As we know from the school course of botany, the tulip refers to perennial onion plants. In the wild, there are approximately 80 species of these flowers that originate from the region of Iran, Tien Shan, Pamir-Altai. For many years of evolution, tulips have spread across many countries in Europe and Asia. Each species gradually adapted to its habitat - deserts, mountains or steppes.
And now let's find out how the tulip flower develops from the seed to the adult plant, and what are the characteristics of its fruiting.
How many times does the tulip bear fruit?
Each tulip develops from the seed, and the blossom begins after a certain period of time - from 3 to 7 years, depending on the environmental conditions. A young plant forms an aerial shoot, which will soon begin to bear fruit. On it are the leaves, the flower stalk and the flower itself.
The fruit of a tulip, which is called and looks like a capsule, ripens only in adults, mature plants. This small box consists of three faces - carpels in the ovary. The size of the fruit in the tulip depends on what kind of plant it is - for example, the length of the capsule in the tulip Foster reaches 12 cm in length. The inner part of it represents three chambers, where the seeds are stacked. There they mature.
After a while the capsule dries and cracks. Seeds freely fall to the ground where they germinate. However, there is one essential condition: for germination, the seed must lie in at least one cold winter. If it turned out to be relatively warm, and there were no severe frosts, then the tulip seed will lie until the next winter - this is the peculiarity of its preparation for germination.
In the first spring, the seed grows into an onion, and only in the second year the sprout rises above the ground. On it appears the only real leaf, while the bulb,
And now consider another important question about how many times a tulip fructifies in life. Specific figures can not be named here. It is interesting that the tulip is even considered an eternal plant, and that's why. The stem, leaves and flower of this plant are annual, and the lifespan of the bulb under the ground is 2.5 years. During this period, it is gradually depleted and dies, after which a so-called replacement bulb is formed in its place, as well as several "children". This cycle is repeated again and again, and if properly to care for the plant, the tulip will bloom and bear fruit in your garden for a very, very long time.