Exochorda common name is pearlbush. The pictures shown below are Exochorda ‘Niagara’ pp21,665 Compact pearlbush. It has small, round, pearl-like flower buds that open in sequence to pure white flowers. Flower buds resemble white pearls, hence the common name. ‘Niagara’, commonly sold in commerce by the trade name of SNOW DAY SURPRISE. Before, I had no clue what pp21,665 means. Now, I know it is Plant Patent 21,665.
白鵑梅屬的俗名是珍珠灌木。下面照片是Exochorda ‘Niagara’ pp21,665 Compact Pearlbush。它有小而圓的珍珠狀花蕾，依次開出純白的花朵。花蕾形似白色珍珠，因此得名。’Niagara’，通常以 SNOW DAY SURPRISE 的商品名出售。以前，我不知道 pp21,665 是什麼意思。現在，我知道它是植物專利 21,665。
Photo Date: 2022.02.15 Location: LA Arboretum
Notes 筆記
- Exochorda is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to China and central Asia (Turkestan). They are used as ornamental plants with the common name pearl bush, or pearlbush.
- It has small, round, pearl-like flower buds that open in sequence to pure white flowers. Flower buds purportedly resemble white pearls, hence the common name.
- Genus name comes from the Greek words exo meaning outside and chorde meaning a cord referring to fibers outside the placenta in the ovary.
- ‘Niagara’, commonly sold in commerce by the trade name of SNOW DAY SURPRISE, is a compact, upright, mounding, outward-spreading, free-branching, deciduous shrub that typically grows to 2-4′ tall and as wide. Parents of this hybrid are ‘The Bride’ (male) and Exochorda racemosa (female).
- Plant Patent PP21,665 was issued on January 25, 2011.
- 白鵑梅屬是薔薇科開花植物的一個小屬，原產於中國和中亞（突厥斯坦）。它們被用作觀賞植物，俗稱珍珠灌木。
- 它有小而圓的珍珠狀花蕾，依次開出純白的花朵。花蕾形似白色珍珠，因此得名。
- 屬名來自希臘文 exo（意為外面）和 chorde（意為索狀），指卵巢胎盤外的纖維。
- ‘Niagara’，通常以 SNOW DAY SURPRISE 的商品名出售，是一種袖珍、直立、隆起、向外蔓延、自由分枝的落葉灌木，通常長到 2-4英呎高和寬。 這種雜交種的父母是“新娘”（雄性）和 白鹃梅（雌性）。
- 植物專利 PP21,665 於 2011 年 1 月 25 日頒發。
References 參考資料
- Wikipedia: Exochorda
- Missouri Botanical Garden: Exochorda 'Niagara' SNOW DAY SURPRISE
- 維基百科: 白鵑梅屬
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