大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 2.31

2.31

疏「華喻功德萬行」者，此亦二義：一感果華，喻萬行因，成佛果故。或與果俱、或不與俱。俱如蓮華，表因果交徹故；不俱如姚李，不壞先因後果故。二嚴身華，喻諸位功德必與位，位果俱故。故下經云「若見華開，當願眾生神通等法如華開敷。若見樹華，當願眾生眾相如華具三十二。」

In the Commentary, "'Flower' analogizes the myriad practices of meritorious virtues," also has two meanings: First, the flower that elicits fruit analogizes the cause of the myriad practices, because it achieves the fruit of Buddhahood. It may either occur together with the fruit or not together with it: occurring together is like the lotus flower, expressing the mutual interpenetration of cause and fruit; not occurring together is like the peach and plum, not disrupting the sequence of cause first and fruit afterwards. Second, the flower that adorns the body analogizes the meritorious virtues of the various stages necessarily accompanying the fruit of each stage. Thus a later chapter of the sūtra says: "If you see flowers blooming, you should vow that sentient beings' superknowledges and other dharmas blossom like flowers; if you see flowers on trees, you should vow that sentient beings' myriad characteristics are like flowers, complete with the thirty-two [marks]."