Petunia flowers have a single crown or double and has a color like red, pale yellow, white, blue and also dark purple. This beautiful flower has many branches but very weak, so that petunia flowers can not grow upright. In addition, flowers that belong to this type of ornamental plant can only flower once during his lifetime.
Petunia is a genus of flowering plants of the Solanaceae family whose flowers are trumpet-shaped. This plant originated in South America. Physically, the height of this plant is between 16-30 cm, the flowers there are single crown and some are crowned double with varying colors (eg red, white, pale yellow, blue, and dark purple).
Petunia is generally pollinated by insects, except Petunia exserta which is pollinated by hummingbirds. Generally petunias are diploid with 14 chromosomes and can not be crossed between species.
This plant can reach a height of 40 cm and has a rather large branch, but these branches are very weak, so the petunias can not grow upright. Overgrown with very fine feathers, the leaves of this plant grow face to face. The stem is short, its length is approximately 5-10 cm in width 4-6 cm. The flower of this plant grows at the end of the stem, the petals are reddish-green, the flower petals resemble a light purple trumpet, and the yellow inner flower tube.
This type of petunia that has a purple flower is called petunia violacea, but there are many more types of petunia that have a variety of color flowers, among which there is a hybrid petunia that is the result of a cross between petunia plant species.
In accordance with the original habitat of the mountains of Latin America (Brazil), petunias will grow better if planted in the highlands, at least 800 m above sea level (asl) with a temperature of 16-22 0 C. But that does not mean, this plant can not grow in the lowlands. In hot areas, the flowers will grow smaller and the colors less bright.
Petunia is described as a symbolism that has two sides, in a negative perception, this flower represents anger, bitterness of heart, and hatred. While in the positive perception, this flower represents the encouragement of not despairing as well as statements to someone whose presence is comforting.