What kind of environment is the best for the growth of the other shore flower?

A nickname for the other shore flower

Unrighteous grass, dragon claw flower, ghost fire, ghost flower, hell flower, cottage flower, mountain black poison, life and death flower, flower without leaf, ghost holding umbrella, soul-inducing flower, leading flower, forgetful flower, Lycoris radiata, safflower Lycoris, etc.

Morphological characteristics

The other shore flower is a perennial herbaceous flower of Amaryllidaceae. Flowers are like dragon claws. Bulbous, shaped like onions; leaves clustered, slender tip, shaped like garlic leaves, fleshy, banded, turquoise with white powder; calyx solitary, terminal umbel. At the turn of summer and autumn, flower stems emerge from the ground, umbels terminal, with 5 to 7 flowers, red and strange (except red and white varieties), petals rolled up like dragon claws. First bloom and then grow leaves, leaves do not fall in winter, leaves fall dormant in summer. Because the flowers and leaves can not meet, Lycoris is also known as "heartless" flowers. The Spring Equinox is called the other side of spring for three days, and the Autumn Equinox is called the other side of autumn for three days. The other shore flower blossoms on the other side of the autumn, very punctual, so it is called the other shore flower.

The living habits of flowers on the other side

The wild species of Biganhua grow in gloomy tidal wetlands (graves or country roads) and live in red soil, so they have strong cold tolerance, like shade, and can tolerate a daily average temperature of 24 ℃. They like moist, drought-tolerant, and are accustomed to acid soil, and the loose and fertile humus soil is the best. Has the summer dormancy habit, extremely easy to reproduce, usually an Lycoris is extremely easy to develop into a piece of Lycoris.

Legend of the Flower language on the other side

In Japan, three days before and after the Autumn Equinox is called the other side of Autumn, which is the day for Japanese to visit their graves. The other shore flowers bloom on the other side of the autumn, very punctual, so it is called the other shore flowers, the flowers of the other shore flowers are sad memories.

The other shore flower, a flower that voluntarily went into hell, was sent back by the demons, but still wandered on the dead road, and the demons could not bear it, so they agreed to let her open on this road to give guidance and comfort to the souls who left the human world. The color is divided into blood red and white, yellow and peach for Lycoris, and not purple, blue, black. The love of Yan and devil in the maiden of hell likes this kind of flower, and its flower language is the tenderness of the devil.

Snow-white and blood-red flowers on the other side represent death together. It is rumored that Mandala is in full bloom on the road to heaven, and Manzhu Shahua is full of on the road to hell. One of the flower words of Mandala is "letters from heaven", and one of the flower words of Manzhushahua is "the call of hell". Both represent death, but one tends to another interpretation of death: rebirth, and the other tends to hesitate and wander about pain and remorse: depravity. So there is only a thin line between hell and heaven. The so-called difference between angels and demons is just the meaning of color and burden.

The function of the other shore flower

Lycoris radiata is a common garden ornamental plant in East Asia, admiring its leaves in winter and its flowers in autumn. This flower is mostly used for villa garden planting, generally hundreds of them are planted together, and a large number of flowers will open in autumn, with excellent landscape effect.

Although Lycoris radiata is highly ornamental, the rhizome is poisonous, and the bulb contains alkaloid riclinum, which can cause vomiting, spasm and other symptoms, and has an obvious effect on the central nervous system, so it can not be eaten at will, but it can be used for sedation, inhibition of drug metabolism and anticancer effect. Although it is toxic, the bulb can be eaten after treatment and is also used as a medicinal material. Galantamine extracted from the rhizome of Lycoris radiata can be used to treat polio, which has been used abroad, and Chinese experts are also carrying out in-depth research.

Medicinal bulbs contain a variety of alkaloids, such as lycopine, lycopine, galantamine and so on. It has the effect of dispelling wind and detumescence, detoxification and anticancer. For the treatment of gastric cancer, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, and trial treatment of lung cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, lymphatic cancer.