The sea cauliflower (Latin name %20Ottelia%20) is the most beautiful flower in the world, it is the most beautiful flower in the world, it is the most beautiful flower in the world. 20Ottelia%20acuminata%20(Geghep.)%20Dandy) is a perennial aquatic plant of the family Aquatic Turtle, or China's endemic rare and endangered protected plants, which mainly has three varieties: wave leaf sea cauliflower, Songming sea cauliflower and Jingxi sea cauliflower, which we are most familiar with is this kind of growth in the Lugu Lake in Yunnan Province, stunning countless people! friends circle - wave leaf sea cauliflower (Ottelia%20acuminata%20var.crispa).

I think, if you choose to evaluate the world's most immortal plant, all the people who have seen the sea cauliflower in the Lugu Lake water and sky blue between the white silhouette, probably for it to vote.

Bright and bright sunshine, sapphire-like water, floating with the waves, dotted with goose yellow stamens of the plain white flowers, this beauty, immortal enough to be a glimpse of the heart, unforgettable life ......

However, in modern times, this kind of pure and beautiful flowers, but I do not know when to get a not very solemn name -

"watery poplar".

As an idiom, we all know what the meaning of "watery poplar" is.

And Lugu Lake in the wave leaf cauliflower in the end how to offend people, why the locals called "water sex flowers", there is no authoritative record or explanation, it seems that this is a piece of the caller music, the listener interesting thing, no one really seriously think about it.

Of course, not authoritative explanation, opinions vary:

Some people say that the name is actually a kind of praise - sea cauliflower gesture was born in a very beautiful, and the general flowers bloom in the branches and leaves are different, and it's that the white flowers are floating on the surface of the water, open in a slender branch of the flower, and those flower branches are also delicate! Boneless, always with the wind or water, and flowers together floating in the waves, looks like nothing -- make those delicate flowers more light, floating, delicate, soft, love.

This explanation, although it sounds like a praise of the cauliflower, and indeed captures the characteristics of the plant, describing it as infinitely lovable%20--%20but a discerning person would think that this is still not a washout of the "gift" or the person who called it by that name. If you only want to express the above characteristics, called "poplar flowers" or "water floating flowers" can be! Why do you have to make it a four-letter word and make sure people get the wrong idea?

The only explanation is that these people are trying to convey that misunderstanding, to draw attention to themselves, and to have fun with the obscure meaning of the word.

In addition, the above description of cauliflower is not entirely scientific, although it is not entirely true: cauliflower is a submerged plant, most of its body is underwater, but in fact it has leaves, which are long and striped, like kelp floating underwater, and the slender "flowering branches" visible on the surface are its peduncles.

Another explanation is that, in fact, it is not called watery flowers, but called "watery flowers", because the sea cauliflower is a kind of sunflower than the sunflower also adore the sun's flowers, whenever the sun comes out, a sea of cauliflower will scramble to emerge from the water surface brilliant bloom, and when the sun goes down will be sunk underwater, in the dark of the night, they will be gathered up petals, quietly underwater, quietly potential, quietly waiting for the sun's descent again, so the "love day flower" or something not good?

This is the first time I've seen this.

Moreover, this statement is not scientific at all, the actual sea cauliflower is open after sunrise in the morning, but will not be submerged back to the bottom of the water at sunset, the next day to open again ...... Each sea cauliflower blooms only once, and its life expectancy ends at dusk, when its petals can easily fall apart, get wet or soaked by the water... And since these petals are already delicate and light .... In a very short period of time, they will perish, "disappear" in the eyes of the people, so as to give people a kind of flowers suddenly hide the illusion - so, in fact, the next day is a new flower, there is nothing magical .....

Of course, how to explain, but also can not wash away those people's gray "psychology", yes, they just want to certain people who speak colorful paragraph like ..... Because I know that this name is evocative, not only can be convenient to make money, but also to meet their own some kind of fun, and then deliberately named this name -- anyway, listen to the people, the same good nature on the huh-ha-ha laugh a little bit, different good, can only do not point out the broken ..... The sea cauliflower's face value is where, anyway, no one will hate this "water sex flowers".

Behind this, we can see through not pointing out, in fact, is also the Chinese women's fragile "dignity" - to this day, women are still being flirted with for fun, even if they are as pure and sunny as the cauliflower..... The only thing is that they will not be directly called "water sex flowers" like the cauliflower.

Beautiful flowers under the scenery, in fact, is deep into the unknown territory, still need to civilization of the sunshine continue to explore.

The sea cauliflower: super clean "water quality prosecutor"

The sea cauliflower is not only not a watery flower, on the contrary, but also a special sex clean, it is on the survival of the environment of the high demand, like chaste and strict, the water is clear, the flowers, water is not clean, then Qian shadow without trace.

At one time, cauliflower in the south of the Chinese side of the tropical, subtropical areas widely distributed, but later due to environmental degradation and pollution , most places in the cauliflower have disappeared , only a few clean lakes to see the beauty of their bloom, such as Lugu Lake in the wave of leafy cauliflower.

So, cauliflower is like a prosecutor of the environment, with their own lives to prove the precious beauty of the earth's purest domain, of course, they are also due to this fussy temperament, suffered infinite harm, become the country and the IUCN species red list of endangered species included.

Cauliflower is a flowering perennial submerged herb that can only grow in clear, clean, shallow water - %20 because as a submerged plant, it needs to be rooted in the soil underwater and photosynthesize with the help of leaves floating in the water to grow!

If the water is too deep, the length of its leaves and petioles is limited, and it is too far from the surface to photosynthesize; if the water is not clean, it is easy for it to get sick and die, or suffocate due to too much algae in the eutrophic water.

Therefore, this year, the Dali Erhai Sea once again appeared this beauty to the extreme flower fairy, directly marking the success of the Erhai Sea water quality management, it is reported that since the end of 2016, Yunnan Province, comprehensively launched Erhai Sea management battle, after many key remediation, the Erhai Sea water quality has continued to Improvement, in 2019, the whole lake water quality more following 2018 again realized seven months Ⅱ class, the main water quality indicators change trend in the overall better, for the "water quality weathervane" sea cauliflower reappearance to provide the conditions.

The cauliflower is both a beautiful landscape on the water, %20 but also on the table food, as a symbolic species of Lugu Lake, whether ornamental, or edible, is a local feature.

From the water to pick up the cauliflower stems (actually scapes), %20tender and delicious, %20can be cold, %20sautéed, %20boiled soup, and even boiled hot pot, the texture is silky smooth, %20refreshingly fresh and delicious, %20can be clear of the heat to remove the fire, eyesight liver, loved by the locals, and also the Yunnan tourism restaurant hot dishes.

The clear water of the lake is dotted with white flowers rippling with the waves, like stars, like broken jade, glittering in the sun.

Cauliflower, so that the place where it is like a dream of general beauty.

And if you have the leisure, can come to Yunnan, %20 nagging lake, choose a boat, slow swinging oars, shuttle into hundreds of thousands of cauliflower, %20 and their close intimate contact - more will feel as if they really to the quiet paradise, just a burst of Just a breeze blowing, %20all the worries of the past, will be replaced by joy!

Sneak up on the fact that the Lugu Lake cauliflower blooms between May and October every year, and it's time to meet the fairy, and it's time to meet the fairy!

Of course, in addition to appreciate and savor the beauty, we also do not forget to protect the good environment of Yunnan and Lugu Lake, do not let the cauliflower lose its home again.

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