What word am I thinking of?

[Manang Muyang]

R for rose!

[Alice Heritage]

R is righteous!

_ _ R _ _ _ _ _ _

[Manang Muyang]

S for sunflower ! I'm enjoying this.

[Alice Heritage]

Beautiful!

S spells the sure swiftness of this round ...

_ _ R _ _ S S _ S

[Manang Muyang]

T for .

[Manang Muyang]

Oh, that doesn't look like a tulip!

[Alice Heritage]

No T for turnip either ...

_ _ R _ _ S S _ S

No T

[Kavita Shah]

H for Hibiscus

[Alice Heritage]

Gorgeous, but H is not at home ...

_ _ R _ _ S S _ S

No TH

[Manang Muyang]

O for orchid!

[Alice Heritage]

I have an orchid - it hasn't flowered for a while, though. O was omitted from this flower too.

_ _ R _ _ S S _ S

No HOT

[Manang Muyang]

Sorry about your orchid. I believe you need to talk to it. If you are doing that, maybe try singing?

How do you feel about an A for anthurium?

[Alice Heritage]

I think it might give up the ghost altogether if it heard me singing. But A emerges from the aether:

_ A R _ _ S S _ S

THO no

[Manang Muyang]

I wonder if plants are "in it together" as well. Hmmm. A word is emerging in my mind, but it isn't a flower at all.

An I for iris may illuminate.

[Gravy]

T for tulip!