Ukubhengezwa njengeentyatyambo zelizwe laseMzantsi Afrika ngo-1976, iprotea yama-protea ( iprotea cynaroides) yintlambo eqaqambileyo enhle kwaye iyingqayizivele njengelizwe ngokwayo. Kufunyenwe kuphela kwiNgingqi yeCapeisticistic, iprotea yenkosi iyingxenye ye-protea, eyona nto inxalenye yeentsapho zeProteaceae-iqela elibandakanya iintlobo ezi-1,350 ezahlukileyo.
Iprotea yenkosi inentloko enkulu yeentyantyambo zeentyantyambo zayo kwaye iyayixabisa iibloom zayo ezinjenge-artichoke.
Ukukhula okuya ku-300mm ububanzi, ezi ntyatyambo eziphefumulayo ziyahlukahluka kumbala ovela kumhlophe ococekileyo ukuya kumnyama obomvu okanye obomvu. Isityalo ngokwaso sikhula phakathi kwe-0.35 yamitha kunye ne-2 mitha ukuphakama kwaye sinomthi oqingqiweyo ofikelela kude phantsi komhlaba. Esi sitshixo siqulethe iziqhamo ezininzi, ezivumela ukuba iprotea yenkosi iphile kwiindawo ezisendle ezidla ngokugqithisela indawo yayo yendalo. Emva kokuba umlilo uvutha, ihluma elidlulayo livela kwimpikiswano yombala - ukwenzela ukuba le ntlobo ifana nokuzalwa ngokutsha.
I-Symbolism ye-Protea kaKumkani
Iprotea yenkosi yenye yeempawu zeMzantsi Afrika ezibonakalayo, kunye ne-springbok ekhwela kunye neflegi yebala. Ngokomgaqo-nkqubo waseMzantsi Afrika, intyatyambo "ibonakaliso lobuhle belizwe lethu, kunye neentyantyambo zobuchule bethu njengesizwe ekuphishekeleni ukuhlaziywa kwe-Afrika". Kubonakala kwengubo yaseMzantsi Afrika yeengalo , kunye nokubethelwa kwezinye iimpawu.
Ezi ziquka amanani amabini avela kwipeyinti edumileyo yaseKhoisan, intaka yenobhala kunye ezimbini ziwela izixhobo zendabuko.
Iqela lebhola le-kriketi laseMzantsi Afrika lithandwa ngokuthi "iiProteas", kwaye intyatyambo ibonakala kwi-crest esemthethweni yezemidlalo. Nangona iqela lebhola lombhoxo ligama emva kwe-springbok, kungekhona i-protea, iiperese zombini yezemidlalo zibandakanya iprotea yenkosi ebonakalayo kwimifanekiso yaseMzantsi Afrika yegolide kunye nohlaza.
Protea Genus
Ngamanye amaxesha kuthiwa yi-sugarbushes, amalungu e-Protea genus ukusuka kwi-ground-shreeping shrubs ukuya kwiimitha ezide ezingama-35 zemitha. Zonke zinamaqabunga esikhumba kunye neentyantyambo ezinjengengqungquthela (nangona okokugqibela kubonakala ngokubonakalayo). Ezinye iintlobo zikhula ezincinci iibomvu ezibomvu, ngelixa ezinye zinemibala ebomvu kunye ne-black. Ezinye zifana ne-spiky orange pincushions. Ngenxa yokuhlukahluka okungaqhelekanga, i-botanist ye-18 ye-botanist uKarl Linnaeus wabiza igama le-protea emva koothixo ongumGrike u-Proteus, owayenako ukutshintsha ukubonakala kwakhe ngokuthanda.
Ukusasazwa kweProteaceae Family
I-92% yeentlobo ze-protea ziphela kwiNgingqi yeCape Floristic, indawo engasenzantsi nakumazantsi-ntshona eMzantsi Afrika ibonwa njengeNdawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO ngenxa yeentlobo ezahlukileyo ze-botanic. Phantse zonke iiprota zikhula eningizimu yoMlambo waseLimpopo - ngaphandle kweyodwa, ekhula kwiintaba zeNtaba yaseKenya .
Kucatshangelwa ukuba okhokho baseProteaceae baqala ukuvela kwizigidi zeminyaka edlulileyo, xa ama-landmasters of south-hemisphere ahlangene njengowokuqala, uGondwana. Xa ilizwekazi lihlukaniswa, intsapho yahlula kwiintsapho ezimbini ezincinane-iproteoideae yesebe, ngoku iphela ngokubanzi kummandla waseMzantsi Afrika (kuquka iprotea yenkosi), kunye ne-Grevilleoideae yesebe.
Ezi zityalo ezinokugqibela zifunyenwe ikakhulu eMzantsi-Australia wase-Australia, kunye neenkoloni ezincinane kwimpuma ye-Asia kunye neMzantsi Melika.
Uphando lweProtea
Iikoloni kwiNgingqi yaseCape Floristic kunye nesiphondo se-floristic saseMzantsi-Australia sase-Australia baye babonisa umdla ngokukhethekileyo kwiingcali. Ezi ndawo zimelela ezimbini kwiindawo ezihamba phambili zezinto eziphilayo. Ngokwaluphando olukhokelwa yi-biologists yaseBrithani, izinga lokuziphendukela kwemvelo liphindwe kathathu ngokukhawuleza kunokuba liqhelekile, kunye neentlobo ezintsha ze-protea ezibonakalayo ngexesha lonke kwaye zibangele ubuninzi bezinto eziphilayo. EMzantsi Afrika, izazinzulu zaseKirstenbosch Gardens zaseKapa zibandakanyeka kwiprojekthi enkulu yokujonga ukusabalala kweendawo zeeprotea kulo lonke elaseMzantsi Afrika.
Kuphi Ukuzifumana
Namhlanje, ama-proteas akhuliswa kumazwe angama-20 ahlukeneyo.
Ziyakhula kwaye zisasazwa ngezorhwebo ngemibutho kuquka i-International Protea Association kwaye ziye zaziswa kwiipaki kunye negadi kwihlabathi jikelele. Abo bafuna ukuzama isandla sabo xa bekhula ngokwabo bangabalela imbewu yeprotea kwiinkampani ezinjengeBlue Bush People. Nangona kunjalo, akukho nto ifana nokubona intyatyambo yesizwe yaseMzantsi Afrika ekhula kwiTable Table okanye kwiCedarberg.