Central spines
Cactus grower terms
Spines located in the center of the areole.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Cephalium
Cactus grower terms
A woolly, densely bristly formation on the apices of the stems of certain cactus genera, or on their lateral parts, from which fruits and flowers emerge. The development of a cephalium leads to morphological changes in the stem in the area…
Cerefolius
Bonsai terms
With a waxy coating on the leaves
Chamomile
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: youth, innocence, mistrust, romanticism;
Chaos
Landscape terms
A disorderly accumulation of wild rocks and large stone boulders. In Romantic parks of the 18th–19th centuries it symbolized the abyss, the primordial state of the material world from which all that exists arose (for example, the Great and…
Chaparral
Cactus grower terms
Subtropical formations of evergreen, low-growing xerophytic shrubs with isolated bare rock outcrops.
Chestnut
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, independence, injustice;
Chimera
African violet terms
A special coloration of the flower, as a rule not transmitted when propagated by leaf cuttings. In this case rays radiate from the center of the flower, contrasting with the main color. They are often sold in stores as Dutch commercial cul…
Chimera
Special terms
A special flower coloration, usually not transmitted when propagated by leaf cuttings. Rays radiating from the center of the flower contrast with the main color. Often sold in shops as Dutch commercial cultivars.
Chimeras
Cactus grower terms
Plants composed of tissues from two different individuals, resulting from somatic mutations (at the cellular level).
Chinampa garden
Landscape terms
A Mexican floating garden: a small islet made of branches and reeds, on which soil was piled and various plants were grown.
Chlorophyll
Cactus grower terms
A coloring substance (pigment) whose presence determines the coloration of plant leaves and stems.
Chloroplast
Cactus grower terms
Special green bodies in plant cells.
Chlorosis
Cactus grower terms
(From Greek chloros - pale green) - a disease in which the formation of chlorophyll is disrupted as a result of changes in nutrient conditions, deficiency of iron or magnesium, excessive moisture, poor lighting, as well as viral or fungal …
Chlorosis
Special terms
A change of the normal color of the leaf to pale yellow. Usually observed in diseased plants and in plants lacking iron salts.
Chokkan: (tyokkan)
Bonsai terms
Style with a strictly vertical trunk, pyramidal, with evenly arranged branches. An alternative Russian translation is "mast style". Container: rectangular, oval, round.
Chromoplast
Cactus grower terms
Special bodies in plant cells that synthesize carotenoids.
Chrysanthemum (common)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "You are a wonderful friend", joy, openness, cheerfulness and relaxation.;
Chrysanthemum (red)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "I love", good luck, best wishes;
Chrysanthemum (white)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, truth;
Chrysanthemum (yellow)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, fragile or rejected love;
Cladode
Special terms
A modified shoot with a flattened, long-lived, persistently growing stem that performs the functions of a leaf.
Classicism
Landscape terms
An artistic style of the 18th to the early 19th century that looks to antiquity and ancient art as the norm and ideal model. In Russian park design it is identified with the landscape (picturesque) style of layout, a rejection of regular/f…
Classification of plants
Cactus grower terms
Systematization of the plant world based on the process of its historical development, with subsequent division into groups according to any similar characteristic or to several characteristics that recur from generation to generation.
Clay loam
Cactus grower terms
Soil containing clay and sand with a predominance of clay.
Cleistogamous flowers
Special terms
Flowers that do not open during flowering, self-pollinating.
Cleistogamy
Cactus grower terms
(Cleistogamous flower) (from Greek kleistos - closed and gamos - marriage) - self-pollination and self-fertilization in flowers that do not open.
Clone
Garden terms
Offspring of a single plant produced by vegetative propagation.
Clone
Cactus grower terms
A series of successive generations of genetically uniform individuals formed as a result of asexual or vegetative reproduction from a common ancestor.
Clover
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "I would like to know...", expectation, fertility, domesticity;
Clover (four-leaf)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, a symbol of good luck;
Clover (white)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "Think of me";
Cluster plantings
Landscape terms
A landscaping technique that involves planting several seedlings in a single planting hole. A cluster group can also be formed by planting on the stump of a young tree to create conditions for the development of lateral shoots.
Cluster plantings
Landscape terms
Groups of 3–5 trees planted 0.5–1 m apart from each other, forming a common crown of large diameter (a "bouquet" type).
Coccineus
Bonsai terms
Bright red
Coloratus
Bonsai terms
Colorful
Colored forms
Cactus grower terms
See "achlorophyllous forms".
Coltsfoot
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: maternal love and care; proven justice;
Column (gynostemium)
Orchid terms
An organ unique to orchids, formed by the fusion of the stamens (one or two) with the style and stigma of the pistil.
Columnaris
Bonsai terms
Columnar