Dahlia named Snoho Sonia
by J McCombie
Title
Dahlia named Snoho Sonia
Artist
J McCombie
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Description
This piece has been featured in the FAA Group, "Dahlias".
Snoho Sonia is a Dahlia classified as BA/L. This means it is a Ball in form (Ball: flowers are tight, fully double, and ball-shaped - occasionally with a flattened face. The petals are rounded, blunt or indented, sometimes rolled inward and commonly in a spiral display. The flowers for these are rounded, like a ball. They resemble some larger double zinnias, but with the richer dahlia colors and texture. Loaded with petals, these flowers are over 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) in diameter on mid-sized on plants to 48 in.), ... and its colour is Lavender. It grows about 36" to 42" tall. Snoho Sonia comes in various tints of lavender pink, ranging from a pure white with hints of very soft lavender-white to a stronger Lavender. Sometimes the petals are just outlined in lavender.
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. A member of the Asteraceae or Compositae, dicotyledonous plants, related species include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum and zinnia. There are at least 36 species of dahlia, with hybrids commonly grown as garden plants. Flower forms are variable, with one head per stem; these can be as small as 2" in diameter or up to 12" ("dinner plate"). This great variety results from dahlias being octoploids - that is, they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have only two. In addition, dahlias also contain many transposons - genetic pieces that move from place to place upon an allele - which contributes to their manifesting such great diversity.
The stems are leafy, ranging in height from as low as 12" to more than 6-8'. The majority of species do not produce scented flowers or cultivars. Like most plants that do not attract pollinating insects through scent, they are brightly colored, displaying most hues, with the exception of blue. "Dahl" is a homophone of the Swedish word "dal", or "valley"; although it is not a true translation, the plant is sometimes referred to as the "valley flower".
Spanish Hidalgos reported finding the plants growing in Mexico in 1525. They were used for a food source, and were both gathered in the wild and cultivated. The Aztecs used them to treat epilepsy, and employed the long hollow stem of the Dahlia imperalis for water pipes. The indigenous peoples variously identified the plants as "Chichipatl" (Toltecs) and "Acocotle" or "Cocoxochitl" (Aztecs) translated as "water cane", "water pipe", "water pipe flower", "hollow stem flower" and "cane flower". All these refer to the hollowness of the plants' stem. The dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in 1963.
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