What do lotus flowers look like in spring?

Lotus (scientific name: lotus), also known as lotus, is a perennial aquatic plant. Rootstock (lotus root) is thick and knobby, born in sediment. The leaves are shield-shaped, round, dark green on the surface, covered with wax white powder, gray-green on the back, and wavy all over. Petiole cylindrical, densely barbed. Flowers are solitary at the top of pedicels and above the water surface, with single petals, compound petals, double petals and double petals. Colors are white, pink, crimson, lavender or intermediate colors; Stamens are numerous; The pistil is free and buried in an inverted conical sponge receptacle. There are many scattered honeycomb holes on the receptacle surface, which gradually expand after fertilization, and a small nut (lotus seed) is born in each hole. The flowering period is from June to September, and it opens and closes every morning. The fruit ripens from September to 65438+ 10. There are many cultivated varieties of lotus, which can be divided into three systems according to different uses: lotus root, lotus seed and Hualien.

Lotus, the rhizome has many longitudinal stomata, and the outside has hairy adventitious roots. The upper leaf on the node is exposed to water, and the petiole is attached to the center of the leaf back. The round diameter of thick cylindrical spiny leaves is 2590 cm, the upper Ye Quan leaves are slightly wavy and flour green, and the lower veins have 12 bifurcations from the center.

The flower at the top of the pedicel is solitary. Pedicels are as long as petioles or slightly longer, with scattered spines. The diameter of the flower is 1020 cm. It is fragrant red, pink or white. All petals are oval or obovate. The length is 5 10/0cm and the width is 35cm. Most stamens are slender and carpels are born in a receptacle. Most of them are buried in inflated containers. Oval style of ovary is extremely short.

After flowering, the lotus is inverted cone with a diameter of 565,438+00 cm. There are 2030 small holes, and each hole contains 1 nut. The length of oval or ovoid fruit is 65,438 0.52.5 cm. Leather is hard and dark brown when mature. The seed is ovoid or oval, long 1.2 1.7 cm, and the seed coat is red or white. Flowering in June, bearing fruit in August, 8 10. History is 135 million years.

Lotus is a common plant, which is used as a symbol of religion and philosophy. It once represented sacredness, feminine beauty and purity, resurrection, elegance and the sun. As a gentleman in flowers, the lotus flower in China traditional culture often symbolizes an ideal personality that people yearn for: "Out of the mud without dyeing, clear without demon" (Song Dunyi's Love Lotus); "There is no mud in the mud, and no one knows that white stems are buried. Life is red, green and clear, don't wait for the wind to fill the pool. " (Chen Zhisui's Ode to the Lotus) Lotus is lotus. In the poet's works, lotus not only expresses firmness and purity, but also embodies the image of modesty, tranquility and self-control. The symbol of incorruptibility "Violet" is homophonic "incorruptibility". Lotus cover is a symbol of love, also known as hibiscus flower or cloud water hibiscus "hibiscus" and "hibiscus" are also. Bai Juyi's Song of Eternal Sorrow says, "Petals are like her face, and willow leaves are like her eyebrows." Therefore, lotus is often used as a symbol of love, especially the ice lotus. Two lotus seeds give birth to a picture of lotus root, which is called "concentric lotus seeds" The word "Rong" in Water Lotus is homophonic with "Rong". Lotus and peony are collectively called "glory", and a crane is called "glory all the way". Peony, lotus and Pulsatilla are called "rich and white heads". Lotus can also be homophonic "lotus". Lotus and lotus seeds are called "lotus-born cinnamon". Symbolizes purity, purity. In the Chinese lotus, which is respected as a gentleman, it is said in "Qunfangpu" that "everything is beautiful first, and then absolutely." . A hundred knots dredge the exquisite pavilions, and the mud comes out without touching the flowers. "Later, Zhou Dunyi's" Ailian Theory "had a far-reaching impact. [3] There are lotus seats and lotus platforms in Buddhism. Many bodhisattvas in Buddhism were born from lotus flowers.