Santan flower made into a necklace
By Alex Socorro
@Alexandoy (65308)
Cainta, Philippines
October 30, 2019 2:37am CST
As per my promise to @hereandthere, I will post the picture of the necklace that I made from santan flowers. Now you see my ingenuity? That's what we do after sipping the sweet nectar of each flower.
The flowers are from our santan plants by the driveway.
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@hereandthere (45643)
• Philippines
30 Oct 19
there it is! how did you link them without any string or thread?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
Yes, no string. After sipping the nectar, you insert the lower part to the middle of the flower. That's it.
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@hereandthere (45643)
• Philippines
30 Oct 19
@Alexandoy and they fit perfectly? no slipping out?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
@hereandthere handle with care because some connections may slip. But it can be for picture-taking purposes.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
30 Oct 19
I never learned how to do that with santan, only the pulling the flower stamen thing and eating the sweet nectar, kids should learn how to make what you did.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
30 Oct 19
@Alexandoy I must had been absent on the second part of the lesson
either that or I thought it was too girlie so I just went on with the nectar
either that or I thought it was too girlie so I just went on with the nectar3 people like this
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
Sipping the nectar was the first step. Next is the making of the necklace.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
@louievill in fairness to you, I also loved the nectar. In high school my taste waned for the nectar... I loved more the neck. Waheehee.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
30 Oct 19
@Alexandoy Haha I know some make it like a crown instead of a necklace.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
You need real talent to do that necklace, waheehee, joke.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
@rsa101 yes, usually the crown is made by girls because the necklace is difficult to wear if they have long hair.
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@allknowing (139777)
• India
30 Oct 19
They are called Ixora.. We have many colours and you do look pretty, yes pretty in that necklace.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
@allknowing yes thank you for the added knowledge.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
Oh Ixora is a nice name than santan. One wrong spelling and it becomes Santa.
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we do that the same way. we made a necklace, bracelet and crown
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
It's nice to know that what we did before are still be done until now.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
30 Oct 19
@Alexandoy , Oh I see...that means that is a traditional art...you have mastered!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
That is not my brainchild. I only learned that from my classmates in grade school. There were santan plants in the school.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
@AKRao24 actually child's play during my grade school days.
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@velvet53 (22546)
• Palisade, Colorado
4 Nov 19
@Alexandoy It is very pretty. Are they hard to make?
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
4 Nov 19
@velvet53 so easy to make... if you are good like me, waheehee.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
It's kind of unique and kids here do that.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
Thanks for appreciating my artwork.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
Wow for graduation. That's an honor to the flower.
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@freelancermariagrace (28887)
• Philippines
31 Oct 19
I used to do that when I was younger. Brings back a lot of childhood memories!
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
31 Oct 19
That's actually my purpose, to bring back memories.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
30 Oct 19
Just like kid's play, waheehee.
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
30 Oct 19
oh, that's so cute. The flower necklace.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
10 Jun 20
Thank you for the added knowledge. There are Indonesian words that have similarities here.
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@nawala123 (20871)
• Indonesia
10 Jun 20
@Alexandoy what do you say for coconut milk?
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@Starkinds (32712)
• India
13 Nov 19
The necklace is looking more beautiful than you
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
13 Nov 19
I will go over there tonight to pinch when you are sleeping.
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 May 20
@Miss_Leafy yes we can but it is fragile so it cannot last long when you move around.
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@Miss_Leafy (4296)
• Colombia
7 May 20
@Alexandoy it is. I think we can make bracelets out of the flowers too.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
8 Jun 20
Yes, fond memories of the younger years is nice to recall.
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