Fresias

This plant belongs to the Iridaceae family and the center of origin of this sort in individual is Sud-Africa. In his natural state it grows in the sand to the border of the rivers, from where one took to Europe in 1759, becoming the most important plant of the horticulture of half-full of century XIX.

The inflorescencia of the Freesia is arranged in an ear with flowers sésile, maintained on the part of I escape floral, being this zone in an angle of almost 90º. It blooms in spring, the ear has of four to eight flowers, his flowers they are tubular and they dismiss pleasant aromas, of shades and colors that vary of the target, to marillo and gold, in addition to rose, red and malva. The introduction from the Fresias to Chile data of century principles, cultivating him to it fundamentally by its aromatic flowers.

Later it stopped, being widely known until the modern hybrids of great amount and size of flowers were reintroducidos, that nevertheless, they do not have the arom of the old varieties.