People’s Daily Online, Beijing, July 20 (Chi Mengrui) On July 19, in the exhibition greenhouse of the National Botanical Garden (North Garden), the giant konjac, one of the three flagship species of rare and endangered plants in the world, bloomed!
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The flowering period of the giant konjac is very short, only 48 hours, and usually blooms in the afternoon. In order to allow more tourists to appreciate this rare and endangered plant in the world, the National Botanical Garden (North Garden) Exhibition Greenhouse will be held from July 19th to 20th. Specially hold the “Konjac Night” night event. In the exhibition greenhouse, visitors can enjoy the giant konjac in full bloom, watch popular science videos of giant konjac, appreciate konjac products, and learn about this rare plant in the world from many aspects.
The giant konjac is a plant of the genus Araceae, native to the tropical jungles of Sumatra Island in western Indonesia. It is a rare and endangered plant in the world. After first blooming in Kew Gardens in 1889, the giant konjac bloomed more than 100 times in botanical gardens around the world in the years that followed. Every flowering of the giant konjac can be regarded as a major event in the world botanical garden community.
This is the second giant konjac to bloom recently at the National Arboretum. The giant konjac that bloomed this time, the first giant konjac that bloomed on July 6, and the third giant konjac that was about to bloom formed the world’s first population of giant konjac under artificial cultivation. In my country, since the first blooming in the North Garden of the National Botanical Garden (formerly the Beijing Botanical Garden) in 2011, this is the seventh bloom, five of which are in the National Botanical Garden (North Garden) and two in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. While exhibiting the giant konjac, the National Botanical Garden will also release the video of the giant konjac male flower polluting for the first time. Through scientific and technological means, let everyone appreciate the peculiar side of giant konjac. Experts from the National Botanical Garden (North Garden) said that the flowering of giant konjac is no longer a problem, and the next step will be to conduct more in-depth research, development and utilization of giant konjac.
Warm reminder for “Konjac Night” night event:
1. Location:
National Botanical Garden (North Garden) Exhibition Greenhouse
Second, the activity time:
July 19-20 from 17:30 to 20:30 (no entry at 20:00)
Three, the principle of purchasing tickets:
Online ticket purchase is implemented, and tickets for the “Night of Giant Konjac” are reserved and purchased on the National Botanical Garden ticketing platform (you can enter the gate and the exhibition greenhouse).
4. On-site visit requirements of the exhibition greenhouse
1. The main exhibition area of giant konjac adopts a one-way visit route.
2. The preset time is every 5 minutes, and no more than 20 people visit each time. If you want to visit again, please queue up again.
3. Citizens and tourists are requested to make an appointment in advance, and cooperate with the staff to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control such as inspection of 72-hour nucleic acid negative certificates, temperature measurement and code scanning registration, etc., and maintain a safe distance of more than 1 meter on site, and must wear it throughout the visit Masks, do not get together, do not gather, and obey the management of the on-site staff.