Chrysanthemum Flowers

Botanically, the genus Chrysanthemum belongs to the family Asteraceae and encompasses one of the types of flowers grown older, as well as cut flowers (fresh flowers) And potted ornamental plants. Its main attraction are the ornamental flowers.... really an inflorescence chapter.

Red chrysanthemum

A variety of chapter (flower) Grown commercially, but overall, this inflorescence is composed of two types of flowers: The female located in the radial area of the chapter and which correspond to the outer rows in the flowers, And hermaphrodites, concentrically located in the area ... which obviously correspond to the plants. The chapter floral container or may be flat or convex depending on the variety and is surrounded by its attractive form bracts surround, popularly mistaken as petals.

In Spain, thanks to the many varieties available today and therefore colors and shapes, chrysanthemum flowers (Chrysanthemum) Are widely used as gift and decoration of homes, offices, shops, etc.. Its popularity is supported by its long life as a flower vase and economic.

The chrysanthemum leaves are almost always aromatic and may be lobed or toothed, ligulate or rough, varying in color from light green and very dark, well covered with a whitish powder that gives a certain look gray.

The Chrysanthemum flowers are marketed as fresh flowers in jars with several stems in floral arrangements or as potted plant, several plants pinched to encourage their budding plant and thus fully dense and very flowery.

As we say, the Chrysanthemum flowers are technically inflorescence (group of them) and in the form of these inflorescences can be classified into different types:

■ Single or daisyComposed of one or two rows of flowers and hermaphrodite flowers radio stations.
■ Anemones that are very similar to the simple, but with concentric tubular and elongated flowers. In this type, the color of its flowers radial and concentric can be the same or not.

■ Recurved, Globular shape and curved inward radial flowers.

■ Reflex in round shape with radial flowers bending outwards and downwards.

■ The so-called type Spider, pen, spoon... In which radial flowers are tubular and incurved.

■Pompones into globular and consisting of short and uniform radial flowers, which shows no concentric flowers.

■ And DecorativeVery similar to those pompoms, because flowers are composed primarily of radio, although the outer rows are longer than the plants, giving the inflorescence a flat shape and irregular.

During recent decades, varietal improvement for obtaining commercial hybrids (new varieties), aimed both in form and in the color of its flowers, And in its adaptation to the production of flowers throughout the year.

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