laitimes

"Wang Lian" battle! The "Wang Lian" of the People's Park has quietly bloomed

author:Meet the image

With the development of the four-season flower exhibition of the Yinsheng Botanical Garden of Nanning People's Park, in addition to more than 1,000 water lilies entering the full blooming period, Wang Lian also quietly bloomed, attracting tourists to stop and watch.

"Wang Lian" battle! The "Wang Lian" of the People's Park has quietly bloomed
"Wang Lian" battle! The "Wang Lian" of the People's Park has quietly bloomed

The flowering of the king lotus is very interesting, at the beginning of flowering, there is only a very small amount of anthocyanin in the petals, the petals are white, over time, the anthocyanins gradually accumulate, the content increases, and the petals are pink until deep red, resulting in an interesting phenomenon of flower color change.

"Wang Lian" battle! The "Wang Lian" of the People's Park has quietly bloomed
"Wang Lian" battle! The "Wang Lian" of the People's Park has quietly bloomed
"Wang Lian" battle! The "Wang Lian" of the People's Park has quietly bloomed

The opening and closing of the lotus flower, the change of flower color, the change of fragrance and other highly specialized characteristics are all in order to better adapt to insect pollination. Wang Lian flowers in the evening on the first day, with white petals and a strong fragrance, which can effectively attract pollinators to come to pollinate; As the petals closed, these pollinators were trapped in the flowers and could not leave until they opened again the next day, and at this time Wang Lian began to emit a large amount of pollen, and these pollinators who left one after another were covered with pollen and went to the next flower, and the petals of the third day appeared pink to dark red, which was obviously different from the white at the beginning of the opening.

"Wang Lian" battle! The "Wang Lian" of the People's Park has quietly bloomed
"Wang Lian" battle! The "Wang Lian" of the People's Park has quietly bloomed

Wang Lian (scientific name: Victoria Lindl.): is a collective name for the genus Wang Lily in the family Water Lily. It is a large, perennial or annual floating leaf herb with erect rhizomes and developed adventitious whisker roots, white. With its giant, peculiar disc-like leaves, it floats on the surface of the water, which is very spectacular, and is known for its delicate and varied colors and strong fragrance. In summer, it flowers, solitary, floating on the surface of the water, white at first, and turns crimson the next day and withers. It has the largest leaf leaves in the world's aquatic plants, with a diameter of more than 3 meters, a smooth leaf surface, and a leaf rim rolled up, like a large emerald green jade plate floating on the surface of the water; Because its leaf veins are different from the leaf vein structure of ordinary plants, they are rib-like and resemble umbrella frames, so they have great buoyancy and can withstand objects weighing up to sixty or seventy kilograms without sinking.

Wang Lian must grow and develop in a high temperature, high humidity and sufficient sunshine environment. The suitable temperature for growth is 25-35 degrees Celsius, and when it is below 20 degrees, the plant will stop growing. Wang lotus is a famous tropical aquatic garden ornamental plant, native to the tropical region of South America, mainly produced in Brazil, Bolivia and other countries, of which the Amazon king lotus (Victoria amazonica) is the national flower of Guyana.

Read on