Everyone admires the beauty of a peacock dancing in rain and it is in its dance and its beautiful colored plumage but how many you know the flower with peacock feathers ?
Yes in our mother nature there is a plant with this beauty... the Morea villosa.
The petals of this flower have crescent-shaped bands of navy,blue and green color towards its inner edge resembling a peacock feather.
The plant is endemic to western cape(a province of South Africa).The plant is known by its hairy stems and leaves which are long and often longer than the stem.
Usually ,a single narrow leaf arises from the base of the stem
Flowering is from August to September producing large showy flowers with three large petals and a nectary at the base.
Morea flowers may be of different colors but purple is common.
Anthers are attached to the underside of the style branches.
The flowers are pollinated by monkey beetles or hopliini beetles(the band color of petals mimics the color of beetles).
After pollination,the flower remains for several days and produce fruits which are cylindrical capsules.Propagation also done through their bulbs.
The peacock morea is included in the list of vulnerable plants as there is a chance of this plant to get extinct bcoz of its large attractive flower.....
Yes in our mother nature there is a plant with this beauty... the Morea villosa.
The petals of this flower have crescent-shaped bands of navy,blue and green color towards its inner edge resembling a peacock feather.
The plant is endemic to western cape(a province of South Africa).The plant is known by its hairy stems and leaves which are long and often longer than the stem.
Usually ,a single narrow leaf arises from the base of the stem
Flowering is from August to September producing large showy flowers with three large petals and a nectary at the base.
Morea flowers may be of different colors but purple is common.
Anthers are attached to the underside of the style branches.
The flowers are pollinated by monkey beetles or hopliini beetles(the band color of petals mimics the color of beetles).
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| Male and Female monkey beetles |
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| Seeds of Morea |
The peacock morea is included in the list of vulnerable plants as there is a chance of this plant to get extinct bcoz of its large attractive flower.....
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