Glossary of terms

A reference section with categories and short explanations.

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Repens

Термины Бонсай

Creeping

Robustus

Термины Бонсай

Robust

Rock garden (alpinarium)

Ландшафтные термины

A rock garden that reflects the beauty of a mountain landscape and its flora. It is characterized by the combination of low-growing alpine plants with rocks and water. Rock gardens first appeared in English landscape gardens in the 18th ce…

Range

Термины по орихидеям

The territory within which a particular species, genus, or family of plants naturally occurs.

Relative humidity

Cадовые термины

The amount of water in the air compared to the saturation level at the same temperature; expressed as a percentage.

Respiration

Cадовые термины

The process by which the cells and tissues of a plant take up oxygen, resulting in the release of energy required for growth and development.

Raceme

Специальные термины

Type of inflorescence.

Radial spines

Термины кактусовода

Spines located on the periphery of the areole.

Root system

Термины кактусовода

The collection of a plant's underground roots. The taproot system has a primary root and lateral roots; the fibrous or fasciculate system — the primary root is weakly developed or dies early, and adventitious roots form a cluster, a fascic…

Root collar

Термины кактусовода

The point where the roots transition into the stem.

Root collar

Специальные термины

The boundary between the root and the stem.

Rhizome

Термины по орихидеям

Also: rhizome – rhizome - a subterranean, more or less perennial shoot of perennial herbaceous plants, as well as shrubs, serving for the storage of reserve substances, vegetative renewal and reproduction. It differs from a root by the pre…

Rhizome

Специальные термины

An underground modified shoot with reduced scale-like leaves. In some plants, a rhizome is formed aboveground or half submerged in the substrate.

Root cutting

Cадовые термины

A section of root (rhizome) used to propagate a plant.

Root hairs

Термины кактусовода

Absorbing, dying off as the root grows.

Root primordia

Термины кактусовода

Groups of cells from which new roots develop.

Root suckers

Термины кактусовода

Shoots arising from adventitious buds.

Root parasites

Термины кактусовода

Plant pests that damage roots.

Rootlets

Термины кактусовода

Thin lateral root branches that break off when the root is removed from the soil.

Radicle emergence

Термины кактусовода

The emergence of the embryonic root through the rupture of the testa during seed germination.

Rock wall garden

Ландшафтные термины

A decorative structure made of stacked stones in the form of slopes or retaining walls. Planting soil is pressed into the cracks between the stones and ornamental herbaceous plants are planted there (xerophytes, less often inhabitants of m…

Rooted cutting

Термины фиалковеда

A leaf cutting that has produced roots.

Rooted cutting

Специальные термины

Leaf cutting that has developed roots.

Rejuvenating a violet

Термины фиалковеда

Violet rosettes need to be rejuvenated every 2-3 years; during that time the rosette develops a bare stem. Rejuvenation is done by cutting off the top part of the rosette (the crown) and re-rooting it in water. During rejuvenation new root…

Rejuvenating a violet

Специальные термины

Violet rosettes require mandatory rejuvenation every 2–3 years; during that time the rosette develops a bare stem. Rejuvenation is carried out by cutting off the upper part of the rosette (the crown) and re-rooting it in water. When rejuve…

Relative humidity

Термины кактусовода

Expressed as the ratio of the concentration of water vapor contained in the air to its maximum saturated state at a given air temperature. As temperature increases, relative humidity decreases.

Ramp

Ландшафтные термины

A slightly inclined plane that replaces a staircase.

Rootstocks

Термины кактусовода

Plants onto which scions are grafted. They primarily perform the function of roots, and their task is to actively supply the scion (see below) with nutrients.

Rootstock

Cадовые термины

A plant or a part of it onto which a part of another plant is grafted.

Rarity

Термины кактусовода

Rarity, a rare specimen; an exceptionally rare plant both in terms of being held in collections and of occurring in natural conditions.

Regeneration

Термины кактусовода

Restoration by a living organism of lost body parts.

Reduction

Термины кактусовода

Decrease in size of plant organs or tissues.

Radish-like roots

Термины кактусовода

(Not napiform) thickening of the taproot.

Relict plants

Термины кактусовода

Dying out; surviving in small numbers.

Replantation

Термины кактусовода

Engraftment (survival) of a detached organ.

Receptaculum

Термины кактусовода

(Lat. term receptaculum - receptacle - the axis of the flower on which the sepals, petals, stamens, carpels are arranged) - a term used by many cactologists to denote the receptacle specific to all higher cacti.