Floral tissues
Cactus grower terms
From English floral — relating to the flower, i.e. the entire complex of tissues related to the flower. (Collins English Learner's Dictionary, 1975). This term is not used in Russian botanical literature.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Floral tube
Cactus grower terms
(Better: pedicel) - the part of a flower bearing the perianth, often pubescent or covered with scales.
Florebundus
Bonsai terms
Abundantly flowering
Florepleno
Bonsai terms
Two-flowered
Flower
Cactus grower terms
A flower is a modified, shortened shoot [generative], adapted for the formation of micro- and megaspores, gametes, and for cross-pollination. (Khrzhanovsky V., Kraevsky I., Ponomarenko S. Botany, 1975).
Flower
Special terms
This is a shortened shoot with modified leaves adapted for sexual reproduction and seed formation.
Flower border
Landscape terms
A flower bed in the form of a narrow strip along an avenue or path; planted in multiple rows with one or several species of annual plants.
Flower buds
Cactus grower terms
Buds that contain only flower primordia. In this state they can remain on the stem for a long time and begin to develop only under optimal conditions and at the appropriate time of year, often associated with genetic memory.
Flowerbed
Landscape terms
A group of trees and shrubs on an open glade in a landscape park, formed in the shape of a circle or oval; in a formal park since the mid-19th century a flowerbed denotes a flower planting located at the intersection of paths, in front of …
Flowers
Cactus grower terms
These are reproductive organs whose evolutionary origin is unclear. Flowers are usually simply referred to as the organs of sexual reproduction. (Green N., Stout W., Taylor D., Biology, 1996).
Foetidus
Bonsai terms
Foul-smelling
Follicle
Special terms
Dry fruit formed from a single carpel, opening along a longitudinal slit.
Forced dormancy
Cactus grower terms
Stagnation.
Forcing of plants
Cactus grower terms
Various methods of accelerating plant development or of bringing them out of dormancy into an active phase of growth.
Forest edge
Landscape terms
A planting bordering forest stands, clumps, and large tree-and-shrub groups along their perimeter. It is an important element in the composition of lawns and glades. It requires careful selection and combination of species to create color …
Forest park
Landscape terms
A developed forest area organized into a specific landscape and spatial planning system through the gradual reconstruction of plantings and the arrangement of vehicular roads, promenade alleys, pedestrian paths, lawns, drainage channels, e…
Forget-me-not
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: remembrance, true love, sincerity, constancy, fidelity;
Fountain (Ital. fontana, from Latin fons, fontis — source, spring)
Landscape terms
A structure that serves as a base or framing for jets of water that shoot upward or flow downward. Originally fountains were built primarily as a source of drinking water. Later, the combination of moving water with architecture, sculpture…
Fragrans
Bonsai terms
Fragrant
Fragrantissimus
Bonsai terms
Fragrant
Free planting
Cactus grower terms
Planting of plants into a volume of soil that allows the roots to grow unobstructed in all directions.
Freesia
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: trust;
Fringed
African violet terms
Type of petal edge, strongly wavy and curving (for example, in Lyon''s Sashay).
Frond (fertile frond)
Special terms
A fern leaf that bears sporangia. Often it is not visually distinguishable from ordinary (non-spore-bearing) green leaves; however, in some species, for example the staghorn fern, this difference is quite pronounced.
Fruit
Special terms
After fertilization, not only seeds but also fruits develop. Most often the fruit develops from the ovary of the pistil. Fruits are extremely diverse in structure, number of seeds, presence of adaptations for reproduction, and other featur…
Fruit-bearing plants
Special terms
Unlike sterile (non-fruiting) plants, they, thanks to "sexual organs" (the pistil and pollen), produce fruits.
Fruiting buds
Cactus grower terms
Buds that produce flowers after opening.
Frutescens
Bonsai terms
Shrubby
Fuchsia
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: goodwill;
Fukinagashi: (fukinagashi)
Bonsai terms
Wind-swept style. The trunk and branches are bent and grow in one direction, as if under the influence of the wind. Container: oval or rectangular.
Fungicides
Cactus grower terms
Substances that kill fungi.
Funiculus
Cactus grower terms
(From Latin funiculus - stalk, cord) - the seed stalk by which the ovule is attached to the wall of the ovary (placenta).
Fusariosis
Cactus grower terms
Fungal disease of cacti.
Gallicus
Bonsai terms
Gallic, may also mean 'rooster-like'
Galls
Cactus grower terms
Outgrowths on a plant that form as a result of the action of a parasite.
Gametes
Cactus grower terms
(From Greek gametes - husband, gamete - wife) - sex cells, in the overwhelming majority of cases having a haploid set of chromosomes; during fertilization two gametes of opposite sexes fuse to form a diploid zygote.
Garden poppy
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "Let's love one another while there is still time!";
Garden wound dressing
Garden terms
Garden wound dressing (petrolatum), used to cover wounds on the trunks of trees and shrubs.
Gardenia
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, secret love, you are beautiful;
Garlic
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, courage, strength, bravery;