Among different type of flowers we have the rose. Overall, roses have a variety of 200 different species. The latin word to denote the family is Rosa. The flower categorize broadly under shrubs or climbers. Climbers denote plants or vines that grow upwards in order to get as much light as possible and to act as support. The former group often grow to form a canopy or vault. (image from http://www.freefoto.com/)
The flower is characterised by thorns or small, sticking 'antennas' growing on the branches. The leaves are described as pinnate, which I would define as leaves growing in pair 'mirrored' to each other, growing on the same branch or stem. They are also described as deciduous, which denotes flowers dropping their leaves when their growth has come to an end. Their petals are 4 to 5 in number and exist in common colors like: yellow, red, white and pink. The flowers is bisexual/transgendered, with no other term to use by writer of this blog.
A common group or species is ramblers which have branches of several meters long. Ramblers and climbers are similar. Both often grow to form a canopy. Climbers are considered to have a 'stronger' growth. Ramblers shoot (producing sprouts) on sprouts from previous year as opposed to climbers who shoot in 'the same year'. The distinction between the two is made in England, (Wikipedia, check source at the end of post).
Shrub roses grow 100 or 200 centimeters high and are used by gardeners due to their less demand of pesticide and because they stand the cold in the Winter. This in turn requires less work that may be more advanced. Two groups are Red-leaf and Meidiland. My source used series instead of groups. Mediland are vigorous and with strong in tolerance. Red-leaf are characterised by foliage blended with green and blue with no thorns on the red stem. Compared to shrubs, ramblers or climbers have weaker branches. Their branches are also longer.
Roses generally reproduce with the help of rosehips, which contain large amounts of C-vitamain. Other means of reproducing are the methods budding and cutting. Budding would in this context denote a method in which an existing plant is grafted in with piece of barch which in its turn contains branches. Cutting means a cut-off stem, root or part of branch which is put in water or in earth in order for it to grow. A common usage of the flower is to extract rose oil. Throughout history, this has been used to make balsam. This was at the time of the Roman Empire where it was used for skin care. It is also used in perfumery. Different types of flowers.
My Sources. http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosor http://www.shenet.se/ravaror/rosenolja.html http://www.extension.colostate.edu/4DMG/Trees/Shrubs/shrub.htm http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/swedish/ (various terms like pinnate, deciduous, canopy, sprout, shoot, budding, cutting)
I will now write a little more about different types of flowers. More specifically, how they regenerate. Many owe replantation to insects who spread pollen in nature. In this entry, I will go into more detail on how flowers make sure to spread their pollen.
The first instrument is the scent, mentioned previously. However there are other means at their disposal. Besides from smell there is also colors and glands instructing the so called pollinator for specific pollen. Besides from insects, other pollinators include birds and even bats sometimes. Another method is for the flower to resemble insects in their form and smell. A good example of this is the bee which find a strong allure in orchids. In fact there is an orchid known as bee orchid just for the device of resembling an insect. The group of flowers that employ former methods are known as Entomophilous.
Lets move to other methods and in the same time another group known as Anemophilous. These growths employ the natural occurence of wind for reproduction. These differ in the sense that they don't need elaborate form or appearance in order to make use of insects. As opposed to the Entomophilous, they don't contain as large amounts of protein or other nutritional substances that would otherwise be a great allure to various insects. Anemophilous are also lighter.
Finally, there is a group that don't rely on outer plantation of seeds at all. These are known as Cleistogamous and include forms of Viola and Salvia. Another term is self-pollinated.
Lets talk about a very common flower. Namely, the tulip. (Image to the left is from http://www.freefoto.com) I had first intended to write about the rose that seemed a bit difficult to me. Tulips belong to a group called Liliaceae. The word tulip stems from the persian phrase for turban. A simpler word to denote the family is lilies. Tulips hail from Europe, North Africa and Asia. Tulips are characterised by their large petals and can also be described as Onion. That is, the name of plant and not the one used for food. In Sweden they start to grow in Spring. Many species exist in Kazakstan. Tulips prefer climates with not as hot springs and summer warm early in the year.
This is the first post in my blog. My blog will be about different types of flowers. Each entry will be like a little article that either provides information on botanics in general or specific flowers. Note, while I'm writing I will sometimes use sources. First off, without using any sources, I will write a brief passage of what I deem myself to know by hand.
Different types of flowers exist in many variations, however there are some main characteristics to point out. Most proceed from a stem, with some sort of budding or crown at the end. The budding often consists of leaflets with a cup of seeds in the center. Some start to grow at Spring time, and some in other seasons. From now, I will start using sources. To begin with, Wikipedia.
Different types of flowers are bestowed with a scent in order to attract bugs or insects. This is for the insect to make the bloom reproduce. The process is known as pollination. In order to accomplish this, blooms (which is another phrase) are bestowed with certain glands; or nectaries. To the left there's an image of blue flowers. (courtesy of http://www.freefoto.com)
Most belong under a division called Magnoliophyta. Another term is angiosperms. I feel I have learned a little from this article myself. I need to look up further information using a some English dictionaroy so I get the botanics right.
