[AOII Angel]

Honeychile, That's an interesting story. To answer the original question, flowers (especially in the time of the founding of most of the GLOs) have special meaning, ie red rose= love, yellow rose= friendship, etc. In AOII our flower is important because we use it as our main symbol. We don't have a crest (not a greek, as in the country, tradition) so we use the red rose in it's place. Also, they're just pretty! I got a dozen red roses from my parents for initiation....first flowers I ever received.