Why are black flowers rare?

In people's cognition, flowers are colorful and colorful, but black flowers are rarely seen. This problem has always perplexed the editor, and I believe many friends are as curious about it as the editor. So let's talk about it today.

Why are black flowers so rare?

In fact, black flowers are very rare in nature. generally speaking, real black flowers do not exist, mainly because black absorbs a lot of heat (from sunlight) and the petal tissue is vulnerable to burns. Therefore, in the long-term process of evolutionary selection, the gene of black flower is gradually eliminated. The black flowers we often see are actually crimson or purple flowers close to black, that is, what is called "red purple and purple black" in daily life. Let's take a look at which plants and flowers are closest to black.

Which flowers are close to black in color?

1. Mo Lan

Mo Lan, also known as Orchid, originated in China, Vietnam and Myanmar. Leaves fascicled on elliptic pseudobulbs, leaf blade sword-shaped. Dark green, shiny. The flowering stem is usually higher than the leaf surface, up to 80 × 100 cm in the wild, with 7 × 17 flowers, small bracts, nectaries at the base, sepals lanceolate, light brown, 5 purplish brown veins, petals short and wide, lip trifid inconspicuous, apex pendulous. From January to March, there are many varieties, and a few of them blossom in autumn.

2. Black Rose

Black rose is one of the rarest varieties in the rose family (there are more than 20000 rose varieties in the world). What is more rare is that this kind of rose has the ability not to wither for a long time. At present, it is only cultivated in the area of the Loire Castle in France. It blossoms once a year and has a harvest period of only 10 days a year.

3. Black Master

The black mage is a kind of succulent, artificially cultivated variety of the genus Euphorbia of the family crassulaceae, that is to say, it is not distributed in nature. The purple-black leaves are arranged in the shape of a rosette, giving people a sense of solemnity and mystery and high ornamental value.

4. Black tulips

Black tulips are a very rare variety of tulips. Like the black mage, tulips of this color do not exist in nature. In February 2005, it was nurtured by three students from the Singapore Institute of Technology and was known as the "Night Queen".

5. Tiger beard

Tiger must only exist in the Amazon jungle, is a very rare ornamental plants, because of its rare color and unique shape, listed in the world list of strange flowers and plants. The flowers of the tiger beard are purple-brown to black, and dozens of purple-brown filaments can be produced at the base of the flowers, which is very similar to the tiger beard, hence the name.

6. Black lily

Black lily (Fritillaria camschatcensis), a plant of Liliaceae. Alpine plants grow mainly in alpine grasslands. The florescence is from May to July. The color of the flower is purple-brown, the diameter of the flower is about 3cm, and the flower is in the shape of fishing bell, with the flower facing down. The leaves are alternate, but they are verticillate due to dense growth. Distributed in the north of central Japan, the Kuril Islands, Russian Sakhalin, Kamchatka Peninsula, Ursuli and northwestern North America.

7. Black peony

Peony is the national flower of our country, after thousands of years of cultivation, now has a huge family. Black peony is one of the more precious varieties, its design and color is mostly purple-black, but it is not really as black as charcoal, of which the most famous varieties are Oolong lying ink pool, Azure Dragon lying ink pool, crown ink jade, smoke velvet purple and so on.

8. Ink chrysanthemum

Ink chrysanthemum (Mohe), dark purple, black-purple branches, different thickness; flowers bloom in the old autumn, later than the same kind, thick but not heavy color, large disk, hollow ends of petals bent, set off by colorful autumn chrysanthemums, dignified and lively, gorgeous and charming.

Conclusion: black symbolizes mystery and nobility, and it is the same in flowers. Black flowers are mysterious and noble, so the number is basically rare. If you happen to have black flowers, you should feel lucky. But no matter what color the flowers are, they should be taken good care of, because every life is worthy of respect!