Information about lotus

Lotus is a kind of plant that likes still water environment. In some parks, the appearance of lotus can add a lot of beauty to the small ponds in the park, so how much do you know about lotus? Next, let's introduce the information about lotus in detail.

About the lotus

Lotus (scientific name: NelumbonuciferaGaertn.), also known as lotus, water hibiscus, etc., belongs to the order Nelumbo nympha, lotus family perennial aquatic herbaceous flowers. The underground stem is long and thick, with long nodes and round leaves. Florescence from June to September, solitary born at the top of the pedicel, petals most, embedded in Huatuo hole, there are red, pink, white, purple and other colors, or color patterns, edge. Nuts oval, seeds ovate.

The characteristics of Lotus

Flowers are perennial aquatic plants. The rhizome is fat and jointed, growing horizontally in the bottom mud. The leaves are peltate-shaped, dark green on the surface, covered with waxy powder, gray-green on the back, entire and wavy. Petiole Terete, densely barbed. The flower is solitary on the top of the pedicel and on the surface of the pedicel, with single, double, double and double flower patterns; the flower color changes in white, pink, crimson, lavender, yellow or intermediate color; the stamens are numerous; the pistil is free and buried in the inverted conical spongy receptacle, and there are many scattered honeycomb-like holes on the surface of the receptacle. After fertilization, it is gradually enlarged as a lotus pod, and each hole gives birth to a nutlet (lotus seed). The flowering period is from June to September and the twilight closes every morning. The ripening period is from September to October. There are many varieties of lotus, which can be divided into three systems: Lotus lotus, Zilian and Hualien according to their different uses.

Morphological characteristics of Lotus

Lotus is a perennial aquatic herb with transverse rhizome, hypertrophy, dilated internodes, numerous longitudinal ventilation channels, node constriction, upper black scale leaves, and lower whisker-shaped adventitious roots.

Leaves round, peltate, 25-90 cm in diameter, surface dark green, covered with waxy powder, abaxially gray-green, entire margin slightly undulate, upper smooth, whitish, lower veins emanating from the center, with 1-2 forked branches; petiole stout, Terete, 1-2 m long, hollow, outside scattered spines. Pedicels and petioles equal or slightly longer, also with scattered spines; petiole Terete, densely barbed.

The flower is solitary on the top of the pedicel and on the surface of the pedicel, with a diameter of 10-20 cm, beautiful and fragrant; there are single, double, double and double flower types; the flower color changes in white, pink, crimson, lavender, yellow or intermediate color; the lotus leaf is round-oval to Obovate, 5-10 cm long and 3-5 cm wide, gradually smaller from outside to inside, sometimes into stamens, apex obtuse or acuminate, stamens numerous. The pistil is free and buried in the obconical spongy receptacle, with many scattered honeycomb holes on the surface of the receptacle, which is gradually enlarged after fertilization, and each hole produces a nutlet (lotus seed); the anther is strip-shaped, filaments slender, inserted under the receptacle; style very short, stigma terminal; receptacle (lotus chamber) 5-10 cm in diameter.