unusual! The white lotus in Pengzu Garden is still blooming

"It's really strange, other places where the lotus flowers have failed, and the white lotus flowers in Pengzu Garden's Immortal Pond are still blooming so well?" On the morning of September 23, when Ms. Wang, a citizen, passed by Pengzu Garden, she found that although the autumn equinox had passed, the white lotus flowers here were still in full bloom, which made her feel very strange. However, something even stranger is yet to come...

White lotus flowers still bloom after the autumn equinox

Ms. Wang commutes to and from work every day through Pengzu Garden, and from Taishan Road, you can see the white lotus flowers in the Immortal Pond. "These white lotus flowers bloomed in early June, because our lotus flowers in Xuzhou are rarely white, and I also called my girlfriends to come to the beautiful photo together." Unexpectedly, summer has passed, the autumn equinox has passed, and they are still open, which is really strange! Ms. Wang told reporters.

After receiving Ms. Wang's clue, the reporter of Xu Bao Rong Media immediately came to Peng Zuyuan Bulaotan. It is not difficult to find this white lotus, which can be seen from a distance on Tarzan Road. Enter from the west 2 gate of Pengzu Garden, and you can enjoy this white lotus flower without taking a few steps. On the surface of the water south of the Bulaotan Arch Bridge to the Water Pavilion Garden, the white lotus flowers in the lotus leaves of tiantian are as fresh as the water hibiscus. What is eye-catching is that the lotus leaves have begun to decay, and the lotus flowers are close to maturity, but the white lotus flowers on the surface of the water are still blooming for the first time. Some white lotus flowers are in full bloom, and you can see yellow buds and tender green lotuses in the white petals; some have buds to be released, delicate and lovely; some are still flower bones, showing a faint green color. When the passing citizens saw this scene, they all stopped to watch it.

This white lotus flower is self-generated

What variety is this white lotus? Why is it still blooming so vigorously after the autumn equinox? In order to solve the mystery, the reporter of Xu Bao Rong Media asked the chief of the Garden Technology Section of Peng Zuyuan for advice.

"This white lotus flower appeared in 2019, and last year the area was relatively small, about less than 200 square meters. I didn't expect that the area would nearly double this year, and the flowers would bloom so well. Vanke Chief told reporters, "I also noticed that they still bloom after the autumn equinox this year, but in fact, we have only planted water lilies in BulaoTan, and this white lotus flower is self-generated, and it is not clear what variety they are." ”

According to Chief Vanke, lotus flowers are warm-loving plants. After the temperature rises to more than 13 °C, the top buds of the lotus root in the lake pond begin to germinate; after the summer, as the temperature shows a downward trend, the lotus flower will bloom less and less; after the autumn equinox, there will be fewer lotus flowers that bloom again; and after the cold dew, the temperature drops to about 15 °C, and the annual reproductive period of the lotus flower is basically over.

"Throughout the growing season, the most suitable temperature for lotus flowers to grow is 22 ° C - 32 ° C, and lotus flowers can tolerate high temperatures of 35 ° C - 40 ° C, but they grow extremely slowly below 17 ° C. Although the specific variety name of this white lotus is not known, it is certain that this is a hardy variety and the flowering period is longer than that of the general variety. Chief Vanke said.

Bulao Lake has become a water bird playing paradise

The autumn wind brought the fragrance of lotus flowers. Just as the reporter stopped to admire the white lotus flowers in the pool, a mischievous pulture (pìtī) swam from the surface of the water to the lotus leaf, jumping happily on the lotus leaf. It dives underwater for a while, swims between the lotus leaves for a while, and plays freely in the water of the Bulao Pond.

Just when the reporter was fascinated to appreciate, under the cloister on the north side of the Guanding Bridge in Bulaotan, he accidentally found a heron, which was really a surprise! At first, the heron bowed its head, revealing only its black-gray back, and it stood motionless in the water, mistaking it for a sculpture. But in fact, it is "waiting for the rabbit", staring at the fish that is about to appear, and the long mouth plunges into the water, picking up a loach, which can be described as "stable and accurate".

It is understood that the heron, a wading bird, likes to stand still in the water for a long time, in order to wait for the opportunity to prey on fish and shrimp, so it also has the nickname of "long neck old wait" and "old wait". Vanke Chief said: "In recent years, the ecological environment has become better and better, and there are more and more water birds active in Bulaotan, the most of which are small cormorants, about dozens; herons are only this year, not many, probably one or two." ”

Xu Bao Rong Media reporter Wang Shuyu

Trainee reporter Yin SiyuanWen

Photo by reporter Qin Yuan