Palisade
Ландшафтные термины
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.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Palmette
Ландшафтные термины
A stylized palm leaf, one of the elements of ornamental design in a garden parterre.
Pamperos
Термины кактусовода
Winds from Argentina and Uruguay, blowing from the extensive grassy plains — the pampas.
Paradise
Ландшафтные термины
An ancient Persian garden characterized by an abundance of roses, fountains, and ponds.
Parasites
Термины кактусовода
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.
Parapet
Ландшафтные термины
A low wall serving as a protective barrier for terraces, embankments, stairways, steep slopes, and roads.
Park
Ландшафтные термины
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
Ландшафтные термины
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.
Patterned ornamental parterre
Ландшафтные термины
A type of embroidered (lace) parterre that was combined with clipped lawn surfaces; the background was usually crushed tile.
Parterre garden
Ландшафтные термины
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.
Pasteurization
Термины кактусовода
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…
Patio
Ландшафтные термины
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.
Pathogen
Термины кактусовода
An organism capable of causing disease.
Pathogenic flora
Термины кактусовода
A collection of pathogenic microorganisms.
Peloric flower
Термины по орихидеям
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 …
Pergola
Ландшафтные термины
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.
Period of dormancy
Термины кактусовода
A periodically recurring state in which a cactus shows no visible signs of growth.
Perisperm
Термины кактусовода
(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
Ландшафтные термины
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…
Peripheral root system
Термины кактусовода
The part of the root system farthest from the stem and performing the main function of roots - absorption of solutions.
Perlite
Термины кактусовода
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…
Pistil
Термины кактусовода
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.
Pistil
Специальные термины
The central part of the female bisexual flower, containing the ovules from which seeds develop. It consists of the ovary, style and stigma.
Petunia
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers: irritation, anger;
Pigment
Термины кактусовода
(From Latin pigmentum - paint) - colored compounds that occur in the tissues of an organism; their color is determined by the selective absorption of sunlight
Pricking out
Термины кактусовода
Transplanting seedlings.
Pricking out
Специальные термины
Transplanting of vegetable, fruit, and ornamental crops at a young age, for example, from seedbeds into individual pots.
Pylons
Ландшафтные термины
Monumental piers or columns at the entrance to a park, on the central square, and in other ceremonial locations.
Peony
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers: a happy marriage, a joyful life, compassion;
Pyrophytes
Термины кактусовода
Plants that develop in burned areas.
Plant band
Ландшафтные термины
Flower edging of a garden parterre.
Plastids
Термины кактусовода
(From Greek plastides - creators, formers) - cellular organelles in which synthesis and transformations of substances and energy, etc., take place.
Pleiokotylia
Термины кактусовода
(From Greek pleion - more, and kotyledon - cup-shaped vessel) - the phenomenon of formation in the embryo of more than two cotyledons, multicotyledony (synonym - politilia). Characteristic of gymnosperms.
pH value
Специальные термины
Determines the concentration of hydrogen ions. A value of 7 indicates soil neutrality. Lower indicates acidity, higher indicates alkalinity. Most plants prefer a pH between 5.5 and 6.5. The pH can be easily determined with litmus paper (so…
Pollinarium
Термины по орихидеям
From Latin pollen, genitive pollinis — fine powder, pollen, a specialized structure adapted for the transfer of large masses of pollen by insects or birds onto the stigma of a flower. It consists of a pollinium, a stalk (caudicle), and a v…
Pollinia
Термины по орихидеям
From Latin pollen, genitive pollinis — fine flour, pollen; the pollen grains of one half of an anther (theca), glued into a common mass by a special substance — viscin; part of a pollinarium. When germinating on the stigma, pollinia form a…
Pomology
Cадовые термины
(from Latin pomum - fruit) - the science of varieties of fruit and berry plants. It deals with the production-biological study and regionalization (zoning) of varieties, their introduction, and the development of varietal classifications.
Population
Термины кактусовода
A noticeable number of individuals of a single species, freely interbreeding with one another, occurring within a defined territory and separated from similar aggregations.
Prato
Ландшафтные термины
A medieval public park outside the city walls in the form of a large lawn with alleys and ponds for relaxation and games.
Prefloral tissue
Термины кактусовода
We were unable to find this term in the available domestic and foreign literature. Botanists at the Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences were also unable to explain its meaning.