Isithombe: I-Canadian Serviceberry ku-Full Spring Bloom

Isithombe sibonisa ukubuka okunemininingwane emangalisayo nokuzolile kwe-Canadian Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) ekuqhakazeni okugcwele kwentwasahlobo, okuthathwe ngokuma kwezwe. Ukwakheka kugqamisa isiginesha yesitshalo amaqoqo aqondile ezimbali ezintekenteke ezimhlophe, imbali ngayinye ikhipha umuzwa wokusha kanye nokwenza kabusha okuwuphawu lwasekuqaleni kwentwasahlobo. Izimbali zihlelwe ngamaqoqo afana ne-raceme, akhuphuka aqonde kusuka eziqwini ezizacile, ezibomvu ngokubomvu. Imbali ngayinye iqukethe amacembe amahlanu amade, agobile kancane afika endaweni enhle, akha ukubukeka okunjengenkanyezi. Amacembe amhlophe qwa, anezimfanelo ezikhanyayo ezicashile ezivumela ukukhanya okuthambile ukuthi kuhluze, aveze imithambo efiphele ehamba isuka phansi iye kwelinye. Enkabeni yokuqhakaza ngakunye, iqoqo lezigxivizo ezinama-anther ansundu ngokumnyama lizungeza i-pistil eyodwa, ibala lalo eliluhlaza ngokuphaphathekile lidlulela ngale kwama-stamens, lengeza ukuthinta kokuqhathanisa nokunemba kwesayensi yezitshalo.

Amagatsha asekela izimbali ahlotshiswe kancane ngamahlamvu amancane, ayi-elliptical asanda kuqala ukuvuleka. Lawa mahlamvu anombala oluhlaza okotshani wentwasahlobo, asogwini ngokubomvu ngokunsundu, futhi abonisa ukuhluma okuhle emaphethelweni awo. Ubuso bazo bushelelezi kodwa buthungwe kancane, bunomthambo omaphakathi ogqamile obamba ukukhanya. Ama-petioles abomvu ahlanganisa amaqabunga neziqu engeza ukufudumala okucashile ku-palette jikelele. Ukuhlangana kwamahlamvu amasha nezimbali ezicwebile kudala ibhalansi eguqukayo phakathi kokukhula nokuqhakaza, okufanekisela ukuguquka kwesizini ukusuka ku-dormancy kuya kumandla.

Ingemuva lesithombe lifiphele kancane, lisebenzisa indawo ejulile egcizelela ukucija nokucaca kwezimbali ezingaphambili. Lo mphumela we-bokeh uguqula ubuhlaza obuzungezile kanye namaqoqo ezimbali engeziwe abe ukugeza okumibalabala okupendiwe kokuluhlaza nokumhlophe, kusukela kumathoni ajulile ehlathi kuye kokulula, okucishe kube phuzi. Ingemuva elilufifi alinikezi nje ukujula kuphela kodwa futhi lithuthukisa umbono wendawo, okwenza izimbali ze-Serviceberry zibonakale sengathi ziphuma kancane kukhanvasi ephilayo.

Ukukhanyisa kudlala indima ebalulekile emkhathini wesithombe. Ukukhanya kuthambile futhi kusabalele, cishe kuhlungwe ngekhava yefu elilula noma umpheme onomthunzi, ovimbela ithunzi elinokhahlo futhi esikhundleni salokho kugeza izimbali ngokulinganayo, kwemvelo. Lokhu kukhanyisa kugqamisa ukuthungwa okubucayi kwamacembe namaqabunga, kuyilapho kugqamisa nokuhlukahluka kombala ocashile eziqwini nama-anthers. Umphumela uwonke owokuzola nobuhle obuthule, ocela isibukeli ukuthi sime kancane futhi sazise ubuhle obudlulayo kodwa obujulile bezimbali zasentwasahlobo.

Ukwakheka kulinganiswe ngokucophelela, iqoqo eliyinhloko lezimbali limiswe kancane ukusuka maphakathi kwesokudla, lidonsa iso ngokwemvelo ngaphesheya kohlaka. Amaqoqo amancane kwesokunxele nangemuva ahlinzeka ngesigqi esibonakalayo futhi avimbele indawo ekuzizweni imile. Ukuma kwesithombe okuvundlile kuvumela ukubuka okubanzi komkhuba wokukhula we-Serviceberry, okunikeza umongo kusimo sawo esiqondile kanye nendlela izimbali zawo ezihlangana ngayo nendawo ezungezile.

Sekukonke, isithombe asithathi nje ukunemba kwezitshalo kwe-Canadian Serviceberry ekuqhakazeni, kodwa futhi nokuzwakala kwemizwa yokuvuselelwa kwentwasahlobo. Idlulisa umuzwa wokusha, ubumsulwa, nobungqabavu obumnene, ikwenze kokubili ukumelelwa okufundisayo ngokwesayensi nokujabulisa ngobuhle kwalesi sihlahlana esithandekayo somdabu saseNyakatho Melika.

Isithombe sihlobene: Umhlahlandlela Wezinhlobonhlobo Ezingcono Kakhulu Zezihlahla Ze-Serviceberry Ongazitshala Engadini Yakho