Cuentos de Lirio de Agua

Hola Chicas,
Hoy hablamos de un dibujo muy bonitooooooo hecho por una persona muy especial que es Lorena Balea Raitz.........hablamos de calas de agua ó alcatraces.....lirios de agua.........

 (http://balea-raitz.com/) ......ella ha dibujado esta maravilla de mujer con calas en la cabeza y me ha permitido que la haga en mi estilo handmade.....a mi me encanta como ha salido....no me quejo por la multitud de horas perdidas porque el risultado lo merece.....Ustedes que piensan?????

La Cala de Agua mejor conocida como Lirio de agua cartucho Aro de Etiopia ò Alcatraz según el país. su nombre científico es Zantedeschia Aethiopica Perteneciente a la familia de las Aráceas las calas son originarias de Sud África. Estas flores crecen en forma de Tulipán en forma acampanada y en su interior destaca una espiga de color amarillo y sus hojas de gran color verde intenso que simulan el cuero.
Su nombre proviene de la antigua Grecia donde le llamaban kalos "bello" por su gran porte,elegancia y sencilla belleza.....en el bouquet de novias se usan mucho porque simbolizan pureza del corazón.
 rapidooooooo mirad el blog de Lorena....  esta flor representa al alma y al regalarla todo lo que dice va más allá de lo terrenal

                                     http://balea-raitz.com/blog/

Blanco: Esta se regala comúnmente entre las personas mayores y significa un amor carnal.

Zantedeschia aethiopica,en honor al botánico italiano Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773-1846) conocida comúnmente como alcatraz, cala, cala de Etiopía, aro de Etiopía, lirio de agua,cartucho, flor de pato o flor del jarro, es una planta perenne herbácea de origen sudafricano, de la familia de las aráceas, la más robusta y ampliamente naturalizada del género Zantedeschia.

This is an old fashioned, but very rewarding garden plant. Zantedeschia is named after Professor Zantedeschi, probably Giovanni Zantedeschi, 1773-1846, an Italian physician and botanist, although there is some uncertainty about this. The name aethiopica is not directly related to Ethiopia. In classical times it meant south of the known world i.e. south of Egypt and Libya. Several southern African plants were given this specific epiphet early on.Although called the arum lily, it is neither an arum ( the genus Arum) nor a lily ( genus Lilium). But it is associated with the lily as a symbol of purity and these elegant flowers have graced many bridal bouquets, as seen in this picture of a South African bride in 1934.

It is an excellent cutflower and lasts a long time in water. Nowadays there are other forms of this species which will enliven an old theme. The 'Marshmallow' with a creamy pink spathe (outer "petal" which is actually a modified leaf) and rose-pink throat and the 'Green Goddess'with a green and white spathe. There is also an attractive form with leaves spotted white.

This lovely plant was introduced to Europe very early on, apparently before Van Riebeeck had established the refreshment station at the Cape. It is also illustrated in an account of the Royal Garden in Paris in 1664. It was sent as one of the interesting plants of the Cape to Europe by Simon van der Stel some time before 1697.

The striking arum lily "flower" is actually many tiny flowers arranged in a complex spiral pattern on the central column (spadix). The tiny flowers are arranged in male and female zones on the spadix. The top 7 cm are male flowers and the lower 1.8 cm are female. If you look through a hand-lens you may see the stringy pollen emerging from the male flowers which consist largely of anthers. The female flowers have an ovary with a short stalk above it, which is the style (where the pollen is received). The spadix is surrounded by the white or coloured spathe. According to Marloth, the whiteness of the spathe is not caused by pigmentation, but is an optical effect produced by numerous airspaces beneath the epidermis.

The flowers are faintly scented and this attracts various crawling insects and bees which are responsible for pollinating the flowers. Cross pollination occurs as the anthers of each flower ripen before the ovaries. A white crab spider of the family Thomisidae visits the flower to eat the insects. This spider does not spin webs and uses its whiteness as camouflage against the spathe. In the western Cape, a tiny frog Hyperolius hopstocki is also attacted to the arum lily flowers. The spathe turns green after flowering and covers the ripening berries. It rots away when these are ripe and the succulent yellow berries attract birds, which are responsible for seed dispersal.

The genus is restricted to the African continent with seven species recognised: Zantedeschia aethiopica, Z. albomaculata, Z. elliottiana, Z. jucunda, Z. odoratum, Z. pentlandii and Z. rehmannii. The common arum is found from the Western Cape through the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and into the Northern Province. It is evergreen or deciduous depending on the habitat and rainfall regime. In the Western Cape it is dormant in summer and in the summer rainfall areas it is dormant in winter. It will remain evergreen in both areas if growing in marshy conditions which remain wet all year around.