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Celandine “Great Swallow”
Or celandine greater celandine (/ kelidwan /) (Chelidonium majus, “Great Swallow” in Latin) is a plant of the Papaveraceae family and the only species of the genus Chelidonium. It is also called grass or grass with warts warts, because its orange-yellow latex is said to eliminate warts.
Other common names: Chelidonium major, big lights, grass to goats, the Swallow grass, herb St. Clair, grass warts, witches milk, Sologne, félongène, felougne.
The celandine (Greek and Latin χελιδών chelidonium, swallow) owes its name to the fact that the flowering of the Papaveraceae (poppy, poppy) coincides with the arrival of these migrants.
Source: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%C3%A9lidoine
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Further of Solanum nigrum
Vegetative characteristics
The black nightshade is an annual, herbaceous plant, which usually can be up to 70 cm high and grows erect to prostrate. The surface of all plant parts can be slightly hairy to tomentose, the trichomes are simple, multicellular hairs with glandular or nichtdrüsigen heads. The stems become woody at the base not, are not or only slightly angular, often blackish crowded.
The striking dark green leaves are 2.5 to 7.0 cm long and 2.0 to 4.5 cm – rarely to 6.0 cm – wide. They are ovate, ovate-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or rhombic shape, leaf margin is entire, toothed swinging up. They stand at 2-5 cm long, turning round petioles.
The roots have vascular bundles oligarch with small-lumen vessels. The endodermis is not clearly differentiated.
Inflorescences and flowers
The heyday of the black night shadow extends from June to October. The inflorescences are sitting in the axils of the middle to upper leaves. They are simple and loose, often elongated cymes usually from five to ten, rarely only three flowers. The Blütenstandstiele have a length of 14-28 cm, rarely do they even have a length of 8 mm. The flower stalks are much shorter and bend back during training of the fruit. The bell-shaped calyx is 1.2 to 2.5 mm long and consists of mostly egg-shaped petals. During fruit ripening it increased slightly, turn back there or is present at the fruit. The star-shaped corolla consists of five white petals, which are at the base, up to half their length, grown together and are translucent flower center. The crown has a diameter of 5-7 mm, which can be extreme 4-9 mm. It has the 1.5 to 3 times the length of the calyx. The five fixed at the crown base stamens are yellow, 1.5 to 2.5 mm, rarely to 2.8 mm long also. The converging arranged dust bags are covered with dense hair and open up full of holes, accompanied by a gap along the longitudinal axis. The pollen grains have a size of about 29.5 to 33.9 microns in diameter. The style is about 2.8 to 3.5 mm or rarely up to 4.5 mm long and is not beyond the stamens. Typical of the black night shadow pollinators are hoverflies (Syrphidae), bees (Apis) and bumblebees (Bombus).
Fruits and seeds
The fruits are 6-10 mm wide, broadly ovate berries with two chambers and a succulent pericarp without stone cells, the color on matt purple, black and yellowish-green varied. Each berry usually contains 26-60 seed, but extreme values are between 15 and 96 The flattened seeds are 1.7 to 2.4 mm long. The embryo is strongly helical, the cotyledons are shorter than the rest of the embryo, the endosperm is plenty strong.
Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzer_Nachtschatten
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Angiosperm
The gardenia is angiosperm, dikotylo plant belongs to the family of the order of Erythrodanoeidon Erythrodanodon. There are about 250 species are evergreen shrubs and small trees. It comes from Africa and Asia. Most species are cultivated as ornamentals, especially for large flowers with a wonderful smell.
The most famous species is the common gardenia.
Shrub that reaches 1.5 m height with lush foliage consists of nice round or bright green lanceolate leaves and usually twice as big, white, slightly waxy flowers with the exquisite aroma.
In Greece, came from South Africa and is one of the most famous and popular ornamentals.
Grown in pots and greenhouses, which can produce flowers all year. In the wild flowers in late spring and early autumn.
The gardenia is extremely sensitive plant. It is suitable mainly for coastal areas. The winter can not stand the cold and want protection, but when the weather is cold kept throughout the year. The most proper temperature for the plant are 10 to 13 degrees. The room must be closed, light and good ventilation.
Summer can not withstand high temperatures and must be placed in a shady place. Keep in sunlight is sufficient to have enough moisture in the atmosphere. However, it is preferred the shade.
Belongs to oxyfila plants (camellia, Hydrangea, azalea) and do not thrive in calcareous soil, but slightly acidic. The best soil for gardenia is kastanochoma.
The gardenia is multiplied by leaf cuttings with four leaves and 10 cm long, obtained by hardy gardenia called mothers. The cuttings planted hidden by glasses.
The moisture content of soil and the atmosphere is essential. Having come out the first small roots are by transplantation in small pots. The second is transplanted into larger pots, but after the first roots develop and catch all the space in the pots.
Before given the market following an inurnment stage of the plant with a gradual reduction of humidity.
To maintain gardenias need special care.
The leaves should be sprinkled regularly and rinse dust from the early morning or evening.
Excessive moisture can damage the plant. It should be watered frequently in summer and very little in winter. Good lubrication is done with appropriate fertilizer is needed while the iron in the form of fertilizer or can be placed in a soil subject to iron rust. It should however be excessive use of fertilizers.
The water should not be watered contains many salts.
The plant is very vulnerable to sudden changes in environmental movements (drop buds, leaves and dry plant)
The pot should be changed every two years. Traditional preferred tin pot.
Source: http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%B1
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