Photophilous plants, an example of plants, their characteristics

Any plant that grows in an open area under the abundant sun and does not suffer from, let's say, discomfort, but, on the contrary, needs such conditions, is a heliophyte. Photophilous plants, an example of which will be discussed below, have their own distinctive features.

What is characteristic of heliophytes

The leaves of light-loving plants have their own characteristics, and they are easy to see. Namely:

• The thickness of the leaves of such plants is more often than in others not so sensitive to light;
• The angle between the leaves and the direction of the sun's rays is large, reaching up to ninety degrees.

Also light-loving plants, (for example - birch, and in hotter latitudes - cactus) contain in their sheets a huge number of chloroplasts: one cell can have from fifty to three hundred pieces, due to which there is a high intensity of photosynthesis. This is the most characteristic physiological sign of plants with high demands in the sun. On this the characteristic of photophilous plants is not finished, we will consider a few more questions.

What will happen if you deprive the heliophyte of solar energy?

At small doses of illumination, a sign appears in the plant, such as depression, and there is a delay in its development. And the older the plant, the higher its need for sun.

Where the heliophytes grow

To list the signs of photophilous plants should begin with such parameters as the place and nature of the growth. What exactly is it about? Heliophytes can grow both in conditions of intense solar radiation, and in some shaded places. Long blackouts, as already mentioned above, will affect them fatal. Heliophytes, which refer to shrubs or to tree species, usually grow as sparse plantings to be able to access the sun at any time of the day.

What are light-loving plants?

An example of heliophytes can be derived from any type of plant, be it trees, bushes, grass, flora, growing in the water. Let us consider what kind of heliophytes are found in our latitudes.

1. Trees. This includes: birch, linden, pine (ordinary, mountain), ash, apple, white mulberry, juniper, oak (ordinary, stems), quince, aspen, etc.
2. Shrubs. These include lilac, rose, sour thorn, jasmine, some types of hydrangeas , etc.
3. Herbal and cereal. This is tomato, water lily, plantain, corn, cranberries, heather, etc.

Fans who want to grow flowers at home should take into account the information about the light resistance of the flower, which will grow in a pot on the windowsill. Before you buy a certain plant, it is worth to learn all its characteristics so that it can live in your apartment without any problems. Returning to the current topic, we can give a few examples of light-loving houseplants.

1. In many houses you can find a flower like begonia. It refers to the photophilous, but under direct scorching rays from May to September it still better not to put it.
2. Kalanchoe also loves light, but not direct rays, from which burns can appear on the sheets.
3. Monsters, sansevieriam and dracenas will be well under bright scattered rays or in partial shade.
4. Phalaenopsis - a kind of orchids, loves light, but not hot, because it's good to place them on the eastern window.
5. Fuchsia is not averse to buying in the sun in the morning or in the afternoon.
6. Cyclamen is also good from bright lighting, but under direct rays it is desirable to put them only in the winter. The same conditions must be created and violets. As the light day decreases , you can move them slightly closer to the window from a distance of about 2-3 meters in the hottest period.

Adaptation of heliophytes to unfavorable conditions

Not always the environment spares photophilous plants. An example of how the cherry disappears and does not bear fruit, if it is in the shade, will be familiar to many people who are slightly related to gardening. But first the plant will do its best to get more light. This is mainly expressed in the increased surface area of the sheets and a deeper green tint, because it is known that dark colors absorb more energy from the sun's rays. Also, for the same purpose, the stems of plants are pulled, but they become more fragile, and the trees grow taller or they can change their shape in order to get more light.