People used to call it a plant gerbera or hebras which is a form of herbaceous ornamental flower plants are not trunked. This plant is one of the comers of ornamental plants from overseas (introduction) and are thought to originate from South Africa, North Africa and Russia. Inventors Gerbera plants are Traug Gerber, a German naturalist who undertook an expedition to South Africa. Subsequently discovered by Jamenson Gerbera hybrids.
Herbras consists of approximately 2,000 cultivars with flowers that have a shape and size varied between 5-12 cm in diameter. Flowers has hump Herbras (capitulum) of which is the subject of two layers of a series of petals (called ray florets) long shaped the colorful interesting: orange, yellow, pink, red, white, salmon pink, and purple. Section containing an array of hump also hundreds of small flowers (florets and disc florets trans) so it looks like a flower intact. At the center hump is sometimes dark. At the same flower color differences are also often found on the petals.
From the diversity of flower shapes, especially the structure of the crown pieces Gerbera flower known for four species that have been cultivated in Indonesia, namely:
a) Gerbara flowering layer: a layer of strands arranged petals and are generally colored red, yellow and pink.
From the diversity of flower shapes, especially the structure of the crown pieces Gerbera flower known for four species that have been cultivated in Indonesia, namely:
a) Gerbara flowering layer: a layer of strands arranged petals and are generally colored red, yellow and pink.
b) Gerbera bloom two: pieces of the crown is composed of more than one variable. Crown of the outer layers of strands appear very different arrangement. Examples of tier two of Gerbera flower jamensonii Double Fantasy Purple red.
c) Gerbera bloom three layers: an example of this is the Gerbera flower types jamensonii Fantasy Triple Red is the dominant flowering red, then yellow or yellowish-green variety.
d) Type of Gerbera produced by Flori Asia Net Holland in the Netherlands, with a larger size than the three types above. Varieties planted are Gerbera Yustika (pink red), Jaffa Orange (bright orange), Ventury (dark orange.
Requirements for Seed
Plants propagated by generative and vegetative. Seeds were selected from seed germination or that have a high ability to grow and look pithy. If seedlings are purchased from the store, pay attention to expiration dates.
Vegetatively propagated using tissue culture / puppies. Tissue culture material using lateral buds from the tree or plant stems Gerbera healthy and of a superior kind. Seedling obtained from plants of Gerbera which child a lot, its parent prolific flowering, the growth of normal, healthy and comes from superior plant species. Purposes seedling to be planted on 1 ha of open land around 80000-90000 when the spacing of 25 x 40 cm.
Preparation of Seeds
Seeds derived from the seeds planted before Transplanting to the field. Seeding can be done in the bath-tub seeding or small pots or pots with a diameter large enough. Should the media seedlings were given a plastic lid for humidity and air temperature remained stable and protected from direct sun.
Seeds are separated from the clump of Gerbera seedlings that had been cleaned from the soil, some roots and old leaf stalks are removed. Each part of at least one seedling.
Seed seeding technique
a) Choose the location where the seedlings that gets morning sun or inside a room that gets 40 watt/m2 artificial light. Prepare a mixture of media seedling fine fertile soil, sand and manure that has been cooked with a ratio of 1:1:1. Give a thin white plastic lid for humidity reaches 98%. Before placing a layer of media seedling insert broken bricks or tiles of approximately 1 / 3 tub nursery. Then fill in 90% seedling media. Seeding Gerbera seeds evenly. After 5-7 days, the lid is opened for 1 hour in the morning. From 7-10 days after seeding lid is opened for 3 hours / day, then the top of the lid is opened to 20 cm from the top to get 90% humidity. When seedlings reach age 21 days, in the afternoon lid removed.
b) Seeding in tissue culture
Prepare a basic medium of Murashige Skoog added sugar 30 grams / liter, vitamin B and plant growth regulators kinetin plus IAA 5 mg 0.5 mg / liter. PH before heated arranged around pH 5.7 by adding NaOH or HCl 0.1 N Made of solid medium with Difco Bacto Agar (DBA) of 7.5 grams / liter. Embed this lateral buds, at the age of 45 days compound buds begin to form. Results of tissue culture seedlings transferred to nursery and kept sterile until quite large. Furthermore Transplanting seedlings into the regular nursery with the same media composition with nursery seedlings.