Bird of Paradise Strelitzia
Alias: Strelitzia
Origin: produced in Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa
Name source:
The bird of paradise, a flower full of the spirit of the times, was originally a kind of wild flower, and local blacks saw it as a symbol of “freedom, good fortune, and happinessâ€. However, it has long been in an obscure state.
To the 18th century, King George II favorited Queen Charlottey because they love this kind of flower. They think that its flower shape resembles a bird's crown and a beak. The birthplace of her birthplace is also called Paradise Bird Village. So she gave it to her. This flower gives the name "bird of paradise" (someone later called it a blissful bird). Since then, this rookie named after the animal has been famous in the world.
Alias ​​source:
The horticultural experts in our country feel that its shape is like a crane that stretches out from its neck.
Family: Perennial Herbs
Morphological characteristics:
Plants up to 1 m, plant type clustered, leaves like banana, petiole longer, arranged in a fan-shaped, rough appearance. The stems are drawn from leafhoppers and are as long as 560 centimeters. The inflorescence is made up of a boat-shaped bract. It grows like a palm and is spathed. When it blooms, it is purplish red in color, orange in flower buds, and light blue in petals. The entire flower shape is like a swan flying in the wings. It has a long flowering period and can be successively opened from autumn to spring. Each year about two or thirty flowers per plant are opened. If it is kept fresh, it can be enjoyed for more than 10 days.
Market situation:
Although the foreign flower industry has developed rapidly, the production of bird of paradise is not the majority, and it has maintained a long-term rare state. This is because it is more difficult to reproduce seeds naturally. When it blooms in the tropical regions of Africa, a small hummingbird must spread pollen to spread seeds, and the germination rate is also low. It is usually more than 3 years after the seedlings are planted. A total of more than 90 leaves have been grown to bloom. Therefore, the price of Bird of Paradise flower is relatively expensive, and in the international market it is often necessary to buy a bird of paradise flower at the price of 10 roses. When the 23rd International Olympic Games was held in Los Angeles, United States, in 1984, the conference announced who would win the gold medal and gave it to a bird of paradise. From this it was praised as "the flower of the winner."
Use characteristics:
Birds of paradise are larger in size, and their leaf posture is not beautiful enough. Most of the halls rarely use potted plants for indoor decoration.
It is mainly used in open field cultivation and is mainly used for harvesting cut flowers to supply people with art flowers. In the world, many large-scale flower arrangements often use Bird of Paradise as an advanced flower material.
In 1990, the Japanese flower arrangement expert Suzuki Cang Yu was at the Flower Arrangement Expo in Tokyo. He presented a piece of maple leaf as a background. Huang Ju made a fortune with her dead branches and just inserted a Bird of Paradise flower. She quoted the famous Chinese prose "falling clouds and flying alone, and Qiushui grow up all the time" as a proposition. This work attracted countless audiences to stop and admire her artistic skills. It can be seen that the Bird of Paradise flower is indeed indispensable in the history of art flower arrangement.
Growth habits:
Although the bird of paradise is a herb, its short stem at the base of the earth is rather lignified. The underground roots are full of fleshy roots, which have both the advantages of strong absorption of water and fertilizers and the fear of waterlogging. Most of the cultivation in the greenhouse abroad, with computer control of temperature, humidity and light.
According to observations, its optimum growth temperature is 2O-3O°C. If it is lower than 8°C, it will stop growing, and if it drops to 3C, it will be frozen to death. It is difficult to practice open cultivation in the north. In most areas of Lingnan planted in the outside can be normal flowering. Only the amount of flowering with protective facilities is more than double the amount of planting in open fields.
Cultivation and conservation:
In order to maintain the vigor of the life of the fleshy roots, it is necessary to pay attention to selecting the places where the groundwater level is lower before the start of production. It is better that the field water level is less than 35 cm below the ground, and all the sorghum or mounds should be built. The addition of organic fertilizers allows the root system to freely absorb nutrients and moisture in the soil so that it can continue to bloom.
In the hot summer days, the edge of the leaves of the bird of paradise often appears yellow. In addition to a few leaves damaged by leaf spot disease, most of them are due to the physiological effects caused by insufficient space humidity. In addition, scale insects are also very harmful to the leaves. Once they are found, they must be brushed to death, and sprayed with 25% imidothiophosphate 1000 times solution, sprayed once every 7 days, and even sprayed 3 times. Effective.
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