Primula
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers "I cannot live without you";
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Primula (evening)
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers: incompatibility;
Pinching
Специальные термины
Removal of the soft apical tips of shoots with the fingers. This promotes better branching of the plant and bushier growth.
Pinching
Cадовые термины
Removal of the shoot tip to stop its further growth.
Proliferation (prolification)
Термины кактусовода
The formation of a plant organ from another organ whose development has ended. For example, the sprouting of a flower or fruit, resulting in the appearance on them of a shoot, a new fruit, or a flower.
Prototype
Термины кактусовода
Presumed ancestral (mother, progenitor) form from which the other species of this group may have originated.
Psammophytes
Термины кактусовода
Plants adapted to living in sandy habitats, able to resist being blown away and being buried.
Pseudo-Gothic
Ландшафтные термины
An artistic style, a variety of Romanticism that spread in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It influenced the architecture of park structures that imitated medieval Gothic buildings — “knightly” castles, fortresses, etc. (…
Pseudocephalium
Термины кактусовода
A specific formation on the lateral surface of stems in their upper part, forming a dense pubescence of areoles. It differs from a true cephalium in that the ribs are not modified and the areoles do not become closely spaced.
Pulp
Термины кактусовода
The flesh of a juicy fruit.
Plant reproduction
Термины кактусовода
Reproduction of individuals through the process of propagation.
Plant systematics
Термины кактусовода
A branch of botany that develops a natural classification of plants based on the study of the origins and causes of formation of particular taxonomic units, including analysis of their historical development and the establishment of stable…
Plum (flower)
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers "Keep your promises!"; beauty and longevity;
Pine
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers: hope, pity;
Prostrate plants
Специальные термины
Low-growing plants that form a carpet-like covering on the soil.
Point (spot) mutation
Термины кактусовода
Insertion, deletion, or alteration of one of the nucleotides in a molecule of chromosomal DNA.
Phenological types of plants
Термины кактусовода
Plants with similar duration and timing of the onset and end of the vegetative period and dormancy.
Phenology
Термины кактусовода
System of knowledge about seasonal phenomena of nature and the timing of their changes.
Phenotype
Термины кактусовода
(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…
Physiologically active substances
Термины кактусовода
Organic substances, growth regulators (auxins, etc.).
Plant physiology
Термины кактусовода
A branch of botany that studies the general patterns of the life activities of plant organisms (metabolism, nutrition, growth, reproduction, developmental phases).
Phylloclades
Специальные термины
A modified flattened shoot of a leaf-like form, located in the axil of a small membranous leaf (for example, in Asparagus).
Phylogenesis
Термины кактусовода
The process of historical development of both individual species and systematic (taxonomic) groups. Closely related to ontogeny. Depicted as a phylogenetic tree.
Phylogenetic relationships
Термины кактусовода
Relationships between groups of plants that form the basis of categorization.
Phytoncides
Термины кактусовода
Antimicrobial substances of plant origin.
Phytosanitary certificate
Термины фиалковеда
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…
Phytophthora disease
Термины кактусовода
Fungal disease of cacti.
Phytocenosis
Термины кактусовода
A stable community of plants of one or many generations, uniform within itself but different from neighboring ones.
Phlox
Язык цветов - значения
In the language of flowers "We’ll burn our letters!", parting; but also - reciprocity, unity, sweet dreams;
Photoperiodism
Термины кактусовода
Plants' response to the relative lengths of day and night. The primary characteristic is flowering.
Photoperiodism
Термины по орихидеям
Response of plants to the ratio of light and dark periods of the day.
Photosynthesis
Термины кактусовода
The process by which plants produce organic substances using the energy of sunlight captured by chlorophyll.
Photosynthesis
Специальные термины
The process of forming carbohydrates in plant cells from carbon dioxide and water using light energy in the presence of chlorophyll.
Photosynthesis
Cадовые термины
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).
Phototype
Термины кактусовода
Photograph of the type specimen.
Phototropism
Термины кактусовода
Orientation of axial organs (stem, root) to illumination, manifested as directed growth or bending of them toward light (+Ф) or away from light (-Ф).
Pedicel
Термины кактусовода
A flower stalk bearing a single flower.
Propagation by cuttings
Термины кактусовода
A method of vegetative propagation of plants that involves cutting off a part of the stem followed by rooting.