Saturday, August 31, 2013

Magnolia also known as "Yoloxochitl"

Magnolia also known as "Yoloxochitl" Is a large genus of about 210 flowering plant species in the subfamily Magnolioideae of the family Magnoliaceae. It is named after French botanist Pierre Magnol.

Magnolia is a famous ornamental plants in early spring, early spring flowering, suitable for classical gardens in the hall after the front yard with plants can also be planted in solitary plant or scattered small patio inside. Buds can be medicine. Small deciduous tree, up to 5 meters. Woody aroma, purple-brown twigs, buds are fine. Leaves simple, alternate, obovate-elliptic; stipular marks. Flowers bisexual, solitary, terminal, sepals 3, yellow-green, lanceolate, petals about 1/3 length; petals 6, purple outside, the inner surface nearly white; Androgynophore majority gynoecium sessile. Fruit oblong. Fleshy root.
Magnolia Sieboldiana by Dave Mills

Precocious than the stamens pistil, natural seed, while the tiller is strong, multi-layering and dividing propagation method. Sometimes with planting spring and autumn can be carried out, the mother plant were dug branches dense planting and pruning stubs roots and branches. Layering, choose a biennial branches in early spring can be used bulldozers or buried strip method of reproduction. It takes  20-30 days to germinate.


 

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