It was Valentine's day yesterday. Did many girls receive roses that symbolize love? Were they ecstatic? But look carefully, are they all roses? What's the difference between roses and roses?
On February 14, reporters bought 10 'Roses' at random in 10 flower shops in Chengdu. According to the shop owners, some came from Kunming, China, and some came from Ecuador. From red rose and yellow rose to "blue witch" and "multi headed rose", the price ranges from 5 yuan to 60 yuan.
But through the inspection of professional landscape engineers in Chengdu botanical garden, we know that all the 10 flowers are roses, no roses. In the eyes of professional landscape engineers, rose and rose are very different: they have different colors, leaves, prickles, flowering dates and uses. The ornamental quality of rose is not as good as rose, but most of them are used for essential oil and food because of their strong fragrance. 'it can be said that most of the flowers sold by most businesses in the market are called "Roses". '
Buy 10 'Roses' at random
All of them are identified as rose
On February 14, Chengdu Business Daily - Red Star News randomly selected 10 flower shops in Chengdu to buy 10 'Roses', which the shop said were all roses. In different stores, there are different ways to distinguish rose from Rose: 'rose has no thorns, rose has thorns', and' rose flowering period is not as long as rose '.
Among the 10 flowers, there are red rose, white rose, champagne rose, blue enchanter, and the small multi headed rose. The price of each branch varies from 5 yuan to 60 yuan.
On the afternoon of February 14, Chengdu Business Daily - Red Star News reporter sent the 10 flowers to Chengdu botanical garden Hibiscus Research Center for identification by Shi Xiaoqing, a landscape engineer of Chengdu botanical garden.
By observing the branches, leaves and petals of flowers in the early stage, and smelling the taste of flowers, Shi Xiaoqing concluded that 'these 10 flowers are all roses, not roses. It can be said that most of the flowers sold by the merchants in the market are called "Rose". '
Rose in English
Roses are not as beautiful as roses
Shi Xiaoqing explained that rose and rose belong to Rosaceae, both belong to "relative" relationship, but there is a strict distinction in botany. 'we like to distinguish rose and rose in China. Rose and rose are both English names in foreign countries. '
In Botany, rose refers to Rosa rugosa, which originated in China, Japan, Korea and other countries. Rose color is single, all are rose red, petals are single or half double, fragrant and fragrant. Because of its strong fragrance, rose is more used to make essential oil, flower cake, flower tea, etc. 'said Shi Xiaoqing.
Shi Xiaoqing further explained that there are thousands of rose species, including red, white, yellow and blue. 'the leaves of rose and rose are light, sunken and lusterless, while those of rose are mostly flat and glossy. The stem thorns of the two are different, the rose thorns are hard and dense, sharp and thin, while the rose thorns are various, some of them have more thorns, some of them have less thorns or even no thorns. '
However, from the perspective of ornamental, Shi Xiaoqing said that most of the rose petals are single petals, semi double petals, and most of the color is single rose red, so the ornamental is far less than the multi-color and multi double petal rose.