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Licoris radiant (lat. Lycoris radiata) - bulbous perennial plant of the genus
Licoris (lat. Lycoris) families
Amaryllidaceae (lat. Amaryllidaceae) … A spectacular plant with flower petals of bright red or dark pink color and stamens on long filaments emanating from the pharynx of the flower and giving the flower the appearance of bright spiders. The flower bulbs are very poisonous, they protect the planting of cultivated plants from pests and mice. In China and Japan, several love legends are associated with the flower, based on some of the natural features of the plant.
Description
The basis of the longevity of Licoris radiantis is the underground bulb. The bulb of a plant manages to accumulate various poisons in itself, and therefore is dangerous to human health, and also serves as protection from pests, including mice, for other plants.
A leafless peduncle with a height of sixty to seventy centimeters is born from the bulb on the surface of the earth, bearing an umbrella inflorescence of bright, spectacular flowers. The six stamens on long filaments emanating from the center of the flower are like the tentacles of a spider. Six bright red or dark pink petals, the length of which is less than the length of the staminate filaments, intricately bend, creating a picturesque basis for the overall composition of the inflorescence. This shape of the flower of Licoris radiant gave birth to the folk name of the plant - "Red lily-spider". The flowering of Radiant Licoris coincides with the Day of the Autumnal Equinox, and therefore the plant is sometimes called the "Flower of the Equinox".
The linear long leaves of Licoris appear from the soil when the flowers have already withered, giving people a reason to create myths and legends telling about sad love, for example, two elves who cannot meet in earthly life, although in the afterlife they made an oath to each other that will certainly be together. Therefore, for people, this flower is associated with death and is planted on the graves of the dead, escorts people to the last earthly journey and is never used as a gift to a loved one.
Licorice plants are of two types. In the first type, the growing cycle ends with the creation of a fruit in the form of a capsule, which contains black seeds, the hope of the future life of the plant on the planet. In the second type, it does not come to seeds, and therefore gardeners propagate such plants with the help of daughter bulbs, that is, vegetatively. Plants of the second type are genetically homogeneous. It is believed that they came to Japan from China in a company with rice.
Growing conditions
Radiant licorice is a thermophilic plant, and therefore in areas with cold winters, bulbs are planted in early spring, digging them up for winter storage indoors. In the floriculture literature, they write that Licoris radiant can withstand short frosts down to minus eighteen degrees Celsius.
Licorice radiant likes places with full sun and well-drained soils containing sand. The distance between the bulbs during planting is maintained from fifteen to thirty centimeters, so that during flowering the lush inflorescence of one plant does not interfere with the neighboring one.
Usage
The poisonousness of the Licorice radiant bulbs is used by the Japanese to protect rice fields from pests, including mice. To do this, they surround rice fields and their homes with plant borders, while decorating the ground with spectacular Lycoris blooms. A large concentration of blooming Licoris radiantis can be observed in the natural environment along the rivers.
But, most often, Licoris radiant is associated with death, and therefore it is planted on graves, but you should never give a bouquet of radiant Licoris flowers to living people, especially people in love.
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