Speaking of figs, some people first present a pot of green shrub bonsai in their minds, and some people first think of dried figs that are sweet as crisp, of course, some people do not know what a fig is, and they think that they are self-exonerating, and figs are a kind of thing that does not flower and can bear fruit.
I started my exposure to figs because of a small shrub of light rods abandoned by a colleague. Since then, I have also deeply loved this small shrub, because it is not only a beautiful scenery in front of me, but also taught me how to be a person!
Fig is an exotic variety that has been introduced. Around the Han Dynasty, figs were introduced to the mainland and were first planted in Xinjiang. Later, along with the ancient Silk Road, figs were introduced to Gansu, Shaanxi and other places. Because its fruit shape resembles a steamed bun, the south is often called "wooden steamed bun".
In the past, science and technology were relatively backward, such as magnifying glasses, microscopes and other equipment were not available at all, only with the naked eye to record some of the things seen and heard around them. In the usual growth of figs, people rarely find figs blooming, but inadvertently, they will find that the branches of figs are quietly hung with small, cute small fruits, so posterity calls them figs. After all, it is an introduced alien species, people call it fig, it is also a plant named according to its own biological growth characteristics, and people at that time were proud of this nomenclature! But the phenomenon of figs not blossoming and directly bearing fruit has always attracted countless people to explore and think.
According to the classification law of plant taxonomy, as we all know, figs are small deciduous shrubs of the genus Figs of the mulberry family, with elegant tree posture, large leaves, palm-like cracks, and are a pure natural pollution-free ornamental tree in many courtyards and parks.
With the continuous progress and development of science and technology, people not only have magnifying glasses, but also have microscopes, and up to now, scientists have also researched and manufactured oil glasses with more exaggerated magnifications! This is an easy way to unveil the mystery of fig figs without flowers!
In fact, figs have flowers, but they don't have colorful petals. Here, I just want to say that fig's life is too low-key, low-key enough to make people cry and laugh! The flowers of figs are very tiny, the flower color is reddish, the petals are degenerate, almost nothing, the female stamens are distributed up and down, and the flocks are hidden in the fat sac-shaped flower tray, the flower tray is fleshy and relatively hypertrophied, the middle is concave, only a small opening is opened in the upper part, and there are many small flowers on the periphery of the depression, which is botanically called the hidden head inflorescence. The fruit is actually an inflorescence.
There is also an egg laid by a parasitic wasp in the flower tray of the fig, and as the young fruit inflorescence grows, the eggs also feather into small parasitic wasps. The little parasitic wasps that are running around are also reluctant to stay in the small flower tray for a long time, they will move, and when they move, they are covered with pollen particles. These little parasitic wasps fly out of a small hole in the top of a fig and then into another fig holder. In this way, the figs, with the help of parasitic bees, will complete pollination and produce many small seeds. When we eat figs, we feel that there are countless small seeds with oily crunch in them.
In the plant kingdom, there are also rubber trees, banyan trees, linden trees, and xueli that bear fruit before they bloom. There is a spirit in this way of results, that is, scientists who dedicate silently, never bluff, but make a great contribution to mankind.
Nowadays, there are many scientists, day after day, year after year, day and night, quietly studying their beloved scientific undertakings, but bravely standing up when the country needs them, solving problems for people and escorting them. For example, the heroes represented by Academician Zhong Nanshan and Academician Chen Wei have emerged in the new crown pneumonia epidemic prevention and control war. There are also many 23 scientific and technological experts who have taken root in the desert, are willing to be unsung heroes, are anonymous, and have made silent dedication to making outstanding contributions to the development of the "two bombs and one satellite." For example, despite his wife's opposition, he resolutely chose to serve the motherland, but still insisted on leading the team to "survey the sky and explore the sea" and create a world miracle Huang Danian and so on. There are also academicians who have taken root in the northwest, traveled throughout the mountains and rivers of the northwest, founded the discipline of grassland science, and encouraged themselves to "cultivate the quiet in the movement and have an empty heart" for many years. There are many, many such people, and I will not list them all. Here, I sincerely wish them a better and better life!
Fig, its flower language is silent dedication, simplicity, modesty and prudence, never bluffing, but wholeheartedly serving the people!