- Canna lily -
Canna or Canna Lily is the only genre of flower plants from the Cannaceae family, consisting of 10 species.
Plants have large foliage, so the gardeners developed selected shapes like garden plants with large flowers.
Canas are also used in agriculture as a source of starch for human and animal consumption.
Although they are tropics plants, most cultivars were developed in temperate climates and are easy to cultivate in most countries in the world, as long as they receive at least 6 to 8 hours of average sunlight during the summer, and are moved to a place Hot in winter.
The plants are large, perennial, tropical and subtropical with a rhizomatous root holder. The wide, flat leaves grow from a stem in a long, narrow roller and then unfold. The leaves are typically solid green, but some cultivars have brownish leaves, brown or even variegadas.
The flowers are typically red, orange or yellow, or any combination of these colors.
The main flower pollinators are bees, hummingbirds, sunset birds and bats.
*This species that I photographed resembles the "Pink dancer" Canna, but I can't say for sure why it is a sorts grown in Cuba.
- Canna lily -
Canna or Canna Lily is the only genre of flower plants from the Cannaceae family, consisting of 10 species.
Plants have large foliage, so the gardeners developed selected shapes like garden plants with large flowers.
Canas are also used in agriculture as a source of starch for human and animal consumption.
Although they are tropics plants, most cultivars were developed in temperate climates and are easy to cultivate in most countries in the world, as long as they receive at least 6 to 8 hours of average sunlight during the summer, and are moved to a place Hot in winter.
The plants are large, perennial, tropical and subtropical with a rhizomatous root holder. The wide, flat leaves grow from a stem in a long, narrow roller and then unfold. The leaves are typically solid green, but some cultivars have brownish leaves, brown or even variegadas.
The flowers are typically red, orange or yellow, or any combination of these colors.
The main flower pollinators are bees, hummingbirds, sunset birds and bats.
*This species that I photographed resembles the "Pink dancer" Canna, but I can't say for sure why it is a sorts grown in Cuba.