Charming and beautiful Hydrangea or Hortensia flowers

Very beautiful if observed, captivating when seen, is a flower of Panca Warna, so in the archipelago people say. The color is indeed fickle, yellowish green, blue, light green, purple, even pink. There are also those who call it Hortensia flower or Bokor flower. The scientific name is
Hydrangea macrophylla.
Of the various names for this flower, the most like to be called is the Five-Color Flower or Hydrangea. The name Panca Warna, because it sounds more eccentric in the archipelago.

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Hydrangea, sounds beautiful and cool. This flower is very exotic, especially when it's blooming and can also change color. This flower consists of small flowers that group together to form like big spheres. Mophead hydrangea flower plants are blue. Hydrangea mophead is usually referred to as Big leaf, easily recognizable by large and large leaf sizes and also large-sized flowers such as helmets or heads.
Hydrangea or hortensia flower, is a type of ornamental plant that grows in Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, China as well as in the archipelago. Includes South and East Asia and in the Americas.

#This plant reaches a height of about one meter more, the flowers are very unique because it can change color, depending on the level of acidity of the soil. For plant hobbyists, changing the color of his hydrangeas or hortensia is an interesting and exciting challenge. Changing the color of the hydrangea from pink to blue is relatively easier than from blue to pink. So that of all the colors of the hydrangea plant, the pink one is the most rare and most expensive to sell.

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Based on the hydrangea flower shape itself is divided into two, in this picture is Hydrangea macrophylla, the mopheads or flowers clustered in large sizes so that it looks like the shape of a helmet or a person's head. The height of the Hydrangea macrophylla plant in its natural habitat is about 2 to 2.5 meters more, but in the archipelago or in Aceh it can grow an average of 1 meter or less. The scientific name is Hydrangea macrophylla.
The seeds come from stem cuttings
Recommended terrain and optimal growing conditions, highlands |cool climate|| or |cold|| temperatures of 20-26 ° C or less.
The need for sunlight is in the shade or shade
Flower a few times a month.
The number of flowers produced per plant is dozens, the flowers grow in groups. #Hortensia is also sometimes referred to in Aceh, in Malay people call Bunga bokor or Kembang Tiga Bulan. Ajisai is the name in Japan, and Yang Si Chiu is said by the Chinese.

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The original Hortensia plant originated from Japan, precisely on Honshu Island. This beautiful flower was introduced to Britain in 1788 and then spread to other parts of the world and became famous in western Europe, USA and Asia, including in the archipelago.
This chronic shrub grows upright, has strong trunk, is green when young, and has a height of 0.5-1 meters. Single leaf, stemmed, located opposite crossed, has thick and wide leaves, shaped ovoid, pointed base and tip of leaf, jagged leaf edge, pinnate leaf bone shape, dark green surface color, and yellowish green bottom. Compound inflorescence, coming out from the tip of the stalk, forming a rounded circuit with a diameter of approximately 22 cm in flower, white, pink, and blue.
#Actually the change in flower color is due to factors of aluminum heavy metal on the flower petals and the availability of anthocyanin pigments on the flower petals. While white petals hydrangeas do not contain anthocyanins |flower color pigments|| so they cannot change color, whatever the soil pH of their habitat.

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As for the trick of obtaining light blue petals, the soil that grows must have a pH between 5.0-5.6. If you want lavender, the soil pH must be 5.7-6.0 medium for pink, pH between 6–6.2. During the growth period, the pH should be pegged between 5.5–6.0. ​​If you want the petals to turn blue, just give a fertilizer containing sulfur [Ex: ZA, KCl] to reduce pH. In addition to this method, it can also be used with compound fertilizers that have little phosphorus but high potassium. If the soil is poor in aluminum habitat, it should be approaching the flowering period can be added aluminum in the form of ammonium aluminum or aluminum potassium. The red color of the petals can be obtained by sprinkling dolomite crushed lime so that the soil pH rises, or giving compound fertilizer with potassium and phosphorus levels. Dry soil is taken by one glass and the test solution is dripped, the results are matched with the color gradation on the test card.

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Hydrengea flowers are a little sensitive to sunlight stimulation. Most hydrangeas develop in areas that receive enough sunlight.

#Excess water can also cause roots to rot easily, then damage the flowers. Whereas in windy areas, the leaves will dry out and cause this plant to experience extensive pressure, and the flowers are difficult to develop.

Keep in mind! This flower is also very synonymous with meaning. Beautiful flower Hortensia//Hydrangea
can represent someone's sincere heart that arises from all kinds of causes such as love and sympathy, may send this beautiful flower series to your loved ones, friends, relatives or closest colleagues to express their gratitude to them. We can also send Hydrangea flower arrangements as a form of apology to the closest people.

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