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A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, [1] is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).
It is commonly known as the black bat flower due to its shape and coloring. [2] The bat flower has unique pollination method in that it is mostly autonomous self pollinating. [3] T. chantrieri prefers environments similar to its native region with tropical, moist conditions. [2] The bat flower has been commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine.
The showy, salver to cup-shaped, single or clustered actinomorphic flowers taper off into a narrow tube; the flowers emerge from the ground, and can be white, yellow, lilac to dark purple, or variegated in cultivars. The flower tube is long, cylindrical and slender, expanding apically. The floral tube is long and narrow with 6 lobes in 2 whorls.
Plumeria alba is the national flower of Laos, where it is known under the local name "Champa" or "Dok Champa". And also used as the logo of Lao Airlines, the national airline of Laos. In Bengali culture, most white flowers, and in particular, plumeria (Bengali, chômpa or chãpa), are associated with funerals and death.
105 True or False Questions—Fun Facts To Keep You Guessing. ... Answer: True – to make one pound of saffron spice, it takes 75,000 flowers. 45. Soda is the most popular beverage on the planet. ...
Matthiola incana is widely used as an ornamental plant for summer bedding, and as a cut flower and aromatic plant. The species has been in cultivation since at least the 16th century. The flowers can be simple or double, medium or large. [6]
Americans spend more than $3 billion on flowers and plants alone for Mother's Day. 5. Mother's Day makes up 26 percent of all holiday purchases for flower shops and florists.
Cantutas in Taquile Island, Lake Titicaca, Peru.. Cantua buxifolia, (/ ˈ k æ n tj u ə b ʌ k s ɪ ˈ f oʊ l i ə /, Hispanicized spellings cantuta, cantu), known as qantu, qantus or qantuta (Quechua, [1]) is a flowering plant found in the high valleys of the Yungas of the Andes mountains in western South America.