Why do the suction cups on the climbing tiger make it climb up?
The stem of the climbing tiger grows many short pink filaments, which botanists call tendrils. Each short tendrils can grow several suction cups with a sticky substance outward, which can adhere tightly to the surface of hard objects like the feet of geckos with suction cups, and fix the stem to rocks, trees or walls even if the wind cannot blow them away. New young stems can continue to grow higher, and the vines can grow to more than 30 meters, as if slowly climbing up
Where can I see climbing tigers?
In the summer, when you see green leaves crawling all over a wall, you are a climbing tiger. Originally grown in eastern Asia, the Himalayas and North America, the climbing tiger is a climbing plant. Because of its strong vitality, strong climate and environmental adaptability, strong absorption of harmful gases, it is often selected as a green plant, and it can be seen in street corners, parks, urban green belts and courtyards. The stems and leaves of the climbing tiger are dense, covering the walls of the house like umbrellas, which can resist the sunlight, make the walls not too hot, and reduce the indoor temperature.
What is a climbing plant?
Climbing plants, in layman's terms, are plants that can grasp things and grow upwards. In plant taxonomy, there is no category of climbing plants, which is the name given to people who have a growth form similar to the climbing tiger.
。 Knowing this, it is not difficult to understand why climbing plants look different from each other. Some climb up like mountain climbers on suction cups, and some climb up entirely by tendrils wrapped around objects.
In fact, there are many climbing plants in people's lives, such as lentils, loofah, morning glory, adzuki, kudzu, ivy, grapes and so on.
