Saturday, July 23, 2011

Gerbera Cultivation two



In a previous article also described detail about Gerbera, please visit, in this article are additional explanations and supporting from previous article. 
People used to call it a plant gerbera or hebras which is a form of herbaceous ornamental flower plants are not trunked. This plant is one of the comers of ornamental plants from overseas (introduction) and are thought to originate from South Africa, North Africa and Russia. Inventors Gerbera plants are Traug Gerber, a German naturalist who undertook an expedition to South Africa. Subsequently discovered by Jamenson Gerbera hybrids.
Herbras consists of approximately 2,000 cultivars with flowers that have a shape and size varied between 5-12 cm in diameter. Flowers has hump Herbras (capitulum) of which is the subject of two layers of a series of petals (called ray florets) long shaped the colorful interesting: orange, yellow, pink, red, white, salmon pink, and purple. Section containing an array of hump also hundreds of small flowers (florets and disc florets trans) so it looks like a flower intact. At the center hump is sometimes dark. At the same flower color differences are also often found on the petals.




From the diversity of flower shapes, especially the structure of the crown pieces Gerbera flower known for four species that have been cultivated in Indonesia, namely:
a) Gerbara flowering layer: a layer of strands arranged petals and are generally colored red, yellow and pink.b) Gerbera bloom two: pieces of the crown is composed of more than one variable. Crown of the outer layers of strands appear very different arrangement. Examples of tier two of Gerbera flower jamensonii Double Fantasy Purple red.c) Gerbera bloom three layers: an example of this is the Gerbera flower types jamensonii Fantasy Triple Red is the dominant flowering red, then yellow or yellowish-green variety.d) Type of Gerbera produced by Flori Asia Net Holland in the Netherlands, with a larger size than the three types above. Varieties planted are Gerbera Yustika (pink red), Jaffa Orange (bright orange), Ventury (dark orange.
Benefit of crop hebras besides as a cut flower which can hold up to 3 weeks, ornamental plants Gerbera is one of the producers of essential oils for industrial raw materials perfumes, soaps and cosmetics.
 

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