Glossary of terms

A reference section with categories and short explanations.

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Symmetry

Ландшафтные термины

(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

Термины по орихидеям

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

Термины кактусовода

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.

Systemic preparations

Термины по орихидеям

(Against pests and diseases) — protective agents absorbed by the plant through the root system and enhancing its immunity.

Skansen

Ландшафтные термины

An open-air museum that houses ethnographic monuments from various districts of the region; mainly these are examples of traditional wooden architecture.

Scarification

Термины кактусовода

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.

Sclerophytes

Термины кактусовода

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

Solitaire

Ландшафтные термины

A tree or shrub growing separately.

Spore

Специальные термины

An organ of asexual reproduction in spore-bearing plants. It is a small, often microscopic body of various shapes.

Sporadic

Термины кактусовода

(From Greek sporadikos - single) - appearing from time to time.

Sporangium

Специальные термины

A capsule-like spore-bearing structure in spore-producing plants, often distinguishable only under strong magnification. In ferns, sporangia are most often located on the underside of the spore-bearing leaves.

Sport, sport mutations

Термины фиалковеда

A sport is a vegetative mutation in Saintpaulias (more...).

Stagnation

Термины кактусовода

(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

Специальные термины

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…

Standard

Термины фиалковеда

Type of rosette of the most common size - 20 - 40 cm.

Staffage

Ландшафтные термины

Figures of people, small genre scenes introduced into the composition of a landscape park to enliven it.

Stem succulent

Специальные термины

A plant with water-storing tissue in the stems.

Stem mealybug

Термины кактусовода

An insect pest that parasitizes the stems of succulents.

Soil sterilization

Термины кактусовода

Complete destruction of microorganisms, both harmful and beneficial, by steaming the soil in an autoclave or by other methods, bringing the temperature to the boiling point of water.

Seed stimulation

Термины кактусовода

Method of activating the vital activity of seed cells

Stolon

Специальные термины

A thin horizontal shoot with long internodes, ending in a bud, serving for vegetative reproduction.

Seed stratification

Термины кактусовода

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.

Strelitzia

Язык цветов - значения

In the language of flowers: victory, masculinity, uniqueness, determination;

Substrate

Термины кактусовода

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

Специальные термины

A solid base on which plants are grown.

Succulent

Термины кактусовода

(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

Специальные термины

Plants with thick, fleshy stems and leaves.

Schizocotyly

Термины кактусовода

"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

Термины кактусовода

Pest insects whose larvae primarily damage the roots of seedlings.

Staminal tube

Специальные термины

A tube formed by fused staminal filaments (for example, in mallows).

Stamen

Специальные термины

Part of a male or bisexual flower that produces pollen. Consists of a filament and an anther.

Stamens

Термины кактусовода

A component of a flower's structure; includes the filament and the anthers.

Stamen filament

Специальные термины

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.

Sepals

Специальные термины

Small leaf-like structures that make up the calyx.

Stem segments

Термины кактусовода

Parts of cacti that exhibit segmented growth.

Shiblyak

Cадовые термины

Thickets of low-growing thorny xerophytic shrubs and small trees (wild rose, hawthorn, downy oak and others); unlike maquis, predominantly deciduous. Occurs in the Eastern Mediterranean (the Balkans, Eastern Crimea and the Caucasus) on sit…

Show foliage

Термины фиалковеда

Adult, symmetrically developed, neat foliage (in variegated plants - with a clearly developed regular coloration).

Spur, spurlet

Специальные термины

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.

Stem

Ландшафтные термины

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.

Scale insect

Термины кактусовода

Insect pest.