Hydrangea (/ha?'dre?nd?i?/;common names hydrangea or hortensia) is a genus of 70-75 types of flowering plant life native to southern and eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, and Indonesia) and the Americas. Probably the greatest types diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Japan, and Korea. Most are shrubs 1 to 3 meters high, however, many are small trees, among others lianas attaining up to 30 m (98 foot) by climbing up trees and shrubs. They can be either evergreen or deciduous, although cultivated temperate species are deciduous greatly.Having been introduced to the Azores, H. macrophylla is quite typical now, on Faial particularly, which is known as the "blue island" due to the vast number of hydrangeas present on the island.Life cycleHydrangea plants are produced from planting season to late fall months; they grow in flowerheads (corymbs or panicles) most often at the ends of the stems.
Usually the flowerheads contain two types of blooms: small non-showy blossoms in the center or interior of the flowerhead, and large, showy blooms with large colourful sepals (tepals). These showy blossoms are lengthened in a diamond ring often, or to the surface of the tiny flowers. Plant life in outdoors populations have few to none of them of the showy bouquets typically, while cultivated hydrangeas have been bred and selected to have more of the bigger type plants.There are two flower arrangements in hydrangeas with Corymb style inflorescens, which includes the commonly grown "bigleaf hydrangea"--Hydrangea macrophylla. Mophead plants are large spherical flowerheads resembling pom-poms or, as the name indicates, the brain of the mop. On the other hand, lacecap flowers bear round, flat flowerheads with a center core of subdued, small flowers surrounded by outer rings of larger flowers having showy sepals or tepals.
The blossoms of some rhododendrons and viburnums can look, at first glance, much like those of some hydrangeas.Dirt and colors acidityIn most species the flowers are white, however in some varieties (notably H. macrophylla), can be blue, red, green, light crimson, or dark crimson. In these species the color is afflicted by the presence of aluminum ions which are available or tangled up depending upon the earth pH. For H. macrophylla and H. serrata cultivars, the flower color can be dependant on the relative acidity of the soil: an acidic soil (pH below 7), will supply aluminum ions and produce flowers that are blue to purple typically, whereas an alkaline soil (pH above 7) will tie up aluminum ions and cause pink or red flowers.
This is the effect of a color change of the blossom pigments in the existence of aluminium ions that can be taken up into hyperaccumulating vegetation.[6] Decreasing the pH of potting soils or mixes usually does not change the blossom color to blue, because these soils have no aluminum ions. The capability to blue or green a hydrangea is also influenced by the cultivar. Some plants are selected for their ability to be blued, while some are bred and selected to be red, pink or white. The flower color of all other Hydrangea species is not affected by aluminum and can't be changed or shifted. Hydrangeas likewise have a nickname called 'Change Rose'.
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