Flower language of Bauhinia
Bauhinia flower language and symbolism represents the meaning:affection, brotherhood and harmony. Bauhinia is also known as red-flowered Bauhinia, Bauhinia, Bauhinia, for the family of Succiniaceae evergreen medium trees, the leaves are round, broadly ovate or kidney-shaped, but the top are split into two halves, like the sheep's hooves armor, so it has this name. Bauhinia, flower color purple and red, shaped like a butterfly, the scenery is peculiar, gorgeous and lovely, when the leaves are not yet grown, the branches on the flower has bloomed, so it is also known as ? Red? In ancient China, Bauhinia is often used to compare the affection, symbolizing brotherhood and harmony, family prosperity.
Bauhinia varieties
Bauhinia is not only only purple, in recent years scientists have cultivated white varieties of Bauhinia. Its unique color defines its ethereal posture. When the white zinnias bloom in the wind, the branches are covered with flowers and the scene is breathtaking. When the flower dances with the wind, it looks like a fairy in the nine heavens, with a calm and elegant posture.
Introduction to Bauhinia
Bauhinia, also known as red-flowered Bauhinia or Bauhinia, is a tree in the family Sumac, genus Bauhinia; more branches, twigs are slender and hairy. Leaves leathery, leaf blade has round, broadly ovate or kidney-shaped, the top are split in half, like sheep's hoof, so it is named. Flowering between winter and spring, the flower is as big as a palm, slightly fragrant, five petals evenly arranged in whorls, red or purple-red, very beautiful.
Bauhinia is evergreen and lush all year round, quite resistant to soot, especially suitable for street trees; the bark contains tannins, which can be used as tanning material and dyes; the roots, bark and flowers can also be used as medicine. Bauhinia is also an important landscaping seedlings.
Bauhinia is the city flower of Hong Kong. In the history of Hong Kong, there is also a tragic story about Bauhinia: more than a hundred years ago, the residents of Hong Kong to resist the British invasion, the front and back, countless martyrs bravely died! After the disaster, a large tomb was built on Mount Kwai Kok to bury those heroes who had sacrificed their lives. Later, a tree with purplish-red flowers that people had never seen before grew on Gui Kok Shan, and soon the flowers bloomed all over Hong Kong. The flowers bloomed around Ching Ming, and the people named it Bauhinia in honor of the martyrs.
In ancient times, people used the Bauhinia flower to compare kinship, compared to the brotherhood. Legend: During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tian Zhen and his brothers Tian Qing and Tian Guang divided their family, and all the properties were distributed, leaving a Bauhinia tree that was intended to be divided into three parts. When the brothers came to cut down the tree at dawn, they found that the tree had withered and the fallen flowers were all over the ground. Tian Zhen could not help but sigh to the sky: ? People are not as good as wood! From then on, the three brothers were no longer separated and lived in harmony, and the zinnia tree also gained vitality and flourished. Lu Ji wrote a poem about this: ? The three thorns are happy to be in the same plant, and the four birds are sad to be in different forests. Li Bai lamented: ? The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of a long journey, and I was so happy to see you.
Bauhinia reproduction
Cuttings reproduction is the main, grafting reproduction for the second. Although this tree is full of red flowers, but because the stigma of the pistil has degenerated, can not be pollinated breeding, so? Flowers but not real? , no seed reproduction.
Cuttings
Breeding is in March - April, choose a year-old robust branches cut into a long 10 cm - 12 cm, and with 3 - 4 sections, the lower leaves of the spike cut off, leaving only the top two leaves inserted into the sand bed. Spray water in time after insertion, covered with plastic film. In the temperature of 18 ℃ to 25 ℃ conditions, about 10 days can grow out of the healing tissue, 50 days or so can be rooted, germination. After about 1 year of survival, the seedlings can reach about 1 meter, transplanted in the following spring in the nursery cultivation.
Grafting
Reproduction is the use of broadleaf clover, white-flowered clover, Qiongdao clover, etc. as rootstock, high bud grafting. The period of grafting is carried out in April-May in spring or August-September in fall before the seedlings draw new buds.
Bauhinia cultivation techniques
Transplanting should be carried out in early spring in February-March. Seedlings need to bring more lodging soil, large seedlings with soil ball. Greenhouse potted plants, spring and summer water should be sufficient to maintain humidity. Avoid direct sunlight in the high temperature of summer. Fall and winter should be slightly dry. Apply liquid fertilizer 1-2 times during the growing period. This flower in the subtropical, Yangtze River basin potted, winter should be into the greenhouse overwintering, the minimum temperature needs to be maintained above 5?