Cold weather.
National Arboretum Exhibition Conservatory.
It's still warm as spring.
Bright and colorful flowers and plants are in full bloom.
Let's take a look at some of them.
Plants with unique shapes.
Caught our eye.
Shrimp flowers. justicia brandegeeana
Shrimp flower is a multi-branched herbaceous plant of the genus of the family Lycoaceae, also known as unicorn spitting beads, foxtail wood, and Ezo flower. The flower stems are cylindrical, covered with short bristles; Leaves ovate, apex short and acuminate, base tapering into a stalk, entire, with short stiff hairs on both sides; The petals are white, with red spots on the throat bulge, the crown is deeply lobed to the middle, pubescent.
Shrimp coat is native to Mexico, and is now cultivated everywhere, prefers a warm and humid environment, likes light and avoids exposure to the sun, has a certain shade tolerance, is not cold-tolerant, and grows best in loose and fertile sandy loam soil.
The shrimp flower has a unique shape, the bracts of the entire inflorescence are overlapped, and the bunches are inclined down like a lobster, and the name of the shrimp flower also comes from this, and some people think that it resembles a fox tail, so it also has the alias of fox tail wood.
The color of the shrimp clothes flower is bright, the flower posture is beautiful and vivid and interesting, the growth is neat and beautiful, the bright flower color is also deeply loved by the majority of flower lovers, the shrimp clothes flower has a very high ornamentality, and the flowering period is long, if the room temperature is kept above 15, it can continue to bloom, it can be viewed all year round, it is one of the excellent garden greening plants.
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