Ye Dang "boat"!Mengwa sit in Wanglian to experience "water drift"

Jimu Journalist Li Hui

Correspondent Chen Changli

Video editing Li Hui

The knights in martial arts novels and film and television works, the toes are lit with the water, walking on the lake, making people fascinating.

On August 14th, some people in Wuhan Botanical Garden could also drift on the water with one leaf as a "boat", which surprised the people on the scene!

Jiang Hongsheng, a aquatic plant biological expert of Wuhan Botanical Garden, conducts Wang Lian's popular science for parent -child families

This event is the "Baby Sitting Wang Lian" event held by Wuhan Botanical Garden. At the scene, 15 Mengwa below 35kg, with Ye Dangzhou, took turns to sit on Wang Lian's leaves, and experienced the magic of "drift on the water".

It is reported that Wang Lian is the collective name of the genus Plants of the Department of Water Lily. It is famous for its giant and strange leaves. Wang Lian has the largest leaves of aquatic plants. The diameter of the leaves can be up to 3 meters, and it has the reputation of "water flower".

In the Zhoujiatang waters near the lawn of Wuhan Botanical Garden, more than 30 Wang Lian grows up. I saw their huge and round leaves on the water surface, and the leaves rolled upwards, like a large emerald disk floating on the water, green and green, cute and spectacular.

It is reported that Wang Lian's leaves with good growth can withstand the weight of an adult of six or seventy kilograms. This year, the garden's Wanglian leaves are generally from 1.5 meters to 1.7 meters in diameter. At present, the leaves are still growing.

Mengwa experience sitting on Wanglian

This activity requires children with less than 35 kg through evaluation and early tests to ensure the safety of the activity. 15 groups of parent -child families participated in the event through early registration.

Mengwa stands on Wang Lian

At the scene, the staff placed a light foam plate on a Wanglian blade of about 1.5 meters in diameter to balance the pressure of Wang Lian to balance the stress range of the blades. With the assistance of the staff, the children boarded Wang Lian's special boat. They were very excited on Wang Lian's leaves or sitting or standing, and some children also put on various postures. "When I sat up, I felt very amazing. At first, Wang Lian dangled slowly, and quickly stabilized, and it felt a bit like a boat." Lu Jiarong, 6, was still unhappy from Wang Lian's leaves. On the same day, the children who came to try the most heavier was 33 kg. In the end, 15 children successfully sat on Wang Lian.

Mengwa experience sitting on Wanglian

Jiang Hongsheng, an associate researcher at the subject group of the aquatic and plant biology discipline in Wuhan Botanical Garden, carried out the popular science of Wang Lian for parent -child families. He introduced that Wang Lian was native to the Amazon River Basin in South America. It is a kind of floating plant with flowers and leaves, which is very ornamental. "Wang Lian is known as the" Hercules in the Water ", which is due to its huge leaves and unique leaf veins." Wang Lian's leaves are the largest among the aquatic plants. big. Opening the back of Wang Lian's leaves, I saw that its back was covered with thick leaf veins radiated from the center to the surroundings. There were several branches on the main veins, forming a mesh -shaped skeleton that was staggered and firm. In addition to the strong skeleton support, its leaf veins also have particularly developed ventilation tissue, which stores a large amount of air, which makes each leaf float on the water surface, which can inherit dozens of kilograms.

Wang Lian floats on the water, the jadeite is like a lid, cute and spectacular

In addition to the leaves, Wang Lian's flowers are also unique. A king lotus only opened for three days, the twilight was closed, and the three days gradually showed the gradient three colors of white, pink, and red. At present, Wang Lian in Wuhan Botanical Garden is in the flowering period and is also worth watching.

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