國花系列:CALLA (埃塞俄比亞)
Since the days of ancient Rime the CAlla Lily has been treasured as a flower of celebration. First cherished as a celebration of light, then a funeral flower, in today’s world the Calla Lily has become one of the most desired flowers brides use to celebrate their wedding day. It is associated with the lily as a symbol of purity and as such, these spectacular flowers are beginning to rival the rose in popularity for bridal bouquets.
在遠古的時候馬蹄蓮就被視爲慶祝之花.現在馬蹄蓮已經成爲結婚慶典時新年最喜歡的花之一.馬蹄蓮象徵着純潔，已經同玫瑰一樣成爲婚禮上最受歡迎的花束.
The Calla Lily, originally from the continent of Africa, is rich with history, and it is an elegant and colorful flower to enjoy on any occasion. Either as a cut flower, or in your garden, the Calla Lily’s bloom is a show-stopper, and its wide range of colors make it a special flower to enjoy.
馬蹄蓮起源非洲大陸，歷史悠久.它的端莊以及華美適合任何場合。
The Calla Lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica, is often called the white or common arum lily. Although most often referred to as Calla “Lily,” the calla is not related to true lilies (genus Lilium) or to the lily family. The Calla is an arum and closely related to houseplants such as the philodendron, spathiphyllum, pothos, monstera, and caladium. In the wild, the Calla Lily prefers marshy areas. One of its closest relatives is the Skunk Cabbage, which also prefers a marsh environment, and is one of the most abundant and earliest-blooming northern wildflowers. Some varieties of Calla Lilies are fragrant, though thankfully, they do not share the pungent odor of the Skunk Cabbage!
馬蹄蓮屬天南星科的多年生草本球根花卉。它有肥大的根莖，葉柄較長，葉形如倒心臟形，先端較尖；花莖高出葉片，花苞白色，苞片中心是由很多的小花所組成的肉質、柱形、黃色花序，花苞倒置如馬蹄，故名馬蹄蓮。花苞與花序相配又如蓮座，故又名觀音蓮、水竿及慈姑花。
Supposedly, the Calla Lily was named after Professor Giovanni Zantedeschi, 1773-1846, an Italian physician and botanist. The name aethiopica is thought to mean south of Egypt and Libya, though the word appears like it is related to Ethiopia in some manner. It is not know exactly when and how the Calla Lily was introduced to Europe, but it appeared in an illustrated account of the Royal Garden in Paris in 1664.
它另有四個園藝品種：花苞爲黃色者，葉有白色透明斑點；花苞爲紅色者，植株較矮；花苞爲淡黃色者，葉片大；花苞爲黃綠色者，內側基部爲深紫色，稱之爲紫心黃馬蹄蓮。
馬蹄蓮的花語是永恆
馬蹄蓮的花語中,有一個,代表着高貴,尊貴
馬蹄蓮的花語是 純潔、純淨的友愛
馬蹄蓮的花語是純潔無瑕
馬蹄蓮: 氣質高雅
馬蹄蓮：優雅
馬蹄蓮：春風得意
馬蹄蓮：象徵永結同心
馬蹄蓮：象徵"聖法虔誠,永結同心,吉祥如意"。
馬蹄蓮：象徵希望,高潔
馬蹄蓮：象徵聖潔虔誠,永結同心,吉祥如意。
學名：Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.)K. Spreng.
英名：calla
其他中文名： 百合花、慈姑花、蕃海芋、佛焰苞芋、觀音蓮、喇叭花、水芋、野芋
科屬：天南星科 馬蹄蓮屬
產地及分佈：原產埃及、非洲南部。我國各地寒冷地區以溫室栽培，暖地露地栽培。在昆明栽培花大色白，品質好。它那乳白色喇叭狀大花苞，中央着生着黃色圓柱肉穗花序，給人高貴脫俗、吉祥如意之感。有較好的應用前景。
形態特徵：多年生草本。株高約1米。具肥大肉質塊莖。葉片箭形，先端銳尖，全緣，鮮綠色。肉穗花序，下部生雌花，上部生雄花；佛焰苞近卵形，具長尖，白色。漿果。種子倒生，卵圓形。自然花期2～4月。果熟期6～8月。
所用品種：在栽培中主要使用本種生產切花。
主要用途：切花。馬蹄蓮花梗挺拔、花形典雅，具有純潔無瑕的寓意，因此是昔日歐美等國應用較多的新娘捧花。現在主要使用在花籃、花束中，很多插花、瓶花作品裏往往也少不了它。
