Schreber's Brazil

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Schreber's Brazil belongs to a family called kabomb. In Latin, the name of this plant is as follows: Brasenia schreberi J. F. Gmel.

Description of brazenia schreber

This plant is considered to be more ancient than even the lotus and eurya. For this reason, this species can be called a fossil. These plants are representatives of southern subtropical cultures. In nature, these plants are found in the south of the Far East, which is explained by the biological adaptation of these plants to being in the water in the winter. This plant grows on the territory of lakes, the depth of which can even reach three meters, while an increased content of organic matter is noted in the muddy bottom. This plant has long, thin branching rhizomes, which will have internodes approximately fifteen to thirty centimeters long. From the corners, bundles of colorless roots will go down and to the sides, the length of which will be about twenty centimeters, and their diameter does not exceed one tenth of a millimeter. These roots will go deeper into the ground and thus perform the function of anchoring.

In this case, leafy shoots will grow from other nodes, which are divided into small separate internodes approximately four to ten centimeters long. In the depths of the water, shoots and leaves are painted in dark purple tones, and closer to the surface they become dark green, the same elements that are above the water surface in color will be green. The leaves of this plant are alternate, with long petioles, and oval-shaped thyroid plates float on the surface of the water. The length of such plates is about ten to fourteen centimeters, but the width ranges from three to nine centimeters. These plates will have radiant venation, they are naked, they will be solid at the edges, but purple below. This plant is endowed with a thin stem, and the petioles and pedicels are covered with a specific gelatinous mucus.

On the surface of the reservoir, the first leaves can be seen at the very beginning of June. This plant is highly buoyant. At the beginning of July, buds and first flowers will be noticeable, however, under water, the first buds can begin to form as early as February. Such buds are also covered with a rather dense layer of mucus. At the same time, the mass flowering of the Schreber Brazen begins in late July and early August. However, in some plants, single flowers can be seen even in mid-September. The flowers of the plant will be single, and in diameter they reach the order of one and a half to two and a half centimeters. The perianth of such flowers will be double, it will have three sepals and three petals. These petals are dark purple on top and green below. The flowers of this plant remain open throughout the day, but in the evening they sink under the water, where they spend the whole night.

Distribution and cultivation features

This plant is most commonly found in eastern Asia, Australia, North America, India and West Africa. As for Russia, here the Schreber brazing can be seen in the Amur Region, the southern part of the Primorsky Territory and in the southern part of the Khabarovsk Territory.

As for the peculiarities of growing this plant in culture, relatively shallow water bodies are considered the most favorable, where there is weak-flowing water, which will quickly and well warm up. It is also important to remember that chlorinated water is not capable of negatively affecting the development of this plant. However, high floods and a drop in water levels can have a very negative effect on flowering under the schreber if the year is particularly dry.