The hundred year old lotus rose and blossomed. When I woke up, the Qing Dynasty died
4hw.com.cn: it is reported that in 2017, during the archaeological process of the site, the staff successively found 11 ancient lotus seeds in the Jingxiang pool of the Yuanmingyuan Ruyuan site. On May 31, 2018, Yuanmingyuan sent 11 ancient lotus seeds to the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences for cultivation. Six of them germinated successfully after sowing. They grew lotus roots in the experimental pot at the end of August 2018. After wintering in the greenhouse, they were planted in the lotus base in April this year, and now they finally bloom.
"As soon as the lotus seeds open their eyes, why are these people different?" Big dream is three thousand years old. What year is this night? " Flowers bloom again, no one is young again. That's a classic sentence. " Lian: what, my Qing Dynasty is dead& hellip;& hellip; Once the news of Gu Lian's' resurrection 'was reported by the media, it quickly climbed to the top of the list of hot search topics on the Internet. Netizens teased Gu Lian one after another. Once she felt that things were right and people were wrong, she praised the miracle of life.
According to experts from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ancient lotus seeds germinate longer and are more difficult to cultivate than ordinary lotus seeds. Due to their long burial time and the quality factors of the seeds themselves, the survival rate of ancient lotus seeds is reduced.
On the one hand, ancient lotus seeds can live for thousands of years because they have been buried in peat soil with low temperature, low humidity and little microbial interference; On the other hand, there is a hard shell outside the ancient lotus seed, which can completely prevent the infiltration and leakage of water and air. There is also a small air chamber in the lotus seed, which stores about 0.2 cubic mm of air to maintain the life of ancient lotus seeds. Under such dry, low-temperature and closed conditions, ancient lotus seeds live a long dormant life, and their metabolism almost stops. Therefore, they can still sprout, take root and bloom after thousands of years.
The Old Summer Palace, which coincides with the 24th Lotus Festival, has been frequently 'searched' recently. A few days ago, some media reported that the first lotus in Changchun Garden this year was "missing, which may have been picked by tourists", causing netizens to angrily denounce the "Lotus thief". Subsequently, the Yuanmingyuan Management Office found that the diploid lotus on the water surface of Changchun Garden did 'disappear', but a closer look showed that the pink 'twin flowers' withered and the diploid lotus canopy had grown on the flower stem.
Netizens who learned of the Oolong scene joked that 'the civilization of tourists has been preserved', while carrying 'long guns and short guns' photographic equipment, they rushed to the park to find two' tiger heads and tiger brains' from a large green leaf.