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Canna Indica
- The plants are large tropical and subtropical perennial herbs with a rhizomatous rootstock. The broad, flat, alternate leaves that are such a feature of these plants, grow out of a stem in a long, narrow roll and then unfurl. The leaves are typically solid green, but some cultivars have glaucose, brownish, maroon, or even variegated leaves. The flowers are asymmetric and composed of three sepals and three petals that are small, inconspicuous and hidden under extravagant stamens. What appear to be petals are the highly modified stamens or staminodes. The staminodes number (1–) 3 (–4) (with at least one staminodal member called the labellum, always being present. A specialized staminode, the stamen, bears pollen from a half-anther. A somewhat narrower 'petal' is the pistil which is connected down to a three-chambered ovary.The flowers are typically red, orange, or yellow or any combination of those colours, and are aggregated in inflorescences that are spikes or panicles (thyrses). Although gardeners enjoy these odd flowers, nature really intended them to attract pollinators collecting nectar and pollen, such as bees, hummingbirds, sunbirds, and bats. The pollination mechanism is conspicuously specialized. Pollen is shed on the style while still in the bud, and in the species and early hybrids some is also found on the stigma because of the high position of the anther, which means that they are self-pollinating. Later cultivars have a lower anther, and rely on pollinators alighting on the labellum and touching first the terminal stigma, and then the pollen. The wild species often grow to at least 2–3 m (6.6–9.8 ft) in height, but there is a wide variation in size among cultivated plants; numerous cultivars have been selected for smaller stature. Cannas grow from swollen underground stems, correctly known as rhizomes, which store starch, and this is the main attraction of the plant to agriculture, having the largest starch grains of all plant life. Canna is the only member of the Liliopsida class (monocot group) in which hibernation of seed is known to occur, due to its hard, impenetrable seed covering.
- Maintenance: Provide consistent moisture during the growing season and do not allow the soil to dry out. After flowering, you may reduce watering. Cannas are greedy feeders. Deadhead Cannas throughout the growing season to keep them blooming for as long as possible.
- Water: wet
- Soil: Dry Soil
- Fertilizers: Flowering Fertilizer
- Species: Cannaceae
- Genus: Canna
- Plant Height: 30 cm
- Pot Size: 17 cm
- Toxic: Level Non Toxic
- No delivery to these areas - Wafrah - Abdali- Khiran - Sabah Al Ahmad - Zour - Al Nuwaiseeb - Bubiyan - Warbah
- This product can be exchanged in case of damage, but no returns
