加拿大每逢圣诞节,大多数家庭都会摆上几盆一品红. : A! f, w2 ?/ d0 y- n英文名字叫poinsettia,原产地是墨西哥。6 Q y& i R! s. w" X! I, V
我国翻译成一品红,原因如下:poinsettia来自于拉丁文,应该发音“跑恩塞铁”,但当地人是英语发音即成了“泡恩塞塔”,不知我们哪位老祖宗引进了中国以后,认为“泡恩塞塔”不是中国名字,太拗嘴,于是就简化为“炮塞她”,后来又发现这名字太流氓,就把意思给引深了,由于在新婚之夜“炮塞她”,直接导致新媳妇见红,对于新郎其结果就是“一品红”。这名字即雅观,又符合该花卉开花时的特征,所以一直沿用至今。
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But, I put the poinsettia in a seperate room which should have more than 10hrs black time. Maybe it need more sun light?
at least 10hrs darkness, you can treat it 10~14hrs or longer ,it does not a matter, just a couple of hrs of sun light. and hopefully it can change corlor 3 weeks later till x-mas day.