orange and green.

Croton = glossy leather leaf painted in many colors.

Look for a trailing/climbing vine with heart-shaped leaves commonly splashed yellow and a distinctly grooved/winged petiole.

Pothos = gold-splashed heart + grooved petiole.

Look for brightly colored leaf-like bracts surrounding tiny true flowers in the center.

Poinsettia = bright bracts, tiny center flowers.

Look for an airy cloud of tiny flowers on very fine, repeatedly branching stems.

Baby's Breath = tiny white flower cloud.

Look for a trailing/climbing vine with firm, palmately veined leaves commonly showing 3–5 pointed lobes.

English Ivy = climbing vine + pointed lobes.

Look for a short very sharp straight floral knife used to make clean stem cuts.

Floral knife = clean stem slice, never wire.

Look for short strong opposing cutting jaws designed to clip floral wire.

Wire cutter = short jaws for wire.

Look for two curved blades that pass alongside one another like scissors.

Bypass = two blades pass by.

Look for one sharp blade that closes down onto a flat anvil surface.

Anvil = blade lands on a flat block.

Look for the familiar porous green foam brick used to hold stems and absorb water for fresh designs.

Green wet foam = fresh flowers.

Look for a firm floral foam block intended for dried/artificial materials and not for soaking with water.

Dry foam = artificial/dried designs.

Look for a pistol-shaped electric tool that melts solid glue sticks.

Glue gun = hot glue through a trigger tool.

Look for clean long-bladed scissors reserved for ribbon and decorative material.

Ribbon shears = scissors for ribbon only.

Look for a long stem or pick topped with a small fork/clip that holds an enclosure card.

Cardette = card holder on a stem.

Look for a long straight pin, often with a decorative pearl-like head, used to fasten wearable flowers.

Corsage pin = long straight wearable-flower pin.

Look for narrow stretchy crepe-like tape that becomes tacky when stretched and wraps stems/wires.

Stem tape = stretch, wrap, bind.

Look for a hand cutter with a curved/ratcheting jaw made to slice plastic pipe squarely.

PVC cutter = ratchet jaw around pipe.

Look for a meter attached to one or more long probes inserted into potting media.

Moisture meter = probe for wet/dry.

Look for a digital/analog meter with a probe or electrode used to measure acidity/alkalinity.

pH meter = acidity number.

Look for soft, fuzzy button-like flower clusters above opposite, toothed leaves.

Ageratum = fuzzy little buttons.

Look for lily-like flowers with streaks or spots on the inner tepals and narrow leaves along leafy stems.

Peruvian Lily = small lily bloom + striped inner petals.

Look for a poppy-like flower with a conspicuous dark center above finely divided foliage.

Anemone = open face + dark eye.

Start with the extremely fine, threadlike blue-green foliage and flat umbrella-shaped flower clusters.

Dill = feathery threads + umbrella flowers.

Look for upright spikes of small snapdragon-like flowers with narrow lance-shaped leaves.

Angelonia = mini snapdragons on a slim spike.

Look for arching or trailing stems covered in many tiny needle-like cladodes; it is not a true fern.

Sprengeri = cascading green needles, not flat fern fronds.

Look for airy branching sprays of many small daisy flowers with yellow centers.

Monte Cassino = a cloud of tiny daisies.

Start with soft, feathery upright flower plumes above compound, toothed foliage.

Astilbe = ferny leaves + feather plumes.

Look for compact plants with glossy, succulent-looking rounded leaves and small waxy flowers.

Wax Begonia = small glossy leaves + small waxy blooms.

Look for large, showy often double flowers above fleshy, asymmetrical leaves.

Tuberous Begonia = big bloom + lopsided fleshy leaf.

Look for a trailing plant covered with many small petunia-like trumpet flowers and small leaves.

Million Bells = mini petunias by the dozens.

Look for daisy-type composite flower heads on upright stems with toothed leaves.

China Aster = leafy stem + aster/daisy head.

Look for unmistakable bell- or cup-shaped flowers, often held in clusters on leafy stems.

Campanula = campana means bell.

Start with very large paddle-shaped, banana-like leaves and tall flower stalks.

Canna = tropical paddle leaves + tall flower spike.

Look for a compact leafy plant carrying many small colorful pepper fruits, often upright.

Ornamental pepper = tiny bright peppers on a compact plant.

Look for delicate pinnate fronds on slender green cane-like stems.

Parlor Palm = soft feather fronds + skinny canes.

Look for woody fine-textured stems with narrow needle-like leaves and small waxy five-petaled flowers.

Waxflower = woody sprig + tiny wax stars.

Start with a basal clump of arching strap leaves and long runners carrying baby plantlets.

Spider Plant = straps + babies on runners.

Look for a climbing vine with opposite leaves and large star-like flowers with showy petal-like sepals.

Clematis = climbing vine + big star flower.

Look for thick, smooth, oval succulent leaves in opposite pairs on fleshy-to-woody stems.

Jade = plump oval coins on a succulent shrub.

Look for a rosette of stiff, glossy pinnate fronds emerging from a thick rough central trunk or crown.

Sago = stiff feather fronds from a stout crown.

Start with heart-shaped often silver-marbled leaves and flowers whose petals sweep sharply upward/backward.

Cyclamen = marbled heart leaves + swept-back petals.

Look for long strap leaves and a sturdy flower spike carrying several waxy orchid blooms.

Cymbidium = grassy straps + thick orchid spike.

Look for a dense clump of long narrow grass blades arising from thick overlapping basal sheaths.

Lemongrass = fountain of coarse grass blades.

Look for large composite flower heads on sturdy leafy stems with opposite, often toothed leaves.

Dahlia = showy composite + opposite leafy stems.

Look for tall airy spikes of spurred flowers above very finely divided foliage.

Larkspur = tall spike + little flower spurs.

Start with upright cane-like stems and flowers produced at nodes along or near those canes.

Dendrobium = orchid flowers along a cane.

Look for thin woody canes topped by tufts of very narrow arching leaves edged in red.

Red Edge Dracaena = cane + skinny leaves + red rim.

Start with the rounded-to-columnar barrel shape, strong vertical ribs and dense spines.

Barrel Cactus = ribs around a barrel.

Look for a low woody mound covered in tiny needle-like leaves and many small urn- or bell-shaped flowers.

Heather = tiny needles + tiny bells on a low shrub.

Start with blue-gray, round coin-like juvenile leaves arranged in opposite pairs.

Silver Dollar = blue-silver leaf coins.

Look for rose-like cup flowers on smooth stems with opposite blue-gray oval leaves.

Lisianthus = rose-like flower, no rose leaf.

Look for a compact plant with glossy oval leaves and many small violet five-petaled flowers with yellow eyes.

Persian Violet = shiny leaves + purple stars with yellow eyes.

Look for a woody tree/shrub with graceful drooping twigs and many small glossy leaves ending in a long point.

Benjamin Fig = many small glossy pointed leaves.

Start with very large thick glossy oval leaves, often with a reddish new-leaf sheath.

Rubber Plant = big thick shiny leaves.

Look for leaves divided into three toothed leaflets; flowers are white and fruit may show seeds on the outside.

Strawberry = three toothed leaflets.

Look for narrow sword-like leaves and a curved or one-sided flowering stem with funnel-shaped blooms.

Freesia = slim swords + bent one-sided flower stem.

Start with thick glossy dark-green leaves, usually opposite or whorled, and waxy white flowers.

Gardenia = glossy leaves + waxy white rosette flower.

Look for upright sword-shaped leaves and a tall one-sided spike of large funnel flowers.

Gladiolus = swords + tall flower ladder.

Look for round, papery clover-like flower heads on slender branching stems.

Gomphrena = papery flower balls.

Look for a fountain of arching grasslike basal leaves with lily-shaped flowers on leafless scapes.

Daylily = grassy clump + bare flower scape.

Look for a thick leafless flower stalk topped by several huge trumpet flowers; strap leaves arise from the bulb.

Amaryllis = thick stalk + giant trumpets.

Start with a basal mound of broad, strongly veined leaves; flower stalks rise above the foliage.

Hosta = mound of broad ribbed leaves.

Look for a trailing vine with thick waxy opposite leaves and rounded clusters of star-shaped waxy flowers.

Hoya = wax leaves + wax star cluster.

Look for a dense central spike packed with many small star/bell flowers rising from broad strap leaves.

Hyacinth = bulb leaves + packed flower spike.

Look for soft succulent stems, serrated leaves and flat flowers that often show a rear spur.

Impatiens = soft juicy stems + flat spurred flowers.

Look for a vigorous trailing vine with heart-, maple- or deeply lobed leaves, often chartreuse or purple.

Sweet potato vine = fast trailer + dramatic lobed/heart leaves.

Look for narrow sword leaves and elegant iris flowers with upright standards and drooping falls.

Dutch Iris = swords + standards and falls.

Start with the silvery-white, felted foliage that is often deeply cut or lobed.

Dusty Miller = fuzzy silver cut-leaf.

Look for overlapping salmon/pink/yellow-green bracts forming a curved shrimp-like spike with small flowers protruding.

Shrimp Plant = stacked bracts shaped like a shrimp.

Look for thick succulent leaves with scalloped edges and dense clusters of small four-petaled flowers.

Kalanchoe = scalloped succulent leaf + tight flower cluster.

Look for classic white ray petals around a yellow disk on upright stems with toothed green leaves.

Shasta = white daisy + yellow button.

Look for a rounded flower head packed with many long projecting styles, creating a pincushion effect.

Pincushion = pins sticking out of the flower head.

Look for a stiff vertical spike densely packed with small fuzzy purple flower heads and narrow leaves.

Liatris = purple bottlebrush wand.

Look for branched sprays of tiny papery cup-like flowers, often purple/blue, above a basal leaf cluster.

Statice = papery flower spray.

Look for a low mound or trailer covered in clusters of very small four-petaled flowers and narrow leaves.

Alyssum = tiny four-petal carpet.

Start with oval leaves marked by bold veins, bands or paired dark blotches; leaves arise on a low spreading plant.

Prayer Plant = patterned oval leaf that 'prays'.

Look for an upright spike of many fragrant-looking four-petaled flowers with soft gray-green leaves.

Stock = four-petal flowers stacked on a stout spike.

Look for very large glossy leaves that develop deep splits and interior holes/fenestrations.

Monstera = giant leaf with splits and holes.

Look for long arching sword-shaped fronds divided into many small pinnae from a central crown.

Boston Fern = arching green feather swords.

Look for opposite ovate leaves on square branching stems; flowering plants carry narrow spikes of small flowers.

Basil = opposite simple leaves + square stem.

For the listed Opuntia type, look for flattened jointed pads with regularly spaced areoles bearing spines or glochids.

Opuntia cactus = flat pads + areoles.

Look for a bushy herbaceous plant with large many-petaled flowers and deeply divided compound foliage.

Peony = giant layered bloom + divided bushy foliage.

Find the unmistakable pouch- or slipper-shaped lower lip (labellum) beneath the other orchid segments.

Ladyslipper = orchid with a pouch.

Look for an upright plant with rounded scalloped leaves, often marked by a darker circular zone, and rounded flower umbels.

Zonal = upright + round leaf with a zone.

Look for trailing stems with glossy, fleshy, ivy-like five-lobed/peltate leaves and flower umbels.

Ivy Geranium = trailing + glossy ivy leaf.

Look for rounded clusters of many small five-pointed star flowers above opposite, often slightly hairy leaves.

Pentas = penta means five-point stars.

Look for a basal clump of deeply divided green leaves, either tightly curled or flat and triangular.

Parsley = divided leafy rosette, not threadlike dill.

Look for relatively large funnel/trumpet flowers on a spreading plant with soft, often sticky-hairy leaves.

Petunia = big trumpet + soft sticky foliage.

Look for a trailing/climbing vine with smooth, thin, symmetrical heart-shaped leaves and rounded petioles.

Heartleaf Philodendron = clean green heart + smooth petiole.

Look for oval opposite leaves with raised quilted texture and metallic silver patches between green veins.

Aluminum Plant = quilted leaf flashed with silver.

Look for a low spreading succulent with fleshy cylindrical-to-spatulate leaves and bright rose-like flowers.

Moss Rose = tiny succulent + bright rose flower.

Look for a basal rosette of soft, crinkled/scalloped leaves and tall stems carrying tiers or clusters of small flowers.

Primrose = soft rosette + flower stems above.

Look for a rose-like flower made of many thin, tightly layered petals above deeply cut foliage.

Ranunculus = paper-petal rose.

Look for a compact woody shrub with small elliptic leaves and masses of funnel-shaped flowers.

Florist Azalea = woody mound packed with funnels.

Look for broad triangular, dark green leathery fronds with sturdy branched pinnae.

Leatherleaf = tough triangular fern frond.

Start with a tight basal rosette of thick fuzzy round-to-heart-shaped leaves and flowers just above the rosette.

African Violet = fuzzy leaf rosette.

Look for upright spikes of tubular flowers and opposite leaves on square stems.

Salvia = tubular flower spike + opposite leaves.

Look for stiff upright sword-shaped succulent leaves, commonly banded/mottled green and sometimes yellow-edged.

Snake Plant = stiff vertical swords.

Look for compound leaves whose several leaflets radiate from one point like umbrella spokes.

Schefflera = leaflets around an umbrella hub.

Look for flattened, jointed, leaf-like stem segments with scalloped/toothed edges and flowers at segment tips.

Christmas Cactus = chain of flat scalloped segments.

Look for a tight succulent rosette surrounded by smaller offset rosettes ('chicks').

Hens and Chicks = one rosette surrounded by babies.

Look for broad soft toothed leaves below a dense dome of daisy-like flowers in vivid colors.

Cineraria = big soft leaves + a dome of daisies.

Look for a basal rosette of very large velvety leaves and oversized upright or nodding bell/trumpet flowers.

Gloxinia = giant velvet leaves + giant bells.

Look for branching sprays or plumes packed with many tiny yellow flower heads and narrow leaves.

Solidago = golden spray of tiny flowers.

Start with colorful opposite leaves with scalloped/serrated edges on square stems; foliage is the main show.

Coleus = soft painted leaf with a toothed edge.

Look for glossy lance-shaped leaves arising from the base and a white spathe surrounding a central spadix.

Peace Lily = lance leaves + white flag spathe.

Look for a woody twining vine with thick opposite glossy oval leaves and clusters of waxy white tubular star flowers.

Stephanotis = glossy vine + white wax trumpets.

Look for huge banana-like leaves and the unique orange/blue flower emerging from a horizontal boat-shaped spathe.

Bird of Paradise = banana leaf + boat-and-bird flower.

Look for juvenile arrowhead-shaped leaves with two basal lobes on a climbing/trailing aroid.

Nephthytis = arrowhead leaf.

Look for yellow/orange composite flower heads and deeply divided, pinnate leaves with narrow toothed leaflets.

Marigold = pom flower + ferny divided leaf.

Look for trailing jointed stems with pointed leaves striped silver/green and purple, often purple underneath.

Wandering Jew = trailing silver-purple stripes.

Look for tight clusters of small five-lobed flowers on a spreading or upright plant with opposite rough/toothed leaves.

Verbena = clustered five-lobed flowers + rough opposite leaves.

Look for a trailing/spreading plant with opposite glossy oval leaves and simple five-lobed blue-violet-to-white flowers.

Vinca = glossy opposite leaves on a spreading vine.

Look for a flat rounded five-petaled flower with face-like blotches above small scalloped leaves.

Pansy = flat flower face.

Look for a single funnel/rolled spathe wrapped around a central spadix, plus arrow-shaped leaves.

Calla = elegant funnel spathe + central finger.

Look for stiff upright stems with opposite rough, nearly sessile leaves and bright daisy-like composite heads.

Zinnia = rough opposite leaves + stiff daisy stem.

Identify the ribbon material first, then recognize #100 as the broadest ribbon size in this contest set.

#100 = widest ribbon.

Look for the narrowest ribbon width among the numbered ribbon samples.

#3 = skinny ribbon.

Look for a wide decorative ribbon, narrower than #100 but much broader than #9 or #3.

#40 = wide ribbon, second only to #100 here.

Look for a medium-width florist ribbon: clearly wider than #3, but narrower than #40 and #100.

#9 = medium ribbon.

Look for the thicker, stiffer floral wire of the two gauge sizes in the pool.

18 = heavy/stiff wire.

Look for the thin, flexible floral wire.

28 = thin/flexible wire.

Look for an irrigation/plumbing fitting designed to allow water to move one direction and prevent reverse flow.

Backflow preventer = water goes forward, not backward.

Look for a clear or decorative cone-shaped plastic/cellophane wrapper sized to slide around a bouquet.

Bouquet sleeve = cone wrapper for a bouquet.

Look for a short cylindrical soil-cutting tool with a handle that removes a plug-sized hole.

Bulb planter = cookie-cutter hole maker.

Look for connected trays or packs divided into many small individual planting cells.

Cell pack = many little pots joined together.

Look for a rigid fired-clay or glazed vessel used as a floral or plant container.

Ceramic = hard pottery container.

Look for long protective gloves made of chemical-resistant rubber-like material rather than thin disposable or cloth work gloves.

Chemical gloves = long liquid barrier for hands.

Look for a fuzzy flexible wire-covered stem—the craft item commonly called a pipe cleaner.

Chenille = fuzzy bendable stem.

Look for coarse brown fibrous material made from coconut husk, often sold loose, compressed or in liners.

Coir = coconut fiber.

Look for a pressurized tank sprayer with pump/pressure body, hose or wand and spray nozzle.

Compressed sprayer = tank + pressure + wand.

Look for a shallow rigid rectangular presentation box, often with a clear lid, sized for wearable flowers.

Corsage box = small rigid flower gift box.

Look for small compact floral scissors/snips made for close cutting work.

Corsage snips = small detail cutters.

Look for a tiny irrigation outlet/button inserted into tubing to release water slowly at one plant.

Emitter = tiny outlet, one plant at a time.

Look for a simple disposable filtering face covering, often cup-shaped, without replaceable cartridges.

Dust mask = simple particle mask.

Look for a hand-held applicator built to blow or distribute dry pesticide/dust powder.

Duster = dry chemical applicator.

Look for a small propagation plug/cube of growing media held together by a thin paper-like sleeve.

Ellepot = paper-wrapped propagation plug.

Look for the small message/greeting card included with floral orders.

Enclosure card = the message.

Look for U-shaped floral pins used to secure moss, foliage or other materials into foam.

Greening pin = U-shaped anchor.

Look for an in-line irrigation device or tank system that meters fertilizer concentrate into irrigation water.

Injector = puts fertilizer into irrigation water.

Look for glue specifically packaged for floral work, commonly a tube/bottle used to attach fresh or design materials.

Floral adhesive = flower-safe glue.

Look for a packet, powder or liquid flower-food/preservative product mixed with vase water.

Preservative = food/conditioner for cut flowers.

Look for a powered or pressure device designed to fill an area with an extremely fine pesticide/water fog.

Fogger = tiny droplets filling space.

Look for heavy respiratory protection, typically full-face with eye protection and a filter/canister.

Gas mask = full-face respiratory protection.

Look for a transparent rigid glass vessel designed to hold cut flowers and water.

Glass vase = clear flower container.

Look for a small heated pan/pot used to melt solid floral glue for dipping materials.

Glue pan = melted glue in an open heated pot.

Look for straight solid translucent/colored adhesive rods sized to feed a hot glue gun.

Glue sticks = solid rods that melt in the gun.

Look for loose dry fertilizer granules/prills intended to be spread or mixed into growing media.

Granular = dry fertilizer grains.

Look for a temperature-control device with dial/display and sensor/control connections for greenhouse heating/cooling.

Thermostat = controls by temperature.

Look for a plant container with three or more hangers/wires/chains meeting above the pot.

Hanging basket = pot + suspension.

Look for protective earmuffs or earplugs designed to reduce sound exposure.

Hearing protection = ears.

Look for a small hand punch used to make clean holes in irrigation/poly tubing for emitters or fittings.

Hose punch = tiny hole for irrigation fittings.

Look for a fitting with barbed/insert ends or clamps designed to join two cut sections of hose.

Repair coupling = joins two hose pieces.

Look for a replacement male or female threaded fitting that clamps onto the end of a damaged hose.

Hose-end fitting = rebuilds the end.

Look for a chemical reservoir/nozzle assembly that screws directly to the end of a garden hose.

Hose-end sprayer = bottle/nozzle on the hose.

Look for the small flat rubber ring that seals a threaded garden-hose connection.

Washer = little rubber leak stopper.

Look for a rotating sprinkler head with a spring-loaded impact arm that clicks against the water stream.

Impulse = click-click rotating sprinkler.

Look for thin flat drip tape that expands when pressurized and often has emitters built along its length.

Drip tape = flat irrigation line.

Look for a controller with time/program controls that starts/stops irrigation on a schedule.

Timer = when to water.

Look for a very small nozzle designed to make fine mist over propagation benches or beds.

Mist nozzle = propagation fog-like spray.

Look for long gray-green threadlike hanging strands used as decorative cover.

Spanish moss = gray hanging threads.

Look for a handheld bouquet holder with a handle and a small foam cage/cup for inserting stems.

Nosegay holder = handle + foam bouquet head.

Look for a plain flexible plastic production pot, commonly black, with drainage holes.

Nursery pot = black plastic grower container.

Look for an irrigation valve body topped by a small electrical coil/solenoid with wires.

Solenoid valve = wired water valve.

Look for a low sprinkler with a long perforated bar that sweeps back and forth in an arc.

Oscillating = bar waves side to side.

Look for fine-to-medium brown fibrous organic material sold loose or compressed as a media component.

Peat moss = fine brown media fiber.

Look for tan/brown biodegradable molded fiber pots that can be planted with the young plant.

Peat pot = biodegradable brown pot.

Look for colored sticky monitoring cards/strips used to trap flying greenhouse pests.

Pest strip = sticky insect monitor.

Look for flexible clear/translucent plastic sheeting used as greenhouse covering or vapor barrier.

Poly film = greenhouse plastic sheet.

Look for flexible black plastic irrigation tubing/pipe supplied in coils.

Poly pipe = flexible black irrigation tube.

Look for decorative foil/plastic sleeves shaped to wrap or cover the outside of a potted plant container.

Pot cover = decorative jacket for the pot.

Look for a flat electrically heated mat placed under trays to warm the root zone.

Propagation mat = bottom heat.

Look for shallow flats/trays used to hold propagation media, plugs or cell inserts.

Propagation tray = flat for starting plants.

Look for rigid smooth white plastic pipe used in irrigation/plumbing.

PVC = rigid white pipe.

Look for round controlled-release fertilizer prills with a polymer/resin coating.

Resin-coated = slow-release coated beads.

Look for a fitted half- or full-face mask with replaceable filters/cartridges for hazardous air exposure.

Respirator = fitted mask + filters/cartridges.

Look for light tan elongated husk pieces used as a growing-media component.

Rice hulls = pale grain husks in media.

Look for pale yellow/greenish fibrous mineral-wool cubes or plugs with planting holes.

Rock wool = fibrous propagation cube.

Look for a handheld stripping tool with slots/jaws designed to pull foliage and thorns from stems.

Stem stripper = pull leaves/thorns off.

Look for clear protective eyewear that seals or shields around the eyes.

Goggles = eyes.

Look for coarse mineral grains used as a media component or drainage/weight material.

Sand = heavy gritty mineral grains.

Look for a deep curved scoop-shaped blade made to move loose materials such as media or fertilizer.

Scoop shovel = deep bowl blade.

Look for open woven/knitted dark mesh used over greenhouses or benches to reduce light intensity.

Shade cloth = breathable dark mesh.

Look for a small rectangular/oval abrasive stone used to hone knife and pruner edges.

Sharpening stone = abrasive block for blades.

Look for intact flat green mats/sheets of moss used to cover foam or soil surfaces.

Sheet moss = green carpet pieces.

Look for a hose/in-line venturi device with a small suction tube that draws concentrate into flowing water.

Siphon proportioner = water flow sucks concentrate in.

Look for very thin flexible micro-irrigation tubing used to run water from a main line to individual pots/emitters.

Spaghetti tubing = tiny irrigation line.

Look for loose long-fiber, springy tan/green moss strands used in propagation, baskets and specialty media.

Sphagnum = long fluffy moss fibers.

Look for chemical-protective coveralls or full-body outerwear used during pesticide spraying.

Spray suit = pesticide coveralls.

Look for a shovel with a broad flat rectangular blade and straight cutting edge.

Square-point = flat rectangular blade.

Look for lightweight white rigid foam, often bead-textured, used in dry design or packaging/support.

Styrofoam = white lightweight foam.

Look for floral adhesive clay supplied as a flattened sticky strip/roll, commonly green or white.

Surestik = sticky clay roll for anchoring.

Look for fine lightweight open net fabric used decoratively in floral work.

Tulle = soft decorative net.

Look for very lightweight flaky mineral particles with a shiny/mica-like tan-gold appearance.

Vermiculite = light shiny flakes.

Look for a hose/wand nozzle with a broad face full of many holes that creates a soft shower.

Water breaker = gentle shower head.

Look for a small plastic water reservoir with a pointed pick end and a cap/opening for one flower stem.

Water pick = tiny water tube + pointed pick.

Look for fertilizer powder/crystals intended to dissolve fully into irrigation or watering solution.

Water soluble = dissolve it before feeding.

Look for small straight plastic vials with a cap/opening that hold water around individual flower stems.

Water tube = little stem vial, no pick.

Look for narrow strong waterproof adhesive tape used to grid containers or secure floral mechanics.

Container tape = waterproof sticky grid tape.

Look for a pointed wooden stick used to extend/secure stems or attach materials, sometimes supplied with wire.

Wooden pick = solid pointed stick.

Look for a bracelet/wristlet base with an attachment platform for building a corsage.

Wrist holder = bracelet base for flowers.