Thursday, July 21, 2011

Wijaya Kusuma Flower is The Queen of the Night


When blooming, the flower looks very beautiful. Unfortunately it only blooms at night. That was just a little while. The next morning, he seemed to wilt. That interest Wijayakusuma.
 

Wijayakusuma flower is the flower of a type of cactus Epiphyllum anguliger derived from tropical forests in Latin America region. But has now spread throughout the world.
 

In general, plants cactus species difficult to distinguish parts of the vegetation. But plants can be seen clearly Wijayakusuma where the leaf and where the stalks after the plants are old aged.
 

This plant height reaches 2-3 m. Trunk cylindrical stem, leaf stalks from the hardened and narrowed. The leaves are green, flat and thick fleshy. Leaves are hard and thick bone. At the edge of the leaves terdapa indentations where the release of a new flower or bud.
 

Wijaya Kusuma Flowers typically bloom once a year during the rainy season. Flower leaf out of the groove with a limp stalk 13-15 cm long. When blooming, the flower diameter of approximately 10 cm. White petals
To wait for these flowers bloom, we must be willing to wait until the evening. Because flowers bloom Wijayakusuma only at night and wilt the next morning. Therefore, interest is nicknamed The Queen of the Night.
 


Moreover, not all flowering plants can Wijayakusuma easily, depending on climate, soil fertility and how maintenance.
In addition to beautiful flowers Wijayakusuma was efficacious not-inflammatory, also to stop the bleeding (hemostatis), drug and peluruh betuk sputum (mukolitik).
 

 Wijayakusuma interest is very amazing, because it is the knowledge of this interest should continue to be disseminated, do not let these plants become extinct. The next article will discuss a variety of flowers and ornamental plants which certainly adds to the life sciences.

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