Cryptofloricon: send secret messages with flowers By Olivia Solon | Wired Rose, rose, rose, chrysanthemum, carnation. A delicate bouquet of flowers that contains a secret message: "You’ll pay for that." The receiver of such a bouquet might reply with a lily and two chrysanthemums: "Go and die in a hole." These floral ciphers form the basis of Cryptofloricon, a project developed by ...