What does the bird of paradise mean?

a bird of paradise, also known as bird of paradise, is native to southern Africa. I like warm and humid climate, but I am afraid of frost and snow. The bird of paradise is also an animal, living in the deep mountains and forests, with colorful feathers and huge and gorgeous tail wings, flying in the air like colorful clouds, colorful, peaceful and auspicious. In addition, James Raster's musical work Birds of Paradise and TV series Birds of Paradise. Birds of Paradise, also known as birds of paradise, sunbirds, wind birds and fog birds. And crows are distant relatives. According to statistics, there are more than 4 species of birds of paradise in the world, including more than 3 species in Papua New Guinea. Among them, the most outstanding birds of paradise are the Blue Bird of Paradise, the Foot Bird of Paradise and the King Bird of Paradise. Papua New Guinea, an island country in the South Pacific, is the world-famous hometown of birds of paradise. Birds of paradise live in the mountains and forests, with colorful feathers and huge and gorgeous tail wings, flying in the air like colorful clouds, colorful, peaceful and auspicious. The local residents are convinced that this kind of bird is a divine bird in heaven. They eat nectar and drink dew from the sky. The creator has endowed them with the most beautiful body and the most gorgeous clothes, bringing happiness and auspiciousness to the world. At first, western countries decorated birds of paradise with their tail feathers, which led to the mass killing of birds of paradise. Because the local aborigines had already cut off their wings and legs when they transported the birds to the west to facilitate transportation, it is also said that the birds of paradise have no wings and legs, and only rely on beautiful feathers to float in the sky like clouds. The blue bird of paradise is extremely gorgeous in posture, and the central tail feather is extended like a golden silk thread. In the reproductive season, the male bird arches his back or heads up, and erects the golden feathers with fluffy ribs. Or climb branches, hang upside down, shake off feathers like brocade and satin, and keep singing sweet words of love and vows of eternal love in your mouth to attract the female birds and girls across the street to look at them. A bird of paradise without feet is not really without feet, but its feet are shorter. When flying, it is hidden in long feathers and people can't see it. It is exquisite, elegant and handsome, and its tail is two or three times longer than its body, also known as the long-tailed bird of paradise. The King Bird of Paradise is not the largest in stature, but it is unique in temperament. First, it is faithful to love. No matter men or women fall in love once, they will stay together for life, without fighting or making noise, so they will always care for each other and love each other. When they lose their partner, the other bird will never remarry or remarry, but will starve to death. Second, they are lonely by nature and don't want to live with other populations, but whenever the environment changes, they fly high in the sky and act as guides for the migration team. Rare bird of paradise, in the ancient hometown of Papua New Guinea, a South Pacific island country, is respected and cherished by indigenous people. Whenever a grand festival is celebrated, the indigenous people wear headdresses made of gorgeous bird of paradise feathers, singing and dancing, which are colorful and joyful. In modern colonial times, the fame of birds of paradise spread all over the world. People put a cluster of nebulae in the southern sky, Name it "Bird of Paradise Constellation"

[ Edit this paragraph] Bird of Paradise (plant)

STRELITEIA kingdom: Plant kingdom: Angiosperm class: Herbaceous flower class: Orchidaceae: Travelidae genus: Strelitzia genus: Strelitzia species: origin: South Africa flower color: pink chrysanthemum flowering period: autumn-spring alias: Strelitzia reginae, also known as Strelitzia reginae. Their scientific names were taken in memory of Queen Charlotte, Princess of King George III of England. The crane orchid can grow up to 2 meters high, with large and strong leaves, 25-7 cm long and 1-3 cm wide, and the petiole is 1 meter long. Leaves are evergreen and divided into two rows, which are fan-shaped. Flowers grow on long stems. The spica is hard and beak-like, and looks like a bird's head because it is perpendicular to the stem. It is enough to support the sunbird family that eats nectar on flowers. The flower has three bright orange sepals and three purple-blue petals. Two of the petals are combined to form a honey tube like an arrow. When the Sunbird family sits on it and eats nectar, the petals will open and cover the bird's feet with pollen. In the art of floral arrangement, the bird of paradise is one of the materials. But it has been in obscurity for a long time. By the 18th century, the favorite queen of King George II, Charlotte, thought that the flower shape was particularly similar to the bird's crown and beak, and the hometown where she was born was originally called Bird of Paradise Village, so she gave this flower the name of "Bird of Paradise" (later, some people called it a bird of paradise). Since then, this rookie named after animals has become famous all over the world. However, Chinese horticulturists feel that it is shaped like a crane with its neck stretched out. Specially, it was named "Hewanglan". The flower language of the bird of paradise: freedom, happiness, chic and auspicious. It also has the meaning of longevity in our country.

morphological characteristics

perennial herbs. There are thick fleshy roots underground, and there are no obvious aboveground stems. The leaves are opposite to each other from a very short aboveground stem disk, arranged on both sides, with long stalks and hard texture, with longitudinal grooves in the center. The leaves are oval, 2-4 cm long and 8-5 cm wide, leathery, and the lateral veins are neat and parallel. Inflorescence leaves axillary, higher than the leaves, strange flower shape. 6 ~ 8 flowers are arranged in a scorpion tail shape, and there are also more than 1 flower branches. There is a total bract of Buddha flame outside the inflorescence, which is 15 ~ 2 cm long, green and purplish red at the edge. Flowers are large, bisexual and symmetrical on both sides; Sepals 3, lanceolate, orange; Petals 3 lateral, 2 tongue-shaped, 1 boat-shaped in the center, with ear lobes at the base, nearly as long as sepals, dark blue. The whole inflorescence is like a crane staring at the distance. Hewanglan is a high-grade cut flower with beautiful leaves, evergreen seasons and strange flowers, which symbolizes happiness and freedom. Ecological habits: sexual preference for warm and moist climate. The optimum growth temperature is kept at 23 ~ 25℃, not lower than 5℃ in winter, and can tolerate 4℃ in summer, but if the flower bud development period is higher than 27℃, it will affect the flower bud growth and even necrosis. It will cause burns under high temperature and strong light. The relative humidity of air should be maintained at 6% ~ 7%. It needs deep soil layer, rich in organic matter, loose, fertile and well drained, and the PH value is 6.5 ~ 7..

characteristics

in fact, it is not an authentic orchid plant, but a perennial herb belonging to the family Musaceae. The plant is 1 meter high, clustered, with leaves like banana, long petiole, fan-shaped and rough appearance. The stem is drawn from the axils of leaves, which is 5 to 6 cm long. Its inflorescence is composed of a boat-shaped bract, which is as long as a palm and looks like a Buddha's bud. When it blooms, the involucre is purple, the calyx is orange, the petals are light blue, and the whole flower shape is like a colorful bird spreading its wings and gliding. Its flowering period is very long, and it can be opened one after another from autumn to spring, with about 2 or 3 flowers per plant every year. If it is kept fresh properly, it can be watched for more than 1 days. Although the flower industry abroad has developed rapidly, the number of birds of paradise is not large, and it has remained rare for a long time. This is because it is difficult to propagate seeds naturally. When flowering in tropical Africa, it depends on a small hummingbird to spread pollen to produce seeds, and the germination rate is also low. It often takes more than 3 years after the seedlings are planted, and * * * grows more than 9 leaves before flowering. Therefore, the price of bird of paradise flower is relatively expensive, and it is often necessary to buy a bird of paradise flower at the price of 1 roses in the international market. In 1984, the 23rd International Olympic Games was held in Los Angeles, USA. It was announced that whoever won the gold medal would be given a bird of paradise flower. Therefore, it is praised as "the flower of winners". Birds of paradise have large plant types and graceful leaves, and most halls rarely use potted plants for indoor plant decoration. It is mainly used for open cultivation, mainly harvesting cut flowers, and providing people with artistic flower arrangement. In many large-scale flower arrangement competitions in the world, birds of paradise are often used as advanced flowers. In 199, at the Flower Arrangement Expo held in Tokyo, Japanese flower arranging master Suzuki Cang Yu presented a piece with maple leaf as the background, Huang Ju as the bedding, and dead branches as the foil, with only one bird of paradise inserted. She quoted a famous sentence in China's ancient prose, "Sunset and solitary Qi Fei, autumn waters * * * long and the same color", as a proposition. This work attracted countless audiences to stop and admire her artistic skills. It can be seen that the bird of paradise flower is indeed indispensable in the history of artistic flower arrangement.

cultivation and management

key points of cultivation: strelitzia reginae likes sunny, warm and humid climate. The optimum growth temperature is 18 ~ 24℃, and it is not cold-tolerant. Although it is drought-tolerant, it should not be excessively dry. Continued high temperature will lead to its physiological obstacles and flower buds dying. Sandy soil with deep soil layer, good drainage and rich organic matter is the best soil, and its ph value is 5.5 ~ 6.5. If the flower is cultivated in alkaline soil, it will easily yellow its leaves until its roots rot and die. Shed planting technology: As a cut flower, Strelitzia reginae is usually planted in a plastic greenhouse. Before planting, the soil should be disinfected, deeply ploughed to make the soil swell and soft, and enough decomposed organic compost should be applied, and the drainage channel should be opened to facilitate timely drainage in rainy season. In the greenhouse, it can be planted from March to November, with the row spacing of 8 ~ 12 cm and 9 ~ 135 plants per hectare. It can also be densely planted first and then transplanted after 3 ~ 4 months. Two-year-old healthy seedlings or ramets are mostly used for planting seedlings, and the seedlings are soaked in water for 1 hour before planting to improve the survival rate. Planting flowering plants in a pit with a diameter of 6 ~ 1 cm should not be too deep, and the buds at the base of the plants should be flush with the soil to facilitate the germination of new buds. Post-planting management: after planting, water the roots once a day for the first week, and then water them when they are dry, depending on the climate and soil conditions, so as to keep the soil slightly wet and not excessively dry. Hedyotis regia prefers fertilizer during its growth period, so it is necessary to apply sufficient base fertilizer before planting, and often pour fertilizer before and after flowering. Based on the principle of "diligent application and thin application", it is forbidden to apply several fertilizers together. Light and temperature have a great influence on the growth and flowering of Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae. The stronger the light is, the more favorable it is for the growth and flowering. However, under the scorching sun, the leaves are easy to yellow, so attention should be paid to shading, cooling and ventilation in summer. It is especially important to control the temperature at flowering stage. Too high temperature at night will inhibit the formation of flower buds and should be controlled between 15 ~ 24℃. When the temperature is lower than 5℃, the plant will stop developing, and it is necessary to cover the film to prevent freezing in winter. Strelitzia reginae is easy to cultivate and rarely suffers from diseases and insect pests. However, poor drainage, rainy season and too large plants are easy to cause diseases. Opening drainage ditch, removing diseased leaves and pumping clean water for irrigation can reduce or avoid disease infection. Pests mainly include scarabs, scale insects, marsupials, etc., which can be caught manually or controlled by drugs. Pot planting technology: The Hedyotis regia can also be planted as pot flowers, and its soil requires good drainage and rich organic matter, so it can be placed in full sunlight in spring and autumn, and it needs to be moved into a greenhouse in winter to provide enough light. During the growth period, decomposed fertilizer should be applied once every half month, and calcium superphosphate should be applied 2 ~ 3 times in flowering period. Adult crane orchids change pots every two years. Post-planting management and pest control in pots are similar to those in greenhouses. Propagation technology: the cultivation of Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae is easy, with less investment and good benefits. According to its physiological characteristics, at present, seed breeding and asexual separation are widely used for propagation, and tissue culture has also been successful.

Common diseases

1. The symptoms of leaf blight mainly damage leaves. At the beginning, gray-white withered spots appear on the leaves, with brownish-purple coils on the edges, which are wide and have many black granules on them, which are conidia of pathogenic bacteria. The prevention and control methods are carefully maintained to make the plants strong. After cutting off the diseased leaves, apply 3 times of 3% basic copper sulfate suspension to the cut mouth. At the initial stage of the disease, 4 times of 3% basic copper sulfate suspension or 5 times of 7% mancozeb wettable powder were sprayed once every 7 to 1 days for 2 to 3 times. Second, the symptoms of anthrax harm leaves and stems, and the lesions are round, with reddish-brown edges and flat brown-gray centers. At first, the lesion didn't sink, but in the later stage, small black spots were visible on the lesion. Generally, the old leaves get sick in the first half of the year, and the new leaves get sick in the second half. The prevention and control method found that the diseased leaves were cut off and destroyed along the edge in time. Apply or spray 5-fold solution of 25% carbofuran wettable powder or 4% polysulfide gel suspension to the wound, and spray 5-fold solution of 5% captan or 1-fold solution of 75% thiophanate-methyl after onset. Third, the symptoms of gray mold mainly occur on leaves, petioles and petals. At the beginning of the disease, the lesions were dark green to dark yellow and white, and were waterlogged. Under the conditions of high temperature and high humidity, the lesions developed rapidly and were brown and irregular, resulting in large pieces of rot and gray mold layer. The diseased petals are scattered, small, round to oval, with dark green edges, yellow waterlogged necrosis in the middle, and covered with gray mold layer in the later stage of flower failure. The control method is to change the soil in autumn and early spring, which is beneficial to the healthy growth of plants and improve the disease resistance. In rainy season, spray with Bordeaux mixture for two or three times to protect new leaves and buds and prevent diseases. During the onset, 8% Dijundan wettable powder 5 times solution or 75% chlorothalonil 5 times solution was sprayed for prevention and control. 4. At the initial onset of symptoms of bacterial wilt, orange-yellow to light brown patches appeared on the leaf edge, and then spread to the midvein, causing the whole leaf to wither and die gradually. Prevention and control methods are propagated by disease-free seedlings; Remove the diseased plants in time when they are found. Minimize the wound and leaf surface from getting wet. At the time of onset, each plant was watered with 3 times solution of streptomycin sulfate, with .5 liter per plant, or sprayed with 1 times solution of 72% agricultural streptomycin.