A firework opened on the ground
Wednesday October 20, 2021 Cold Dew 13th
Bulb bulbs, hidden in soil rubble, bloom suddenly in late summer and early autumn.
The top of the tall flower leaf opens an umbrella-shaped red inflorescence, the petals are rolled back, and the flower buds pull out slender silks, like fireworks, gorgeous and seductive.
This is the other side of the flower, and the film and television drama says that it is the only plant that can bloom in hell.
"The other shore" refers to the world after death, and the opposite of this present life is called "this shore". On the basis of this meaning, the Japanese also extend it to the turn of spring and summer (spring equinox), the turn of autumn and winter (autumn equinox), that is, the spring equinox and autumn equinox are called "the other shore". The flowering period of stone garlic coincides around the autumn equinox, from which the name "other shore flower" comes from.
The other side of the flower is one of the four flowers (flowers) in the Lotus Sutra. It is native to the Yangtze River Basin of China, distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and parts of the southwest, the earliest relevant records found in the Tang Dynasty, also known as golden lantern flower, meaningless grass.
The relationship between stone garlic and the other side of the flower is considered to be the relationship between inclusion and inclusion.
Only the red stone garlic is called the other side flower, also called "Manju Shahua"; Milky stone garlic is called "mandala", which is different from the "mandala" in many people, and the two cannot be regarded as the same plant; Yellow flower stone garlic is also called "suddenly laughing", the flower as its name, its flowers are smart and delicate light yellow, mostly distributed in the south of China, the appearance is outstanding.
"Flowers bloom without leaves, leaves do not see flowers" is a typical portrayal of the growth habit of stone garlic. A bare stem emerges from the ground, and there is not a single leaf in sight, but on the top is a gorgeous flower, and the leaves will grow after the end of the flowering period.
Because stone garlic is often wild in the stone crevices, deep in the woods and other relatively wet and gloomy places, and because of its habit of flowering and seeing flowers and leaves, some people think that this indicates ominousness.
There are many bulbous plants around us, stone garlic is one of many bulbous plants, such as winter flowering vermilion, tulips, hyacinths, summer flowers of lilies, dahlias, leeks, etc., they are quite popular with people, widely planted and cultivated.
At present, in the Hunan Botanical Garden, all kinds of stone garlic bloom for the first time, and the flowering period lasts for nearly 2 months, and everyone can go to watch.
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Stone garlic, a plant of the stone garlic family, the bulb is nearly spherical, 1-3 cm in diameter. Autumn leaves, narrowly banded, about 15 cm long, blunt at the apex, dark green, with a pinkish green band in the middle. The flower stem is about 30 cm tall; 2 total bracts; The umbel-shaped inflorescence has 4-7 flowers; The flowers are narrowly inverted lanceolate by lobes, crumpled and rewinded in strength. The flowering period is from August to September, and the fruiting period is October.
It is wild on shady and wet hillsides and along streams and ditches. It is found in many parts of China and japan. This flower is cultivated and has high horticultural value.
Text/Peng Kexin Photo/Tian Chao Design/Li Zhenming Think Tank/Wu Sizheng Coordinator/Zhou Yuegui Special Support/Hunan Forestry Bureau
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[Source: Hunan Daily· New Hunan Client]