Isingeniso se-Strelitzia

Sethula i-Strelitzia: Inyoni Enkulu YePharadesi

I-Strelitzia, eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi Inyoni YePharadesi, iwuhlobo lwezitshalo eziqhakazayo ezidabuka eNingizimu Afrika. Phakathi kwezinhlobo zayo ezihlukahlukene, i-Strelitzia nicolai igqama ngokubukeka kwayo okumangalisayo nezici ezihlukile. Lesi sitshalo sivame ukubungazwa ngamahlamvu aso amakhulu, afana nobhanana nezimbali ezimhlophe ezihlaba umxhwele, ezingangeza ukuthinta kobuhle bangaphandle kunoma iyiphi ingadi noma indawo yasendlini.

I-Strelitzia nicolai, eyaziwa nangokuthi inyoni enkulu emhlophe yepharadesi, iphawuleka kakhulu ngobude bayo obuphakeme, obufinyelela kumamitha angama-30 endaweni yayo yemvelo. Lesi sitshalo sinamaqabunga abanzi, amise okwesigwedlo angakhula afike kumafidi angu-8 ubude, enze indawo eshisayo, eshisayo. Izimbali zeStrelitzia nicolai ziwumbono omangalisayo, namacembe azo amhlophe afana namaphiko enyoni lapho indiza. Lokhu kukhanga okubonakalayo okumangalisayo kukwenza kube ukukhetha okudumile ngezinjongo zokwakheka kwezwe nokuhlobisa.

Ngaphezu kwe-Strelitzia nicolai, lolu hlobo luhlanganisa nezinye izinhlobo eziningana, ngasinye sinobuhle baso obuhlukile. Isibonelo, i-Strelitzia reginae, Inyoni YePharadesi eyaziwa kakhulu, ibonisa izimbali eziwolintshi ezigqamile neziluhlaza ezifana nenyoni lapho indiza. Ngenkathi i-Strelitzia spp. zivame ukubonakala ngokuqhakaza kwazo okumibalabala, okuhlukile kwembali emhlophe ye-Strelitzia nicolai inikeza ubuhle obucashile kodwa obuheha ngokulinganayo.

Ukulima i-Strelitzia kungaba yisipiliyoni esizuzisayo, njengoba lezi zitshalo zikhula kahle emhlabathini ongenamanzi futhi zidinga ukukhanya kwelanga okuningi. Azinakekelwa kahle uma kuqhathaniswa, okwenza zifaneleke kokubili abalimi abasafufusa kanye nabalimi abanolwazi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi itshalwe ngaphandle engadini eshisayo noma igcinwe endlini njengesitshalo sasendlini, i-Strelitzia spp. ingaletha umuzwa wobuhle nokuthula kunoma iyiphi indawo.

Sengiphetha, i-Strelitzia, ikakhulukazi i-Strelitzia nicolai enezimbali zayo ezimhlophe ezimangalisayo, iyisengezo esimangalisayo kunoma iyiphi iqoqo lezitshalo. Ubuhle bayo obuyingqayizivele kanye nokunakekelwa kalula kuyenza ibe intandokazi phakathi kwabathandi bezitshalo nabaklami bendawo ngokufanayo.