Palaestra
Landscape terms
A building or area for physical exercises in Ancient Greece.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Palisade
Landscape terms
1) a light wooden trellised hedge. Installed along the edges of rectangular or square boskets; 2) a palisade of logs driven into the ground, used to stabilize slopes.
Palm leaves
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, victory and success;
Palmette
Landscape terms
A stylized palm leaf, one of the elements of ornamental design in a garden parterre.
Pamperos
Cactus grower terms
Winds from Argentina and Uruguay, blowing from the extensive grassy plains — the pampas.
Pansies
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, merriment, amusement;
Pansy eye
African violet terms
A flower type corresponding to the wild form of Saintpaulia — five-petaled, with the two upper petals smaller than the three lower ones (for example, in Capri Chris).
Paradise
Landscape terms
An ancient Persian garden characterized by an abundance of roses, fountains, and ponds.
Parapet
Landscape terms
A low wall serving as a protective barrier for terraces, embankments, stairways, steep slopes, and roads.
Parasites
Cactus grower terms
In this case, plants that parasitize other plants, i.e., living on the surface of a host and obtaining from it food in the form of ready-made organic substances.
Park
Landscape terms
An extensive (usually more than 10–15 ha) landscaped green area, improved and artistically arranged for outdoor recreation. The term entered the Russian language in the 18th century from England and originally meant a natural grove or a pi…
Parterre
Landscape terms
A decorative composition on a horizontal (sometimes slightly sunken) plane, conceived as an open space that is laid out with a lawn, flowerbed, pond, or sculpture. Parterres are divided into flower, lawn, and lacy types.
Parterre garden
Landscape terms
A garden in the formal style dominated by lawns, flowerbeds, and ponds. Trees and shrubs are usually placed on the periphery of clumps and beds; plants are regularly clipped and shaped into spheres, cubes, squares, etc.
Parviflorus
Bonsai terms
Small-flowered
Parvifolia
Bonsai terms
Small-leaved
Pasteurization
Cactus grower terms
A method of disinfecting biological substances, the essence of which is that conditions favorable for the development of microorganisms are first created and their spores germinate, then the temperature is raised and the active microbes di…
Patens
Bonsai terms
Spreading
Pathogen
Cactus grower terms
An organism capable of causing disease.
Pathogenic flora
Cactus grower terms
A collection of pathogenic microorganisms.
Patio
Landscape terms
An inner courtyard of a residential building; compositionally linked with the interiors of buildings and includes elements such as a fountain, an ornamental pool, stone paving, etc.
Patterned ornamental parterre
Landscape terms
A type of embroidered (lace) parterre that was combined with clipped lawn surfaces; the background was usually crushed tile.
Pectinate prickles
Cactus grower terms
Prickles arranged in the form of a ridge.
Pedicel
Cactus grower terms
A flower stalk bearing a single flower.
Peloric flower
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 …
Peony
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: a happy marriage, a joyful life, compassion;
Perennial
Special terms
A plant that lives for more than two years.
Pergola
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.
Perianth
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.
Perianth
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).
Period of dormancy
Cactus grower terms
A periodically recurring state in which a cactus shows no visible signs of growth.
Peripheral root system
Cactus grower terms
The part of the root system farthest from the stem and performing the main function of roots - absorption of solutions.
Perisperm
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.
Peristyle
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…
Perlite
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…
Petals
Special terms
Modified apical leaves of higher plants that form the corolla of a flower.
Petunia
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: irritation, anger;
Phenological types of plants
Cactus grower terms
Plants with similar duration and timing of the onset and end of the vegetative period and dormancy.
Phenology
Cactus grower terms
System of knowledge about seasonal phenomena of nature and the timing of their changes.
Phenotype
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…
Phlox
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "We’ll burn our letters!", parting; but also - reciprocity, unity, sweet dreams;