Magnolia blooms in which of the 24 solar terms?
yulan magnolia
Deciduous trees in China flora, 25 meters high, DBH 1 m, with broad branches forming a broad crown; Bark is dark gray, rough and cracked; Branchlets slightly stout, grayish brown; Winter buds and pedicels are densely covered with gray-yellow filiform hairs. The leaves are papery, obovate, broadly obovate or obovate, the base is slender, the branches and leaves are oval, the length is10-15 (18) cm, the yoke is 6- 10( 12) cm, and the apex is wide. Petiole length 1-2.5 cm, pilose, upper mask narrow and vertical; Stipule scar is 1/4- 1/3 of petiole length. The flower buds are ovoid, with open flowers and leaves, upright and fragrant, with a diameter of10-16 cm; Pedicels are obviously enlarged and densely covered with yellowish long silk hairs; 9 perianth, white, often pink at base, nearly similar, oblong, obovate, 6-8( 10) cm long and 2.5-4.5(6.5) cm wide; Stamens 7- 12 mm, anthers 6-7 mm long, lateral fissure; Connective width is about 5 mm, and the top of it protrudes into a short tip; Pistil narrowly ovate, 3-4 mm long, 4 mm long conical style. Aggregate fruit is cylindrical (cultivated species in the garden are often bent due to the sterility of some carpels), with a length of 12- 15mm and a diameter of 3.5-5 cm; Kelu is thick and woody, brown, with white lenticels; The seeds are heart-shaped, laterally compressed, about 9 meters high, 10 mm wide, with red exocarp and black endosperm. The flowering period is February-March (it often blooms again in July-September) and the fruiting period is August-September.