Bouquet interpretation: to oblivion

It seems I've become the sort of person who buys flowers, at least if the meaning is ridiculous enough. Now, we all know that an iris means 'a message', but what message, exactly? Well, let's find out.

Lilies and poppies are both flowers that can have different meanings depending on their colour, and where that's the case, as a general rule yellow is bad. Yellow lilies mean 'falsehood', which is not a great start. Neither pink nor orange poppies have specific meanings, so they take the general poppy meaning of 'oblivion'. I talked with the florist, and she was convinced they mean 'peaceful slumber', but I've never come across that meaning in any of the books I checked, so I think she must be consulting a bowdlerised language of flowers that's specially for florists.

Ignoring that meaning, then, this bouquet is actually saying: "I've got a message for you, you liar. I hope you go straight to oblivion." A handy bouquet to give to investment bankers, tech CEOs, real estate agents, and liars of all other stripes.

I'm sure that will help.