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National Flowers of the Caribbean

National symbols can be any variety of things used as representations intended to unite people from a particular territory by creating a visual depiction of that place, its people & culture.

As such, the nat'l flower of a territory is the official flower used to symbolize it.

Anguilla

Flower: White Cedar*

*Shared with British Virgin Islands

Antigua & Barbuda

Flower: Dagger Log

Aruba

Flower: Wanglo

The Bahamas, not Bahamas

Flower: Yellow Elder*

*Shared with U. S. Virgin Islands

Barbados

Flower: Pride of Barbados

Belize

Flower: Black Orchid

Bermuda

Flower: The Bermudiana

Bonaire

Flower: Kibrahacha (Yellow Poui)*

*Shared with Curaçao

British Virgin Islands

Flower: White Cedar

Cayman Islands

Flower: Wild Banana Orchid

Cuba

Flower: White Mariposa

Curaçao

Flower: Kibrahacha (Yellow Poui)*

*Shared with Bonaire

Dominica

Flower: Bwa Kwaib (Carib Wood)

Dominican Republic

Flower: Bayahíbe Rose

French Guiana

Flower: Cremersia Feuillet*

*This is not the nat'l flower. This is no flower designated as one for this locale.

Grenada

Flower: Bougainvillea

Guadeloupe

Flower: Lobelia*

*This is not the nat'l flower. This is no flower designated as one for this locale.

Guyana

Flower: Queen Victoria's Water Lily

Haiti

Flower: Hisbiscus (Rose Cayenne)

Jamaica

Flower: Lignum Vitae*

*While Jamaica designates the flower of this tree as its nat'l flower, The Bahamas designates the tree itself as its nat'l tree.

Martinique

Flower: Porcelain Rose*

*This is not the nat'l flower. This is no flower designated as one for this locale.

Montserrat

Flower: Red Heliconia

Puerto Rico

Flower: Flor de Maga

Saba

Flower: Black-eyed Susan

Saint Barthélemy

Flower: Red Ginger*

*This is not the nat'l flower. This is no flower designated as one for this locale.

Saint Kitts & Nevis

Flower: Poinciana (Flamboyant)

Saint Lucia

Flower: Rose and Marguerite

Saint Martin

Flower: Coralita*

*This is not the nat'l flower. This is no flower designated as one for this locale.

Saint Vincent & the Grenadines

Flower: Soufriere Tree

Sint Eustatius

Flower: Statia Morning Glory

Sint Maarten

Flower: Yellow Sage

Suriname

Flower: Jungle Geranium (Faya Lobi)

Trinidad & Tobago

Flower: Chaconia (Wild Poinsetta/Pride of Trinidad and Tobago)

Turks & Caicos

Flower: Heather (Bahama Sea Lavender)

United States Virgin Islands

Flower: Yellow Elder*

*Shared with The Bahamas, not Bahamas

Made it here to the end, huh?