A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Orchid terms
From Greek pelorios – monstrous - a flower with a regular (actinomorphic) corolla, unlike other flowers of the same plant that have irregular (zygomorphic) corollas. A peloric flower develops at the top of an inflorescence. It is possible …
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: a happy marriage, a joyful life, compassion;
Special terms
A plant that lives for more than two years.
Landscape terms
A garden or park structure consisting of one or two rows of columns or posts that support a horizontal latticework covered with climbing plants. It is placed at the entrance to a garden, above part of an avenue or walkway, etc.
Cactus grower terms
The set of leaf-like parts in a flower that surround the stamens and pistil. In a simple perianth there are only the petals of the corolla; in a double perianth — the petals and the sepals of the calyx.
Special terms
The outer part of the flower. It can be double (divided into calyx and corolla) or simple (when the elements are not visually distinguishable).
Cactus grower terms
A periodically recurring state in which a cactus shows no visible signs of growth.
Cactus grower terms
The part of the root system farthest from the stem and performing the main function of roots - absorption of solutions.
Cactus grower terms
(From Greek peri - near, about and sperma - seed) - a storage tissue of the seed used by the embryo during germination; develops from the nucellus and consists of diploid cells.
Landscape terms
An inner courtyard with a pool, fountain, and flowerbed, surrounded by a colonnade, characterized by a regular composition and enclosure. In Ancient Rome, the walls of the peristyle were often painted with park landscapes to create an illu…
Cactus grower terms
Granular quartz, a porous white mineral substrate that can replace sand. When thermally treated, perlite and vermiculite produce a lightweight, expanded material. Incorporating these components into the soil significantly improves its phys…
Special terms
Modified apical leaves of higher plants that form the corolla of a flower.
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: irritation, anger;
Cactus grower terms
Plants with similar duration and timing of the onset and end of the vegetative period and dormancy.
Cactus grower terms
System of knowledge about seasonal phenomena of nature and the timing of their changes.
Cactus grower terms
(From Greek phaino - I appear, I reveal and type) the aggregate of all traits and properties of an individual that have formed in the process of interaction between its genotype and the external environment. In other words, a particular ca…
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "We’ll burn our letters!", parting; but also - reciprocity, unity, sweet dreams;
Cactus grower terms
Plants' response to the relative lengths of day and night. The primary characteristic is flowering.
Orchid terms
Response of plants to the ratio of light and dark periods of the day.
Cactus grower terms
The process by which plants produce organic substances using the energy of sunlight captured by chlorophyll.
Special terms
The process of forming carbohydrates in plant cells from carbon dioxide and water using light energy in the presence of chlorophyll.
Garden terms
The process of formation in a green plant of organic substances from inorganic ones with the participation of light energy accumulated by chlorophyll (the green pigment of the cell).
Cactus grower terms
Orientation of axial organs (stem, root) to illumination, manifested as directed growth or bending of them toward light (+Ф) or away from light (-Ф).
Cactus grower terms
Photograph of the type specimen.
Special terms
A modified flattened shoot of a leaf-like form, located in the axil of a small membranous leaf (for example, in Asparagus).
Cactus grower terms
The process of historical development of both individual species and systematic (taxonomic) groups. Closely related to ontogeny. Depicted as a phylogenetic tree.
Cactus grower terms
Relationships between groups of plants that form the basis of categorization.
Cactus grower terms
Organic substances, growth regulators (auxins, etc.).
Cactus grower terms
A stable community of plants of one or many generations, uniform within itself but different from neighboring ones.
Cactus grower terms
Antimicrobial substances of plant origin.
Cactus grower terms
Fungal disease of cacti.
African violet terms
Document issued when purchasing planting material from major foreign breeders that guarantees the purchased material is free from pests and diseases; it has a limited period of validity covering the transportation time of cuttings and plan…
Cactus grower terms
(From Latin pigmentum - paint) - colored compounds that occur in the tissues of an organism; their color is determined by the selective absorption of sunlight
Special terms
Removal of the soft apical tips of shoots with the fingers. This promotes better branching of the plant and bushier growth.
Garden terms
Removal of the shoot tip to stop its further growth.
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: hope, pity;
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, perfection;
Bonsai terms
Linear
Cactus grower terms
The female organ of a flower, formed by one or several carpels. Consists of a lower hollow, usually swollen part - the ovary, a slender style, and a stigma of various shapes.
Special terms
The central part of the female bisexual flower, containing the ovules from which seeds develop. It consists of the ovary, style and stigma.
