Saturday, October 22, 2016

Petunia Flower

Petunia is a nice hanging pot flower. Its origin from South America.It has 35 species. It is closely related with tomatoes, potatoes, deadly nightsberries,cape goose berries,
chili peppers.Its family Solanaceae.Its scientific classification
kingdom- Plantar
Order- Solanales
Family- Solanacea
Subfamily- Petunioidea
Genus- Petunia
Petunia
Petunia


Description- These are herbaceous group and are hairy. These flowers are funnel shaped and its petals are joined together. Its fruits are dry capsule and with two comperments.
Petunia
Petunia
Ecology-  Petunias are pollnated by insect. Its flowers are red and pollinating by hummingbird. Petunias have diploid 14 chromosomes, the larvae of the ear corn worm ,  Helicoverpa zia, the cabbage looper, Trichoplusia ni.

Cultivation-  Petunias have capacity to tolerate hot climates and harsh condition.
It needs 5 hours of sunlight everyday. In moist soil and in low humidity these grow well.These plants are grown from seeds. These plants are watered daily in dry region.
These are growth in late spring .  It needs use fertilizer weekly or monthly and it grows well quickly. In hanging baskets it can be cultivated. Multiflora, cascadia, Supertunia, Surfinia, Wave, Grandiflora etc are included.
Uses- Petunias are uses for decoration .
There are various species available such as P.axillaris, P. exerta, p. inflatable, p. interior, P. Saxicola, P. reitzii.

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