Paeonia Suffruticosa "Yao Huang"

I-Paeonia suffruticosa "Yao Huang" yenye yezona ntlobo zine zaziwayo zepeony. Esi sihlahla sivuthulukayo sikhula ngokuthe tye, amasebe abhityileyo, kunye namasetyana amafutshane ashinyeneyo. Amagqabi awo aqhelekile -emva, anamaphecana abanzi anamaqanda, aluhlaza ngokukhazimlayo kumphezulu kunye nohlaza oluluthuthu okanye ngamanye amaxesha amhlophe njengomgubo ngaphantsi. Amagqabi ayagqabhuka kancinci okanye aphantse abenyengezela ecaleni kwemithambo. Iintyatyambo zihlala zodwa kwiincam zesebe, zineebracts ezintlanu ezine-oblong kunye neesepal ezintlanu ezinobukhulu obahlukeneyo. Iibracts ziluhlaza, zi-ovate ngokubanzi, kwaye zinobukhulu obahlukeneyo. Iintyatyambo zisisithsaba{7}}ezimile okanye zegolide-zesangqa{9}}ezimile, zinengqukuva, ezitsolo ezitsolo ezihlala ziqhekeka ekupheleni. Amagqabi atyheli. Imicu imhlophe ngaphezulu, i-anthers i-oblong, i-disc ilufele, ikomityi{12} imile, kwaye imfusa{13}}bomvu, kwaye iikhapeli ezintlanu zixinene. Iinwele zeziqhamo zi-oblong kwaye zogqunywe ziinwele ezityheli{15}}brown. Iintyatyambo zenzeka ngoMeyi, kwaye iziqhamo zenzeka ngoJuni. I-Paeonia suffruticosa "Yao Huang" yavela kwikhaya likaYao Chong eBai Sima Slope, emazantsi eNtaba yeMang eLuoyang ngexesha leNgoma yoBukhosi. Intyatyambo yaso yokuqala iba lutyheli olukhanyayo, ijika ibe bugolide butyheli xa idubula. Oludidi luqhayisa nge-corolla enyuka ngaphezulu kwamagqabi, ivelisa iyunifomu,{20}}iintyatyambo ezinomzimba ogcweleyo kunye nevumba elimnandi, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibizwe ngokuba yi "King of Flowers." Iintyatyambo zayo ezimthubi, ezifana nesithsaba, zibonisa ubungangamsha nobuhandiba. I-Yao Huang peony ikhankanywe kwi-Ouyang Xiu "Iirekhodi ze-Luoyang Peonies" ezivela kwi-Northern Song Dynasty. Ukukhula okuqinileyo, izinga eliphezulu leentyantyambo, iyunifomu,{24}}iintyatyambo ezigcwele umzimba, kunye nevumba elimnandi elimnandi kwenze ukuba yamkelwe "King of Peonies."