Spore
Special terms
An organ of asexual reproduction in spore-bearing plants. It is a small, often microscopic body of various shapes.
Glossary of terms
A reference section with categories and short explanations.
Sport, sport mutations
African violet terms
A sport is a vegetative mutation in Saintpaulias (more...).
Spur, spurlet
Special terms
An elongated, often swollen and curved petal of the corolla or a sepal, or an outgrowth of these parts of the flower. It often serves as a nectar reservoir.
St. John's wort
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: hostility;
Staffage
Landscape terms
Figures of people, small genre scenes introduced into the composition of a landscape park to enliven it.
Stagnation
Cactus grower terms
(From Latin stagnum - standing water) a state of arrested plant growth, the transition from active life processes to forced dormancy, a temporary cessation of growth under unfavorable conditions.
Stagnation, dormancy
Special terms
A state into which a plant enters during seasonal changes or other unfavorable conditions for growth, such as high temperatures, a shortage of water, or nutrients. In a state of dormancy the rate of growth and the intensity of metabolism d…
Stamen
Special terms
Part of a male or bisexual flower that produces pollen. Consists of a filament and an anther.
Stamen filament
Special terms
Part of the stamen that connects the anther to the perianth, usually thin, less often widened and flattened. Partial or complete fusion of the filaments and formation of a staminal tube is possible.
Stamens
Cactus grower terms
A component of a flower's structure; includes the filament and the anthers.
Staminal tube
Special terms
A tube formed by fused staminal filaments (for example, in mallows).
Standard
African violet terms
Type of rosette of the most common size - 20 - 40 cm.
Star
African violet terms
Type of flower in which five identical petals form a star-shaped, symmetrical flower (for example, in Rainbow's Quiet Riot).
Stem
Landscape terms
The leafless, branch-free section of the trunk from the root collar to the first scaffold branch of the crown. As a rule, standard trees are formed for avenue plantings or as solitary specimens.
Stem mealybug
Cactus grower terms
An insect pest that parasitizes the stems of succulents.
Stem segments
Cactus grower terms
Parts of cacti that exhibit segmented growth.
Stem succulent
Special terms
A plant with water-storing tissue in the stems.
Stigma
Special terms
The upper part of the pistil onto which pollen lands during pollination and where it germinates.
Stolenifera
Bonsai terms
Root-suckering
Stolon
Special terms
A thin horizontal shoot with long internodes, ending in a bud, serving for vegetative reproduction.
Strawberry (flower)
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, perfect superiority;
Strawberry tree
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "I love";
Strelitzia
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers: victory, masculinity, uniqueness, determination;
Strictus
Bonsai terms
Vertical
Suberization
Cactus grower terms
Change in the walls of plant cells due to the deposition of lipid-like substances in them, which leads to the formation of hard tissues that worsen the appearance of plants but serve as protection against excessive transpiration, penetrati…
Subshrubs
Special terms
Perennial plants whose renewal buds persist for several years, while the upper parts of the shoot are replaced annually.
Substrate
Cactus grower terms
Natural or artificially created multi-component soil mixture for growing plants. The composition of the substrate largely depends on the requirements of the species for which it is intended.
Substrate
Special terms
A solid base on which plants are grown.
Succulent
Cactus grower terms
(From Latin succulentus — succulent, fleshy) — a group of species of perennial xerophytic plants adapted to existence in arid conditions thanks to the ability to store water in a highly developed specialized tissue — water-storing parenchy…
Succulents
Special terms
Plants with thick, fleshy stems and leaves.
Suckers (offshoots)
African violet terms
Lateral shoots formed in the leaf axils of a mature plant.
Suckers (offshoots)
Special terms
Lateral shoots that develop in the leaf axils of a mature plant.
Suiban: (sui-ban)
Bonsai terms
A flat container without drainage holes. Suiban is a container for water. Used to display suiseki.
Suiseki: (suiseki)
Bonsai terms
Rock landscape. Orig.: San Sui-Sek (Chinese) — stones used in the landscape.
Sunflower
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers, pride, but also reverence;
Sweet pea
Language of flowers - meanings
In the language of flowers "Goodbye", departure, "Thank you for a wonderful time";
Sylvaticus
Bonsai terms
Woodland
Symmetry
Landscape terms
(ancient Greek συμμετρία – «uniformity», «proportion») – the appropriateness of the placement of elements of an object's form relative to a straight line (axis of symmetry), which is perceived by the eye as a particular kind of orderliness…
Sympodial plant
Orchid terms
A plant whose main axis is a system of shoots with limited apical growth arising from the lateral buds of the shoots of the previous order.
Syntype
Cactus grower terms
One of two or more specimens that served as the basis for the original description when the author did not designate any particular specimen as the holotype.