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Glossary of terms

A reference section with categories and short explanations.

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Saikei: (saikei)

Bonsai terms

A landscape with rocks and plants, but without figurines.

Sankan (sankan)

Bonsai terms

Triple trunk. Three trunks growing from a single root (father, mother, son).

Saprophyte

Orchid terms

(From Greek sapros – rotten, phyton – plant) — an achlorophyllous plant that feeds on organic substances of dead plants or on secretions of living ones. Saprophytic orchids obtain nutrients from the soil by means of a mycorrhizal fungus.

Savannas

Cactus grower terms

Predominantly flat areas with a predominance of red-brown soils. Herbaceous cover predominates in combination with individual trees or groups of trees.

Scarification

Cactus grower terms

Damage to the seed testa (seed coat) to increase their ability to germinate. It is carried out mechanically or by treatment with concentrated sulfuric acid followed by thorough rinsing with water.

Schizocotyly

Cactus grower terms

"False pleiocotyly" - the phenomenon of the original cotyledons splitting into two, less often three, lobes or segments. At the same time, as a rule, the pattern of vascular connections characteristic of a dicotyledonous embryo can be trac…

Sciarids

Cactus grower terms

Pest insects whose larvae primarily damage the roots of seedlings.

Scions

Cactus grower terms

Plants that are grafted.

Sclerophytes

Cactus grower terms

Plants adapted to living in dry conditions without storing large amounts of water.

Seed

Cactus grower terms

Embryonic stage of seed plants.

Seed

Special terms

Organ of reproduction and dispersal in seed plants. It is differentiated into the embryo, the seed coat, and a protective covering. Often contains nutrients.

Seed coat

Cactus grower terms

Protective covering, testa.

Seed germination

Cactus grower terms

The transition of seeds from a state of dormancy to active development, which begins with swelling of the seed, rupture of the testa and the emergence of the root.

Seed germination rate

Cactus grower terms

The potential ability of seeds to germinate, expressed as the percentage of seeds that have germinated in relation to the number sown.

Seed propagation

Special terms

Reproduction of plants by means of seeds. Annuals and perennials are propagated this way. They retain their cultivar characteristics. The opposite method is vegetative propagation.

Seed stimulation

Cactus grower terms

Method of activating the vital activity of seed cells

Seed stratification

Cactus grower terms

Artificial partial or complete breaking of seed dormancy by exposing seeds to low (down to 2 °C) temperatures in moist peat, sand, perlite and other materials, or by brief freezing after soaking them in water.

Seedlings

Cactus grower terms

Young plants that are morphologically distinguished from juveniles by the presence of cotyledons and the absence of developed above-ground organs.

Seedlings

Cactus grower terms

Young plants that have developed from seeds.

Selection

Cactus grower terms

Selection and propagation of individuals possessing some desirable trait.

Self-pollination

Cactus grower terms

Pollination in which the stigma is pollinated by the pollen of the same flower or of another flower of the same plant, or the ability of pollen to fertilize the egg cells of its own flower; the highest degree of self-pollination is cleisto…

Self-sterility

Cactus grower terms

Inability of pollen to fertilize the egg cells of its own flower.

Semi-double

African violet terms

A flower type having more than 5 but fewer than 10 petals, most often 7–8 (for example, in Silver Romance).

Sentei: (sentei)

Bonsai terms

Categorical pruning of perennial branches and the trunk. Corresponds to the English term pruning.

Sepals

Special terms

Small leaf-like structures that make up the calyx.