{"product_id":"a1c1_magnolia-botanical-water-bottle-china-native","title":"A1C1_Magnolia Botanical Water Bottle | China Native","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFlower Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Magnolia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e China\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Asia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBottle Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-grade stainless steel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 oz (500 ml)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 10.5″ × 2.85″ (27 × 7 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVacuum flask\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble-wall construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBowling pin shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOdorless and leak-proof cap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeeps liquids hot or cold for 6 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-wash only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Magnolia\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Magnolia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScientific name:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eMagnolia\u003c\/em\u003e (genus)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative region:\u003c\/strong\u003e East Asia, South and Southeast Asia; secondary centres in South America, Central America, the West Indies, and eastern North America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlant height:\u003c\/strong\u003e No specific height range is confirmed by either verified source. Magnolias range from small shrubs to large spreading trees — a small to medium shrub through to a tall spreading tree depending on species. [Uncertain]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e White, pink, purple, green, or yellow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlowering season:\u003c\/strong\u003e In deciduous species, blooms typically appear in spring, often before the leaves emerge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat It's Known For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of the most ancient flowering plant genera on Earth — fossils of plants belonging to Magnoliaceae date to approximately 95 million years ago\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheorised to have evolved before bees existed, developing its flowers to attract beetle pollinators rather than the insects we associate with pollination today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProduces large, fragrant, bowl- or star-shaped flowers with 9–15 tepals arranged in a spiral — a structure considered ancestral among flowering plants\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe genus was formally named in 1703 by French botanist Charles Plumier, in honour of French botanist Pierre Magnol\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenus name and early taxonomy further refined by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHolds official flower or tree status in multiple regions, including Shanghai, Mississippi, Louisiana, North Korea, and Seoul\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClosely associated with the culture and identity of the Southern United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatured in cultural works including the play and film \u003cem\u003eSteel Magnolias\u003c\/em\u003e, and referenced in the song \"Strange Fruit,\" where it carries a far darker symbolic weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCompounds found in magnolia bark — magnolol and honokiol — have been employed in traditional medicine, and the genus is also used culinarily and as a source of timber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a moment in early spring — before the trees have properly woken, before the first green leaf has unfolded — when a branch breaks into bloom against a grey sky with no explanation at all. No foliage to soften it, no surrounding colour to borrow from. Just flower. Wide open, white or blush or deep rose, holding itself against the cold as though it has been waiting to do exactly this for a very long time. That is the magnolia, and it has been doing this for far longer than most living things on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe magnolia genus is among the oldest flowering plants ever documented. Fossils belonging to the Magnoliaceae family have been dated to approximately 95 million years ago — deep into the Cretaceous period, when the continents held different shapes and the creatures walking beneath these blooms were not ones we would recognise. What makes this especially remarkable is the flower's structure: magnolias evolved before bees did. Their large, tough tepals and spirally arranged reproductive parts were not designed to attract the pollinators we take for granted today — they were designed for beetles. That architecture, preserved across tens of millions of years, is still visible in every flower that opens today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe human story begins considerably later, but it is no less layered. The genus was formally named in 1703 by French botanist Charles Plumier, who honoured his teacher's teacher — Pierre Magnol, a French botanist who had quietly revolutionised the way scientists thought about plant classification. English botanist William Sherard, who had also studied under Magnol's lineage, helped carry the name into wider use. From there, Linnaeus brought rigour to the taxonomy in the 18th century, and magnolia moved from specimen to symbol. In China, where many of the genus's most celebrated species originate, the flower had long carried meaning before Western botanists arrived to name it. In Shanghai it became an official city flower. Across Korea and into North Korea, it took on symbolic civic identity. In the American South, it became so woven into regional mythology that a single word — \u003cem\u003emagnolia\u003c\/em\u003e — could conjure an entire geography, a climate, a way of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat mythology is not entirely gentle. The song \"Strange Fruit,\" one of the most devastating pieces of American music ever recorded, places magnolia blossoms in the same frame as the violence of lynching — a reminder that flowers absorb the full weight of the human worlds they grow in. The magnolia has been a symbol of beauty and a symbol of brutality, a civic emblem and a cultural provocation. What has never been in question is its presence: this is a genus that has outlasted extinction events, ice ages, and the rise and fall of civilisations, flowering on the same terms it always has.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo carry this flower is to carry something that precedes almost everything we know. There is a particular kind of calm in that — the knowledge that the thing you hold is older than memory, tougher than it looks, and still arriving on time every spring. That is the thought Hibiscus chose to travel with you in this bottle: that endurance and beauty are not opposites, and that the most ancient things still have the most to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat It Stands For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Magnolia stands for ancient endurance — the quiet strength of something that has outlasted almost everything, and still blooms first.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Perfect Gift\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person in your life who loves the natural world — who has a soft spot for flowers, feels most at home outdoors, or simply appreciates a beautiful thing that means something real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it for a birthday, a milestone, or any day that deserves a gift she'll actually use. Whether it goes on the trail, to the desk, or on the kitchen bench — it'll be reached for every single day. And every time she does, she carries a story from somewhere real, something that has lasted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot just a bottle. The whole story. She just gets to drink from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e","brand":"Hibiscus Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54067203473751,"sku":"HB-A1C1F07-S12","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1031\/7555\/3367\/files\/bottle_front_V02_01.12_d6c540e1-d672-4093-9f81-3c5924bbc9fe.png?v=1784474192","url":"https:\/\/hibiscusstudio.co\/products\/a1c1_magnolia-botanical-water-bottle-china-native","provider":"Hibiscus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}