Edelweis Flower (The flower of immortality)

Edelweis Flower  is a very famous flower with its name as a perennial flower,  this flower just grows and grows in the height of the mountain that  allows full sun. This flower is able to live long enough so no wonder if this flower is called as a perennial flower . 

 The  original edelweiss flower and often called the Everlasting Flower is  actually the Leontopodium flower that we can find in the alpine  mountains, and not the Javanese Edelweiss or Anaphalis javanica flowers. But  because this flower is already famous with the name, the core of this  flower is actually on the yellow powder that within 1 - 3 days after the  bloom will fall out and leave only the petals flower.
This flower petals are durable and often 'classified' by mountain climbers. Flower  Edelweiss is a species of endemic flowering plants that we often  encounter in the mountains of Java, South Sumatra, South Sulawesi and  Lombok. 

 Edelweiss  flowers are very fond of full sunlight and in adult size can reach 8  meters in height, but in general ysng often we see in this mountain  flower growth only reaches height less than one meter. Edelweiss flowers are often seen in April - August, around the end of July - August is the best bloom phase.
Flowers Edelweiss (Anaphalis javanica) is very popular among tourists. These flowers are often dried and sold as souvenirs. This situation caused the species of Edelweis flowering plants to experience scarcity. In the mountain area of Bromo - Tengger East Java, this flower plant is considered extinct. The number continues to decline making this plant is one of the protected plants in Gunung Gede National Park Pangrango .

But luckily  the Javanese Edelweiss (Anaphalis Javanica) flowers are widely  cultivated by farmers residing in the Dieng Plateau area in Central  Java. These farmers cultivate it by planting  seedlings grown from seeds and scattered around their parent trees and  planted in upland areas of more than 1000 mdpl, on calcareous or sandy  clays with a pH (acidity of soil) between 4-7. 

Behind  the beauty of this edelweiss flower turned out to be a myth, which is  for those who give this flower to their partner, the myth says that his  love will be immortal. Not a few people with love who make this perennial flower into one special gift for her partner. It is said that it was meant to be eternal love. 

Not  a few people believe that if giving these flowers to their partner then  their relationship will be eternal then many who are willing to climb  to get it for the sake of his partner even though it is prohibited but  many of them are breaking it. Some people make this flower as a symbol of the lovers' immortality. Speaking  of the myths many believe and some do not believe it depends on  ourselves and usually if we already feel it new we believe it because a  myth that is very confusing often occurs in some people and there is  also that may happen but do not care about it, We are talking about myths. 

Maybe everyone knows about this plant, I share this just to add knowledge about this beautiful flower .

@INTANHZ