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Peacock tigridia (lat. Tigridia pavonia) - bulbous herb
genus Tigridia (lat. Tigridia)belonging to
to the Iris family (lat. Iridaceae) … Peacock tigridia is a perennial thermophilic plant, a child of the American tropics, which is gaining popularity among gardeners in Europe and Russia. Its large, spectacular flowers adorn our planet for only eight to ten hours, opening their petals in the morning, and closing them again in the evening in order to have time to bring their “future” to maturity - fruits with seeds. The flowers are so unique and picturesque that even the short duration of their life does not frighten the true admirers of natural beauty, who grow Tigridia as a peacock in their flower beds. Each new morning of the endless earthly life of Tigridia the peacock meets with a new flower, demonstrating the eternity of being. Tigridia peacock corms are rich in starch and have been cultivated in Central America for food since legendary times when the American Indians lived on these lands.
Description
Tigridia peacock, which was born in the warm American tropics, loves places open to sunlight. The underground corm is the guarantor of the perennial of the herbaceous plant. It feeds the aerial parts of the plant, and also creates daughter bulbs that continue the life of the plant for the next year. A dense bunch of roots descends into the soil from the bulb, and xiphoid leaves and several peduncles with unique flowers come out to the surface.
The environment affects the height of the plant, which ranges from thirty to seventy centimeters. Folded xiphoid leaves, in principle, do not differ in their appearance from the leaves traditional for plants of the Iris family. The leaf plate is light green, with a sharp tip.
Festive and elegant Tigridia peacock is made by its unique flowers. They are quite large, up to fifteen centimeters in diameter. Outwardly, they a little resemble Orchid flowers, but their lifespan is insultingly short. The flower bud spreads its oval petals with the arrival of a new day, but, without even waiting for the evening twilight, closes them so that they no longer open. That is, the lifespan of one flower does not exceed ten hours. Some summer residents who come to rest only on weekends cannot always admire the flowering of Tigridia. And only those flower growers who live next to their pets every morning admire and admire the creation of nature that adorns our planet for such a short period of time. After all, every morning a new flower opens, if there are several plants in the flowerbed. Two colors: red and yellow, create a unique miracle of nature, similar to a bright dish, consisting of petal blades, in the center of which wood elves seem to have walked, leaving their random traces on the petals. The pharynx of a flower is decorated with staminate threads and a pistil that have grown together, because the peacock's Tigridia is a hermaphrodite plant, that is, bisexual.
In one day, insects manage to pollinate the flower, so that the plant can form fruits with angular seeds, which make it possible to extend the life of Tigridia peacock on the beautiful planet Earth for many more years. The plant reproduces very successfully through sowing seeds, in addition to the vegetative propagation method with the help of bulbous babies.
Usage
Peacock tigridia is a very effective plant, actively used by gardeners to decorate flower beds around the world, where it is warm and sunny. The plant loves fertile, loose, moist soil, but without stagnant water. When grown in areas with cold winters, the bulbs are dug up and stored in a cool place before the onset of cold weather. The landing site must be protected from the effects of winds and drafts, which are not to the liking of a thermophilic plant.
Tireless breeders have developed a large number of varieties of Tigridia, distinguished by an enviable variety of colors of flower petals.
In Mexico, the American Indian tradition of using Tigridia bulbs as food is alive. The bulbs are eaten after heat treatment.
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