Since ムーラン is princess of the month, here some thoughts about which 花 fits her the best. The movie, after all, offers some choices. The most obvious one is the magnolia, since that’s the translation of the name Mulan.

Then there is the white 花 ムーラン wears in her hair when she meets the matchmaker – the same 花 she leaves behind when she goes to war. I’m not sure what kind of 花 that’s suppose to be. I first considered lotus (since the lotus is such a reveled 花 in Asia and gets often connected to the gods), but a lotus has もっと見る petals. A white チェリー blossom would have exactly five petals, but they would be もっと見る round. There are some similarities with a white モクレン, マグノリア 花 または a lily, but again, both have もっと見る petals. My best guess is the つつじ, ツツジ - a white つつじ, ツツジ has five petals, looks very similiar, but even もっと見る important, in China they are a symbol for womanhood (they also symbolize taking care, temperance and fragility, もっと見る または less everything ムーラン is expected to be).

And finally, the most important of all, the 花 her father points out to her. I originally assumed that they are sitting under a チェリー 木, ツリー – I think mostly because the チェリー blossom is such a big deal in 日本 and there are festivals surrounding it in China, too. But the “Hanami” in 日本 is the one with the long tradition, while China just was inspired によって it. Plus, the longer I look at it, the もっと見る I get the impression that those blossoms are supposed to be magnolias. あなた can compare it yourself to the picture of some magnolias at the right, the similiarity is undeniable. Also it would make the whole scene so much もっと見る meaningful, if her father points out a late blooming "Mulan" instead of a ランダム flower. But the scripts of "Mulan" I have found so far don't specify, there is only "blossoms" written, so unless the animators give an answer, we'll never know for sure.

But I admit I like チェリー blossoms better for Mulan, since magnolias are fairly sensitive flowers, and ムーラン is everything but sensitive. チェリー blossoms have three different meaning in the language of flowers: They stand for a good education, transience of life (Japan) and feminine beauty (China). All those meanings fit ムーラン and her story nearly perfectly, although the meaning of magnolias (love of nature) works too.
In the end, I couldn’t really decide - So I made two wallpapers, one with チェリー blossoms and one with magnolias, to honor the beauty of a late blooming flower.