Isithombe: Ukuvalwa Kwehora Legolide kwe-Outeniqua Hop Cones

Kulesi sithombe esihehayo esigxile kumhlaba, iqoqo eliluhlaza le-Outeniqua hop cones lithatha indawo ephakathi nendawo, lijabulela ukukhanya kwelanga okushisayo, okuyihora legolide elihluza amahlamvu azungezile. Isithombe sakhiwe ngendlela esondelene, ecishe ifane nombono omkhulu, ovumela isibukeli ukuthi sicwilise ekuthunjweni okuyinkimbinkimbi nemibala egqamile yalezi zitshalo eziyigugu ezikhiqiza ubhiya.

Izigaxa ze-hop ngokwazo ziyi-conical futhi ziminyene, i-bract ngayinye igqagqene njengezikali kuphayini, kodwa ithambile futhi ithambile ngokubukeka. Umbala wazo oluhlaza okotshani uqiniswa ukukhanya okusagolide, okukhipha ukukhanya okuthambile ebusweni bekhoni ngayinye, kugqame imithambo emincane nemiphetho ecashile echaza ukwakheka kwazo. Imicu emincane ye-lupulin—amafutha anephunga elimnandi anikeza ama-hops ukubaba nephunga lawo—alunguza phakathi kwama-bract, abonisa amandla angaphakathi.

Amacones abonakala enyakaza kancane, njengokungathi abanjwe umoya opholile, onikeza umuzwa wokunyakaza nokuphila esithombeni esimile. Iziqu zazo zincane futhi zigobile kancane, ziwaxhuma kuxhaxha lwamaqabunga aluhlaza ajulile anemiphetho eqondile kanye nemithambo egqamile. Amanye amaqabunga agxilile, kuyilapho amanye afiphala ngemuva, okunikela ekujuleni kwesithombe nesigqi semvelo.

Ingemuva lifiphaliswe ngobuciko kusetshenziswa inkambu engajulile, okudala umphumela okhilimu we-bokeh ohlukanisa amakhoni we-hop futhi udonse iso ngqo esimweni sawo esinempilo. Ingemuva elilufifi liqukethe amathoni afudumele, anomhlaba—okuhlongoza amahlamvu asekupheleni kwehlobo kanye nezihlahla ezikude—okuqhubekisela phambili ukugqama kwehora legolide. Lo mehluko phakathi kwengemuva elicijile nengemuva elithambile wengeza ikhwalithi yokupenda esithombeni, kusenze sizizwe sisondelene futhi sinwebeka.

Ukwakheka kuyalingana futhi kuyavumelana, nekhoni ye-hop enkulu kakhulu isuke kancane phakathi nendawo kwesokunxele, iqinisa isisindo esibonakalayo sesithombe. Amacones amancane namaqabunga aphumela ngaphandle, aqondisa ukubuka kombukeli kulo lonke uhlaka. Ukusebenzisana kokukhanya nethunzi, ukuthungwa nombala, kudala umuzwa ocebile wezinzwa ovusa ingqikithi yobuhle bemvelo kanye nobuciko bokwenza utshwala.

Lesi sithombe akuwona nje umgubho obonakalayo wama-hops—siwukuhlonipha ubuhle obuthulile bezithako zezolimo, ezithwetshulwe ngesikhathi sazo esihle kakhulu. Imema isibukeli ukuthi sime kancane, siphefumule iphunga elicatshangelwayo, futhi sazise ubuhle obufihliwe ezintweni zansuku zonke zokwenza ubhiya.

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