Flowers bloom in the house

A flower with a variety of colors, with beautiful single-wing wings; can hatch and live under white light, artificial light and very 'resistant' to the air-conditioned environment. In Vietnam, this type of flower is called by a very cute name: the element of the element of the element

Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Van Le, is instructing students how to propagate the flower of the wild flower (Photo: Laborer)

With a population of about 8 million people, Ho Chi Minh City is standing in front of the situation of less natural living environment. So, ornamental flowers and ornamental plants in the room are real needs. But flowers such as orchids, daisies, coins . only can not 'feed' in the confined space of buildings or under electric light. Landscape flowers can grow and bloom in the room, which is a challenging topic for many Vietnamese scientists. Dr. Bui Van Le, Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Sciences, with the successful breeding of Saintpaulia flower in Thailand has brought joy to many bonsai lovers.

A beautiful flower

The holly name is Saintpaulia Ionantha, very popular in Europe and America with a beautiful name: African Violet. According to the statistics of the American Flower Plants Association, in 2004, the elemental lions brought back a turnover of 21 million USD / year, ranked 7th after the flowers such as pink, glass, azaleas, daisies, poinsettia . In Germany, France, and Italy, the wildflowers have over 1,000 species with more than 1,500 different colors. The elemental lions are very beautiful, single flowers have only 1 small blue-green wing, 5 uneven lobes; odd flowers have 5 equal wings and two delicate flowers . Like many other bonsai enthusiasts, Dr. Le wants to learn about this flower. During a business trip in France in 2003, Dr. Le bought a few plants to bring home, intentionally used for breeding students. But then, the color and stamina of flowers made TS Think of breeding to market. In early 2004, the first flowering and growing flowering plants were planted and flowered in the country of Vietnam.

Tame flowers

Saintpaulia Ionantha - Saintpaulia Ionantha (Photo: toptropicals.com)

When talking about the beautiful Vietnamese name of Saintpaulia Ionantha, Dr. Le said: As the first breeder of this flower in Vietnam, I was also confused in the way of calling. Fortunately, when the flowers go to the fair, some people name the ' elemental lions '. So replacing the long scientific name, difficult to call with a name that is easy to call, easy to remember and very suitable for this flower. According to Dr. Le, the name of the lion element comes from a Korean feature film shown in Vietnam. This film is about a couple who love each other but must be far apart and they give each other this flower tree, implying long-term flowers, withstand all weather so people also share the same iron.

Dr. Le said that when the flower was first brought back, the flower was only suitable for cool weather from 20-25 ^o C; It is very difficult to grow in Ho Chi Minh City, only suitable for the weather in Da Lat. Dr. Le has propagated and challenged trees in hotter temperatures . With the creation of new plants on the basis of the original trees, TS Le has 'domesticated' the elemental trees brought from France. , catching flowers adapting to Vietnam's hot and humid weather. So far, TS Le's collection of lynx has had 20 species, trees all year round with lots of new flower colors: white, purple, blue, orange .

Flowering under white light

A characteristic that is difficult to obtain such flowers as a lion is the ability to flower under artificial lights throughout the year, live in the air of the rooms, the office and very 'cold'. In 2005, Dr. Le multiplication about 20,000 seedlings. Accordingly, the method of conducting micropropagation of TS Le is: transplanting the leaves, stalks, creating buds, regenerating the roots, then giving the nursery. Currently, in some rooms, the HCMC office has the presence of this flower.

Recently, the Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City has carried out the project of 'trial production of new ornamental plants Saintpaulia Ionantha'.According to the HCM City Department of Science and Technology, this flower is capable of mass propagation and will grow to become a commercial product.Currently, Dr. Le is expanding breeding from 20,000 trees / year to 40,000 trees / year and finished crops have been implemented in Binh My commune, Cu Chi district - HCMC.