This beautiful and versatile flower, with multiple varieties and colors, has fascinated various cultures throughout time. First cataloged in ancient Greece in commemoration of Zeus, today it is the national flower of Spain, Monaco, Slovenia, and the Balearic Islands. The Romans also identified it with Jupiter and Diana the huntress. Since then, many stories have emerged around this flower, making this plant perhaps the one that has inspired the greatest number of myths in human history. Christians associate it with the maternal love of the Virgin and with the nails of Christ (hence its name in Spanish); for Eastern cultures, it is loaded with religious and political meanings... The carnation, symbol of multiple movements and of the noblest human feelings, has been represented in art since the Middle Ages and endures today in pictorial representations with its characteristic passion.Well, this book is exactly that: a collection of carnation stories that includes beautiful images, unknown stories, and surprising facts about this plant which, moreover, has become Colombia's most important export flower. In fact, the book concludes by explaining how our nation supplies almost all the carnations in the world.