water lily
Water lily, also known as meridian lotus. It belongs to Nymphaeaceae, a perennial aquatic flower. Rhizomes are short and erect. Leaves floating on the water, heart-shaped or wide oval, deeply curved at the base, bright green on the top and purple on the bottom. Flowers are solitary, floating on the water, with the most petals, including white, pink, red and yellow. They are open every morning and closed in the afternoon, so they are named Ziwulian, which is open from June to September. Berries are surrounded by persistent sepals.
Native to East Asia, it is cultivated all over China. Born in a pond, I like sunshine and clay rich in humus.
The flowers and leaves of water lilies are beautiful, and the roots can be used for food or medicine besides ornamental.
In the hot summer, the breeze is Xu Lai, the blue waves are rippling, and clusters of beautiful water lilies dance with the flowers and leaves, with different shapes and charming, just like Lingbo fairies. It is pleasing to the eye and refreshing. I can't help but think of "Ling Bo is just Hengtang Road, and after seeing it, the fragrance disappears." "Wandering like a god, Ling Bo takes small steps." Waiting for the poems of the ancients.
Water lily is a perennial aquatic herb of Nymphaeaceae, also known as Meridian, Water Lily, Oenanthe javanica, etc. The leaves are all floating on the water, with round shield shape, purple back of green leaves and white, red, pink, yellow, blue, purple and their intermediate colors. The flowering period is from June to August, and each flower can bloom continuously for 4 to 7 days, and then gradually shrink and sink after withering. Because of its beautiful flowers and leaves, rich colors and long flowering period, it has been deeply loved by people.
NYMPHAEA, the scientific name of the genus Nymphaea, comes from the Latin NYMPH, which means a fairy living in a water village. In ancient Greece and Rome, water lilies, like the lotus flowers in China, were regarded as the embodiment of holiness and beauty and were often sacrificed to goddesses. There is also a saying in the New Testament that "sacred objects emerge from the mud without being stained".
In ancient Egypt, water lilies were cultivated as early as 2000 years ago and regarded as a symbol of the sun. They are regarded as sacred flowers, coronation ceremonies of dynasties, folk carving art and murals, and are all used as offerings or decorations.
Water lilies have long been used in gardens. Before 2000, they appeared in private gardens in China during the Han Dynasty. /kloc-in the 6th century, Italy used it as the theme material of waterscape. Because water lily roots can absorb toxic substances such as mercury, lead and phenol in water, they are rare water purification plant materials, so they are paid much attention to in urban water purification, greening and beautification.
Most water lilies open around noon and close at night, so a poet once wrote, "Don't get me wrong, we don't like sleeping, but we are dissatisfied with our old age." We close the flowers at night and open them early after midnight to welcome the rising sun and vitality in advance. "
Most water lilies are native to tropical regions of North Africa and Southeast Asia, and a few are native to temperate and frigid regions of South Africa, Europe and Asia. At present, it is cultivated in all provinces and regions of China. The rhizome of water lily can be used as food or wine, and can also be used as medicine to treat children's slow convulsion.
Water lily is the national flower of Thailand.