爱华网莫纳熏衣草是由罗杰・贾克斯于20世纪90年代晚期培育而成，他是克斯顿保斯彻植物园中的园艺家之一。莫纳熏衣草是一种生长迅速，灌木状的多年生草本植物，株高0.75m，能形成茂密可爱的丛生状株型。
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此内容由世外园林论坛爱花原创：本人对 Plectranthus ecklonii cv. 'Mona Lavender' 的试译根据该种植物的拉丁文学名 Plectranthus ecklonii cv. 'Mona Lavender' 可知：1. Plectranthus 是该植物的属名，意即香茶菜属，该词的性别为阳性，Plectranthus 是由 plectron（琴拨）＋anthos（花）组合而来，意指该属植物的花冠裂片多形似琴拨。2. ecklonii 是该植物的种加词，该词是名词所有格的形式，是为纪念植物学家 Dr. Christian P. Ecklon 所起（该植物很可能是由这位植物学家发现并命名的），按照植物拉丁名命名规则，以人名的所有格形式作为植物拉丁名的种加词时，如果该人名（ Ecklon） 以不为 r 的辅音字母结尾,则不论其属名（Plectranthus）为阳性，阴性还是中性，先在该人名后面加上字母 i ，变为 Eckloni ，然后再加上表示命名人性别（男性）和数的形式（单数）的字母 i ，即变为该植物的种加词 Ecklonii 。人名 Ecklon 音译为 艾克伦 ，简称 艾氏 。3. 'Mona Lavender' 是该种植物的栽培加词（因为该植物是 Plectranthus ecklonii 的栽培变种，所以在命名时，为了与原种 Plectranthus ecklonii 相区别，需要在原种的拉丁名之后加上该变种的栽培加词），按照植物学命名规则，栽培变种命名时，要先在原种的拉丁名（Plectranthus ecklonii）之后加上表示栽培变种的符号 cv. （cultivarietas 的简写） ，然后在其后加上栽培加词（Mona Lavender），栽培加词需要放在单引号中，写成 'Mona Lvander' 的格式，Mona Lavender 意为 莫纳熏衣草 。综上所述，本人将该种植物的原种 Plectranthus eckloni 试译为 艾氏香茶菜 。该种植物是 艾氏香茶菜 的一个栽培变种，商业上也称为一个品种，变种（品种）名称叫 莫纳熏衣草 。简言之，这种花是艾氏香茶菜的一个园艺观赏品种，品种名称叫莫纳熏衣草。莫纳_莫纳熏衣草 -莫纳熏衣草英文资料
由下内容由世外园林论坛爱花整理：Family: LamiaceaeCommon names: spur flower, Mona Lavender (Eng.); muishondblaar (Afr.)Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' is a hybrid developed here at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens that is becoming a hit around the world!There are many Plectranthus species that are used as ornamentalherbaceousplants for the garden, not only in South Africa, but all around the world. Most of these come from the more subtropical/tropical areas of southern Africa. They come in a number of shapes and colour forms ranging from white, through pink to dark mauves and lavenders. Being so easy to propagate from cuttings, they are readily sharedamongstkeen gardeners and are one of the few plants that grow well in shade.Description'Mona Lavender' is a quick-growing, herbaceous, perennialshrubreaching up to 0.75 m in height, forming a lovely, rounded, dense bush.It has dark green, glossy leaves with intensely purple undersides and sprays of lavender flowers dashed with purple markings.It flowers very unpredictably, but does well in shortened daylight, which starts in autumn, but depending on how old the plant is and how much it has been pinched back, flowering can be extended right into early summer.Derivation of name and historical facts'Mona Lavender' wasbredby one of the horticulturists here at Kirstenbosch, RogerJaques, in the late 1990s. It was a fairly long process involving much hand pollination and raising many thousands of seedlings, back crossing and raising many more thousands of seedlings - each time selecting out the best, most attractive individuals to go through to the next round of breeding. But the efforts seem to have paid off as now we have a magnificent plant that is sure to be a popular garden plant all around the world.The plant is being very effectivelycommercialized by the Ball Horticultural Company based near Chicago in the USA. The NBI has an agreement with this company to commercialize certain selected plants. For each plant that they sell, South Africa receives substantial royalties. As a result of this agreement, Ball have effectively marketed and sold Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' for Kirstenbosch throughout North America, Europe, especially in the UK, South Africa and Australia. Without their marketing and distribution abilities this would have been very difficult.Growing Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender'Growing 'Mona Lavender' is a pleasure for any gardener as it is relativelyadaptableand trouble free. It does very well in either shaded or partly sunny positions. When it receives sun it tends to stay smaller and more compact and the leaves exhibit a much more intense colouring - especially on the purple undersides of the leaf.Like most Plectranthus species, 'Mona Lavender' enjoys a rich soil with plenty ofhumus, and won't say no to extracompost! It is quite a thirsty plant, so water every few days to keep it fresh andturgid.The plants enjoy being pinched back to induce better branching and compactness. They make a great bedding plant and look good when they are planted enmasseor as individuals in an existing bedding display. They also make good pot plants which can be moved around as needed and will fill a 25cm pot in a matter of months.They enjoy feeding too, which should be carried out at any time butpreferablynot before or during flowering. The fertilizer may consist of a general all-purpose 2-3-2 as a granular or liquid feed - be sure to water it in well as it is easy to burn the tender roots, or use a purely organic fertilizer to avoid this.One of the only downfalls of 'Mona Lavender' is that, like most Plectranthus, it doesn't tolerate very cold conditions, although it has been known to survive light frosts in Pretoria. If you live in an area prone to winter frosts then plant it in spring and it will flower in the autumn before the winter frosts take their toll. For all other parts of South Africa that don't receive heavy frosts, it can be planted at any time of the year.莫纳_编辑本段莫纳熏衣草英文资料翻译
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