ダリアは花色に富み、さらに絞りや爪白、２色咲きもあります。花容も多様で一重咲きから八重咲き、丁字咲き、ポンポン咲きまであります。
Dahlia is rich in flower color, and there are also squeezing, white nails, and two-color blooming. There are various flower volumes, from single-flowered to double-flowered, clove-flowered, and pompon-flowered.
【仮名】ダリア, テンジクボタン
【和名】天竺牡丹
【英名】Dahlia
【学名】Dahlia
【誕生】06/ 05, 07/ 29, 09/ 10, 09/ 15, 09/ 24, 10/ 26
【開花】05, 06, 07, 09, 10, 11月
【花色】White, Pink, Red, Purple, Yellow, Orange
ダリア
ダリアの原産地
ダリアはキク科ダリア属の多年草。原産地はメキシコ高地で18世紀にスペインが欧州に持ち帰りました。19世紀にオランダから日本へ渡来。暑さに弱く、冷涼地のほうが花色は鮮やかです。
ダリアの花色
ダリアはバラやチューリップと並んで最も花色に富む植物です。単色だけでなく、絞りや爪白、２色咲きも。ただし青色がなく、英語でも青いダリアは「あり得ないもの」という意味です。
ダリアの花容
ダリアは花容も多様です。一重咲き、八重咲き、丁字咲き、ポンポン咲き。花弁が広いものや狭いもの、真っ直ぐなものや曲がっているもの。縁がレース状のもの、副花弁があるものなど。
ダリアの塊根
ダリアは実生だけでなく、塊根でも増やせます。ただし、塊根それ自体から芽は出ないので、芽がついている地下茎と繋がっている状態で植え付け。寒さに弱いので保存に注意が必要です。
ダリアでダイエット
ダリアの塊根は食物繊維が豊富。イヌリンという成分で、ダイエットに有効です。ただし、食べ慣れない人が大量に摂取すると腸内でガスが発生。腹部膨満にならないよう注意しましょう。
ダリアの食用
ダリアの食用は珍しくなく、メキシコでは専用種が栽培されるほど。日本でも近年、塊根をレンコンのような金平にしたり、花をキクのような酢の物にしたり、葉をサラダにしたりします。
ダリアの花言葉
ダリアの花言葉は優雅な花の姿から美しい女性を表す「優美」や「華麗」。その一方でフランス革命など、欧州でダリアが広がったときの不穏な情勢を象徴して「不安」や「裏切り」です。
Dahlia
Origin of dahlia
Dahlia is a perennial plant belonging to the genus Dahlia in the family Asteraceae. It originated in the highlands of Mexico and was brought back to Europe by Spain in the 18th century. Moved from the Netherlands to Japan in the 19th century. It is vulnerable to heat, and the flower color is brighter in cool regions.
Dahlia flower color
Dahlia is the most flower-colored plant along with roses and tulips. Not only a single color, but also a squeeze, white nails, and two colors. However, there is no blue color, and even in English, blue dahlia means “impossible”.
Dahlia flower
Dahlia has a variety of flowers. Single-flowered, double-flowered, clove-flowered, pompon-flowered. Those with wide or narrow petals, those with straight or bent petals. Those with lace-shaped edges, those with secondary petals, etc.
Dahlia bulb
Dahlia can be increased not only in seedlings but also in bulbs. However, since no buds emerge from the bulb itself, plant it in a state where it is connected to the rhizome with buds. It is vulnerable to cold, so be careful when storing it.
Diet with dahlia
Dahlia bulbs are rich in dietary fiber. Inulin is an ingredient that is effective for dieting. However, gas is generated in the intestines when a large amount is ingested by people who are not accustomed to eating. Be careful not to have abdominal distension.
Dahlia edible
Dahlia is not uncommon for food, and in Mexico, special species are cultivated. In recent years in Japan, the bulbs have been made into kinpira like lotus root, the flowers have been made into vinegared foods like chrysanthemum, and the leaves have been made into salads.
Dahlia flower language
The flower language of dahlia is “grace” or “brilliant” that expresses a beautiful woman from the elegant appearance of flowers. On the other hand, it is “anxiety” or “betrayal” that symbolizes the disturbing situation when dahlia spread in Europe such as the French Revolution.
