La I-Nymphaea lotus isitshalo samanzi esomndeni I-Nymphaeaceae, owaziwa nangokuthi i-tiger lotus. Lezi zinhlobo zilungele amachibi avulekile, lapho ungajabulela khona i-morphology yayo yangempela kanye nezimbali zayo ezingavamile. Kepha futhi ingatshalwa nasemanzini. Ukutshalwa kwayo kulula kakhulu futhi isici sayo esehlukile yithoni yamaqabunga ayo, angahluka kusuka kobomvu o-orenji kuye kobomvu obukhulu.
Umsuka we-Nymphaea lotus
Lesi sitshalo ezitholakala endle cishe kuyo yonke i-Afrika emaphakathi kanye naseningizimu, lapho kungabonakala khona kusuka eCameroon kuya esiqhingini saseMadagascar, futhi nasenyakatho-mpumalanga yezwekazi lase-Afrika kuze kufike eGibhithe. Ubukhona bayo busabalale baqhubekela phambili, ngakho-ke namuhla kungabonakala njengenhlobo yezilwane ezingaphandle ezindaweni ezishisayo zaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ngisho naseningizimu ye-United States yaseNyakatho Melika.
Izici
La Nymphaea lotus I-macrophyte enezimbali ezinkulu ezimile emanzini, inamahlamvu okuthi, uma icwilile, ivame ukuba bomvu kakhulu, icishe ibe nsomi, ne-inflorescence emhlophe. Lezi zinhlobo zanda ezindaweni ezifudumele nezihlanzekile zamanzi, kunzima ukubona emanzini agobhozayo futhi ingafinyelela kumasentimitha angama-40 kuye kwangama-80 ukuphakama. Okuthile okuphawulekayo ngalesi sitshalo ukuthi siqhakaza ebusuku futhi sivale izimbali zaso ekuseni.
Ngokwesimo sayo sasendle, lolu hlobo lwasemanzini lubonisa iningi lamahlamvu awo antantayo angavamile, kodwa njengezitshalo eziningi zezinhlobo zayo, i-stoloniferous rhizome yayo isezansi inamathele ohlelweni lwayo lwempande. Ubukhulu bama-pedicels axhumanisa i-rhizome namaqabunga buyehluka kuye ngobuningi bamanzi. Izikhathi ezihlukile zokuqhakaza okukhulu nezinye zokuphumula.
Ukukhula
Ukukhula kwalesi sitshalo kuncike ezimweni esitholakala kuso. Okufanayo ithuthukisa amahlamvu acwilisiwe ahlala phansi ephansi futhi obukhulu, bese kwakheka iqembu lamaqabunga ngaphezulu. Lawa maqabunga anomumo ohlukile obekwe ume mpo bese ugoqeka kuwo aze acwilise bese evela, ngenxa yama-pedicels abanzi aze afike ngaphezulu, lapho ukubukeka kwawo kuguquka khona futhi lapho kuvulwa futhi kuvuleka.
Uma ukhetha ukugcina isitshalo siphansi futhi sihlangene ukugwema ukusabalala kwamaqabunga angenasisekelo, lapho ubona kunesidingo ungaqhubeka nokususa amaqabunga amakhulu noma amadala kakhulu, ukusika kusukela phansi kwepetiole bese usika iziqu zamaqabunga ashubile phezulu. Ngokwesimo sokukhanya okuphansi, lesi sitshalo sivame ukuba sincane kakhulu futhi kukhule ngokushesha amaqabunga enzelwe ubuso, lokhu kungenxa yokuthi ukukhanya okuncane ngemuva kuphoqa isitshalo ukuba siye ukuyofuna ukukhanya kobuso.
Endaweni yasendle ubumnyama bezansi obubangelwa ukukhiqizwa ngokweqile kwamaqabunga angenasisekelo, yenza lokho I-Nymphaea lotus yeka ukwakha amashidi ahloselwe ukucwilisa futhi ukhiqize kuphela amaqembu amashidi angaphezulu. Yini eyenza isitshalo sibe uhlobo lwe-float, olusekelwa yi-rhizome.
Ukubhebhetheka
Imbewu kumele ibe manzi ngaphambi kokutshalwa, ngakho-ke qhubeka uhlwanyele imbewu ezitsheni eziqukethe cishe ama-25 mm wamanzi ezingeni lokushisa elicishe libe ngu-25º C. Uma usuqinisekisile ukuthi amaqabunga okuqala angaphezulu avele, Khulisa izinga lamanzi ngokuqhubekayo njengoba isitshalo sikhula.
Umanyolo
Uma kuyisitshalo esiphakathi nendawo, i- ukusebenzisa umanyolo kusiza ekuthuthukiseni amahlamvu ekhwalithi engconoKokubili ngokuqina kanye nemithunzi, kunjalo, lokhu kuzoncika ekukhanyeni kwendawo nasekuphathweni kwe-CO2.
Sebenzisa
Ngaphezu kokusetshenziswa kabanzi njengesitshalo sokuhlobisa ukuhlobisa ama-aquariums amakhulu, ezinye izingxenye ze- I-Nymphaea lotus zivame ukungeniswa njengokudla futhi zisetshenziswa nasemithini yendabuko ekwelapheni izifo ezahlukahlukene.