Silver peony
Silver peony in wild condition
Silver peony was first found in mexico in Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí. Originally the only member of the genus Pinus pinus, the plant is still found in the plant community under the name. This roughly spherical plant body is about 6 centimeters in diameter, and the silver peony has grown slightly above the ground above the ground than the previous delicate pill. During the cultivation process, it is found that the older silver peony will grow in vain. The particular name silver peony means "like a pine cone" and aptly describes the appearance of a triangle, with upwardly turned scales that are tiled over the plant body. The flowers of the silver peony are very similar to the delicate pills, with a diameter of 5-2.5 cm, pink or magenta in color, and bloom close to the growth center.
The flower of the silver peony
There are a small amount of hairs and small weak spines in the center of the dome, which usually fall off quickly and eventually become spineless. We found this plant on steep slopes in the wild, loose rocky shale, and it happily lived there, surrounded by small rocks to protect itself from bad weather and local hungry predators. The main problem in cultivation is its slow growth, which takes many years to form a single stem of about 8 cm, and if it is a group of people, it must have a considerable year. There is no doubt that limestone debris in soil mixtures may produce better results. Silver peony seeds remain in fluffy crevices and may be released in the wild only because of the wind-based medium, so it is very slow.
Silver peony is spherical to flattened and spherical, 4-6 cm in diameter, the scales are triangular in outline, slightly dragon scales, overlapping and flattened on the sphere, giving the plant a pinecone-like appearance. The scale tip has 7-14 spines, is thin and flexible, and is 5 mm long. The flowers are 15-30 mm in diameter, dark pink, and wide funnel-shaped. The "unknown" fruits in cultivation seem to be hidden under the villi at the top of the plant, and although we have been trying to plant them for many years, we have never seen them exposed, the seeds are equally "unknown", and the commercially purchased seeds are black. The silver peony from the region has also suffered from over-harvesting, and its continuation in the wild has attracted the attention of the local government and taken protective measures.
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