What country did the poinsettia start?

Answer 1

The seventeenth (17th) century in Mexico and the twentieth (20th) century in the United States of America are the dates at which the holiday tradition of poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) began.

Specifically, in the seventeenth (17th) century, Franciscan missionaries discovered poinsettias growing in the plant's native southwest Mexican environment. They appreciated the bright color that the late-blooming plant brought to the Christmas holidays. They agreed with the indigenous interpretation of the plant's brightly colored modified leaves as symbols of spiritual purity. So the missionaries began incorporating the plant into the end-of-the-year religious rituals of the Roman Catholic Church in Mexico.

In the nineteenth (19th) century, Joel RobertsPoinsett (March 2, 1774 - December 12, 1851) came across the plants in the course of his travels as Special Envoy of 1822-1823 and as first U.S. Minister to Mexico of 1825-1830. As a botanist, he also appreciated the plant's late bloom. As a linguist familiar with many cultures and languages, he appreciated the plant's possible cultural adaptations in the United States. So Poinsett began sending specimens back to his own greenhouses in South Carolina and to those of select botanist friends.

In the twentieth (20th) century, the Ecke family moved from Germany and Switzerland to the Hollywood area of California. They too recognized the cultural and scientific worth of poinsettias. They began specializing in growing, promoting and selling poinsettias. They too recognized the connection that could be made between the plant's brightly colored December bloom and the celebration of the Christmas holidays.

Answer 2

Poinsettias were introduced to the United States by Dr. Joel Poinsett. Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779 - December 12, 1851) was a physician, botanist and American statesman. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives, the first United States Minister to Mexico. As a botanist he sent samples of the poinsettia plant back to his home in South Carolina. The plant was later named after him.

Answer 3

The year 1919 generally is identified as the year in which cultivated varieties of poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) appeared.

Specifically, poinsettias are known to have been cultivated before that time. In fact, they are native to southwestern Mexico where they grow wild. There, the plant was cultivated for ritual uses by the Aztec Empire of ancient Mexico. It subsequently was cultivated by Franciscan missionaries in 17th-century Mexico. But in both cases, cultivation of the plant respected such basic characteristics as original colors of the plant's modified leaves.

It is only with the scientific and technological changes of the 20th century that such basic characteristics as plant size and bract color have been modified so dramatically.

The first successful cultivars are considered to be the "Early Red" and "True Red" varieties cultivated by the Ecke family in the area of Hollywood, California. Other early cultivars include the "Oak Leaf" variety cultivated by Mrs. Enteman of Jersey City, New Jersey in 1923 and the "St. Louis" variety cultivated by Louis Bourdet of St. Louis, Missouri in 1924.

Answer 4

Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) are native to America.

Specifically, their native homeland ranges from southwestern Mexico through Central America. As long as such critical conditions as appropriate levels of humidity, light intensity, moisture, nutrition and temperature are met, poinsettias can be grown outside their native range. That is why they can be found growing as far away as India nowadays.

Answer 5

The years from 1825 to 1830 are the dates variously mentioned as the year in which the poinsettia plant is first known to have entered the United States of America. Its arrival is connected with the return home to South Carolina of Dr. Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779 - December 12, 1851), U.S. minister to Mexico, 1825 - 1830.

Answer 6

No one introduced poinsettias (Euphorbiapulcherrima) into that part of America in which Mexico and the Central American countries are found.

Specifically, poinsettias are native to southwestern Mexico and southwards through the seven (7) countries of Central America. But Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1774 - December 12, 1851) introduced the subsequently named poinsettias into the United States of America, where they are not native. He discovered the plants during his years as Special Envoy of 1822-1823 and as first U.S. Minister of 1825-1830 to Mexico.

Answer 7

Mexico is the country from which poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) were introduced into the United States of America.

Specifically, Mexico is the country to which poinsettias are native. Even though Mexico and the United States share a border, it was centuries after the European settlement of each country that the Mexican native became known to its neighbor across the northern borders. In the 19th century, Joel Roberts Poinsett (March 2, 1779 - December 12, 1851) discovered the plant in the course of carrying out his responsibilities as first U.S. Minister to Mexico, 1825-1830.

Answer 8

Garden on June 6th, 1829." The occasion was an exhibition by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, which ultimately evolved into the long-standing Philadelphia Flower Show.

Answer 9

They are native to Mexico