Good flowers don’t bloom often. If you want to capture the most beautiful moment of a flower, do this!

In the eyes of many people, a PhD in biology, who has studied biology all the way, must be very familiar with biology, right? In fact, I really don’t know so many plants and animals. When I was an undergraduate, I studied bioengineering, but my college was in chemical engineering, so I actually spent most of my time studying chemistry. My undergraduate degree was also different from many biology students, in that it was engineering. When I was a doctor, I was indeed a PhD in biology, but I studied genetics, and bioinformatics in genetics.

However, since I like animals and plants, I often observe and record them. For example, I like bird watching, collecting plant specimens, etc...

Today, let’s talk about how, as a plant lover, you can freeze flowers in beautiful moments.

01. Real flowers or fake flowers?

There is a very interesting flower in my house. When you first look at it, do you think it is a real flower or a fake one?

As shown in the picture, these are not fake flowers, but real flowers.

It looks lifelike, right? It can be kept for a long time without any problem. It is said that this measure is achieved by using vacuum rapid drying, so the shape of the flower can be preserved to the greatest extent.

After I bought this flower, I felt painful for a long time, after all, I think flowers and plants can be seen everywhere, but it is not worth it to be so expensive. So I thought about making a flower myself, but failed.

02. Beautiful flowers don’t bloom forever

Beautiful flowers do not bloom forever, and good scenery does not last forever. After personal summary, I feel that without special equipment, many flowers cannot be preserved in this special form.

This is because most flowers have too high water content and will wilt as they slowly lose water. The shapes of many flowers are highly dependent on water, so they will completely change once they lose water.

In addition, many flowers are actually constantly metabolizing, even if they are picked from the branches. For example, anthocyanins will continue to react over time. If we observe them in the wild or outdoors, we can see that the color of the flowers is changing until they fall off.

03. How to capture the most beautiful moment of flowers?

Therefore, in order to freeze the most beautiful moment of the flower, several conditions must be met:

1. The flowers should be well supported , otherwise they will wilt easily during the water loss process and eventually lose their flower appearance.

2. The color composition cannot be too complicated , especially the colors of chemical reactions and biological reactions, which can easily continue and cause the colors to disappear or change.

Finally, I found a special kind of flower. This flower itself is of a very special type, with a terminal panicle cyme, sparse, small and numerous flowers, so the water content is actually very low. The support of the flower itself is not particularly dependent on water, so it will not have much of a problem if it loses water. The color itself is also relatively natural and will not change drastically.

So I went to Dounan Flower Market and bought a bunch of fresh flowers. I put them indoors, away from direct sunlight. In addition, Kunming is very dry, so they dried naturally. Now it seems that the flowers are really good. However, I rarely grow flowering plants now because it is too troublesome. It is better to grow pure green leaf plants.