Nalan Xingde's five laws-- Night lilies

Night lilies, also known as magnolia, is native to southern China. Like warm and humid and half-yin and half-yang environment, shade-resistant, afraid of hot sun exposure, requires fertile, loose and well-drained slightly acidic soil, winter temperature is not lower than 5 ℃. Evergreen shrubs, 1-2 m tall.

Plants: evergreen shrubs or small trees, 2-4 m tall, glabrous in all parts of the plant; bark gray, branchlets green, smooth, slightly angled and glossy.

Leaves: leathery, elliptic, narrowly elliptic or Obovate-elliptic, 7-14 (- 28) cm long and 2-4.5 (- 9) cm wide, apex long acuminate, base cuneate, dark green shiny above, slightly wrinkled, margin slightly revolute, lateral veins 8-10 on each side, mesh sparse; petiole 5-10 mm long; stipules scar to tip of petiole.

Flowers: pedicel pendulous, with 3-4 bract abscission scars. Flowers globose, 3-4 cm in diameter, tepals 9, fleshy, Obovate, ventral concave, outer 3 pieces greenish, with 5 longitudinal veins, about 2 cm long, inner two whites pure white, 3-4 cm long and 4 cm wide; stamens 4-6 mm long, anthers ca. 3 mm long, connective protruding into mucronate tips; filaments white, ca. 2 mm long; pistil green, ovate, 1.5-2 cm long Carpels about 10, narrowly ovate, 5-6 mm long, abaxially with 1 longitudinal groove to style base, stigma short, apical truncate after shedding.

Fruit: aggregate fruit ca. 3 cm long; follicles subwoody; seeds ovoid, ca. 1 cm high, inner Testa brown, ventral tip with lateral pores, inguinal inconspicuous, base pointed.

Flowering and fruiting stage: flowering in summer, continuous flowering in Guangzhou throughout the year, and fruiting in autumn.

Night flower

The night lilies are native to China. Like warm, humid and sunny environment, strong adaptability to climate and soil, shade tolerance, good fertilizer. Like to grow in a warm, humid and half-yin and half-yang environment. Should be well drained, fertile, slightly acidic sandy soil, avoid calcareous soil, but also resistant to barren soil and arid climate. Flowers bloom for a short time, each blooming for only 1-2 days, often open early in the morning and closed at night, hence the name Night Flower. The fragrance is sweet and fragrant, and it is even stronger at night. The optimum temperature at flowering stage was 22-25 ℃, and flowering was delayed when the temperature was lower than 20 ℃.

Night flower

The branches and leaves of this species are dark green and whirling, the flowers are pure white, and the aroma is more intense at night. It is a famous garden ornamental tree species cultivated for a long time in South China. Flowers can be extracted essence, but also mixed into tea as a fumigant. The root bark is used as medicine, which can dissipate blood stasis and remove dampness, treat rheumatism, and treat turbid drench.

Usually planted in gardens or street trees. Wood is resistant to water and moisture and can be used to make furniture; bark contains tannin and fiber can make artificial cypress; seeds can extract oil; bark and flowers can be used medicinally, which can calm the mind, activate blood circulation, relieve pain, and have strong resistance to toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide and chlorine.

Night flower

Night lilies

Double night in front of the stage, branches and leaves are covered with Hua Rong. The density is sunny and rainy, and the volume is obscure.

The shadow follows the Yun foil chaos, and the perfume sank. Can sell resentment to this, turn to welcome small Gao.

In December of the 23 year of Emperor Kangxi (1684), Nalan Xingde was not feeling well soon after his tour to the south. The death of Wu Zhaoqian, a friend who forgot his years, made him lament that he was full of talent and stingy. The resignation of his good friend Yan Shengsun and his return to the south made him even more sad. On May 23, 24, literary friends such as Nalan Xingde and Zhu Yizun gathered under the bright blooming night flowers and trees in their gardens and made "night flowers".