So I know that **hana-bi** ( **はなび** ) means _firework_ s but if I want to say
in more artistic way (and not about fireworks) _flower of fire/flames_ can I
say **hana hi** ( **はなひ** )? Whether it will be understood? And can i still
write it as **花火** or something different. Or maybe it will always be a
mistake. Thanks in advance!
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dilemma with hana-bi and hana hi
火の花 (building on OP's suggestion of 花の火) might be a good answer.

For what it's worth, Mario's fireball is described as
[**火の玉**](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA_%28%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%29#.E4.B8.BB.E3.81.AA.E3.82.A2.E3.82.AF.E3.82.B7.E3.83.A7.E3.83.B3)
(= ball of fire) - not "fire that looks like a ball" or "spherical fire" but
literally "ball of fire":

> 片手から **火の玉** を生み出し前方に向けて撃つ技。
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There's nothing really wrong about 火の花, but without some kind of context it
seems a bit odd. You can always add other words to clarify that you are
speaking in simile / metaphor:

夢の中で花を見た。その花が不思議なほどに鮮やかな紅蓮色をしてて、 **まるで** 火そのものでできている **かのように見えた** 。
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I think 火の花 is ambiguous.It is difficult to be able to be judged fire or
flowers by the word without context.

If you want to say about flowers, you say 火のように美しい花(beautiful flowers like
fire) and if you want to say about fire, you say 花のように美しい火(beautiful fire like
flowers).

If you use のような, のように, it will be clear.
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