I-San Diego County: Ikhaya lePoinsettia

Uma kuziwa ngembali kaKhisimusi, iSan Diego iyinhloko-dolobha

Kuba yisibonakaliso senkathi yamaholide njengesihlahla sikaKhisimusi noSanta Claus, kodwa kungase kukumangaze ukwazi ukuthi i-poinsettia ukuthi uyihlobisa ikhaya lakho noma ihhovisi cishe cishe iqalile lapha eSan Diego County.

I-80% yazo zonke i-Poinsettias ivela ku-Encinitas

Ngokusho kukaPaul Ecke Ranch e-Encinitas, eCalifornia, amaphesenti angu-80 azo zonke izimbali ze-poinsettias emhlabeni aziqala ezindaweni zokugcina izithombo kulo muzi ogwini olusenyakatho yeSan Diego.

I-Ecke Ranch ihambisa izitshalo eziningana zezigidi zemifino ezitshala abalimi emazweni angaphezu kwama-50, futhi iqede izinkulungwane zezitshalo zezimbali eziphethwe uKhisimusi, ezithengiswa ezitolo ezinkulu nabathengisi bezitolo eCalifornia, e-Arizona nase-Nevada. Eqinisweni, i-poinsettia ngokuyisisekelo isitshalo esithandwa kakhulu emhlabeni wonke namuhla.

Konke mayelana ne-Poinsettias

Umdabu waseMexico, i-poinsettia yayingeniswe e-United States ekuqaleni kwawo-1800 ngegama layo, uJoel Roberts Poinsett. Umjikelezo wonyaka we-poinsettia wokukhula phakathi nobusika, ngasekupheleni kweholide, wanikeza uPaul Ecke umbono wokuthi lokhu kuzokwenza kube yimifino esemthethweni yeholide. Phakathi neminyaka, i-Ecke, futhi kamuva, indodana yakhe uPaul Jr.'s, ukulima okungenasici nokukhuthazwa kwembali kwakhula ukuthandwa kwembali ibe uphawu lwamaholide oluye lwaba namuhla.

Namuhla, i-Paul Ecke Ranch ihlakulela izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene ze-poinsettias ezikhiqiza izimbali ezinhlobonhlobo kanye nemidwebo ehlukahlukene.

Kanye nebomvu elibomvu elibomvu, i-poinsettias manje ifika e-pink, emhlophe, e-coral, e-salmon, ne-shades ehlukahlukene ebomvu.

Ngendlela, amacembe amahle kakhulu awawona ama-flower petals nhlobo, kodwa empeleni ama-bracts afana namagatsha. Izikhungo eziphuzi yizimbali zangempela! Ngaphezu kwalokho, inkolelo evamile yokuthi i-poinsettias inobuthi iyisimo esingalungile.

Izifundo ezenziwa i-Ohio State University ngokubambisana neSosa of American Florists zaphetha ngokuthi akukho ubuthi obubonakalayo kumazinga wokungenisa ukuhlola okudlulele kakhulu kulawo angase abe khona endaweni yokuhlala. Eqinisweni, ngo-1992, i-poinsettia yayifakwe ohlwini lwezindlu eziwusizo kakhulu ekususeni ukungcola kusuka emoyeni wangaphakathi. Ngakho-ke, akuyona kuphela i-poinsettia eyengeziwe ephephile futhi enhle kakhulu ekuhlotsheni kwakho kweholide, ingasiza ngisho nokugcina umoya wakho wangaphakathi uhlanzekile!