Floriculture Quiz

1. Floriculture Quiz By Mrs. Hitchcock

2. Horticulture • The science or art of cultivating fruits, vegetable, flowers and plants. • Olericulture • The production and care of vegetables • Pomology • The production and care of fruit • Agronomy • The production and care of crops

3. Annual Plant • Plant whose life cycle lasts one year • The plant germinates, flowers and dies in one year • Example: • Petunia • Pansy • Begonia

4. Biennial Plant • Plant that takes two years to complete its life cycle • Plant will produces roots, stem and leaves the first year • Plant will produce flowers and seeds the second year then die • Example: • Beets • Brussel Sprouts • Foxglove Flower

5. Perennial • Plant whose life cycle lasts more than two seasons • Example: • Trees • Shrubs • Woody Plants

6. Cotyledon • The first leaves appearing on the plant from the seed • Provides nutrients for the young plant • Monocot • Has one cotyledon within the seed • Dicot • Has two cotyledons within the seed

7. Evergreen • Plant that keeps its foliage year round. • Example: • Pine Tree • Cedar Tree • Deciduous • Plant that looses its foliage during the winter • Example: • Oak Tree • Maple Tree • Redbud Tree

8. Macronutrient • Nutrients that are needed in large quantities for good plant growth. • Micronutrient • Nutrients that are needed in small quantities for good plant growth.

9. Example of a complete fertilizer • N-P-K • Can be varying percentages • What is N-P-K? • Nitrogen – Phosphorus – Potassium • What is the most common percentage of NPK? • 10 – 20 – 10 • 10% Nitrogen – 20% Phosphorus – 10% Potassium

10. Oklahoma State Tree • Redbud • Oklahoma State Flower • Oklahoma Rose • Oklahoma State Floral Emblem • Mistletoe

11. Oklahoma State Wildflower • Indian Blanket • Oklahoma State Grass • Indian Grass

12. PPM • Parts Per Million • How many ounces are in a pint? • 16 oz. • How many ounces are in a cup? • 8 oz.

13. Topography • A term for the slope of the land • Chlorophyll • The green coloring matter found in plants • Aids in photosynthesis • Photosynthesis • The process in which plants use light, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll to produce sugar.

14. Fruit • A ripened ovary • Sexual Propagation • Requires male and female plant parts • Asexual Propagation • Does not require male and female plant parts

15. Parts of the Flower

16. Male Parts • Stamen • This is the male part of the flower. • It is made up of the filament and anther, it is the pollen producing part of the plant. • The number of stamen is usually the same as the number of petals.

17. Male Parts • Anther • This is the part of the stamen that produces and contains pollen. • It is usually on top of a long stalk that looks like a fine hair. • Filament • This is the fine hair-like stalk that the anther sits on top of.

18. Female Parts • Pistil • It is made up of the stigma, style, and ovary. • Each pistil is constructed of one to many rolled leaflike structures. • Stigma • It is the sticky bulb that you see in the center of the flowers, it is the part of the pistil of a flower which receives the pollen grains and on which they germinate.

19. Female Parts • StyleThis is the long stalk that the stigma sits on top of. • OvaryThe part of the plant, usually at the bottom of the flower, that has the seeds inside and turns into the fruit that we eat. • The ovary contains ovules. • Ovule • The part of the ovary that becomes the seeds.

20. Root • Serves as an anchor, supports the upper plant, absorbs water and nutrients, and stores food. • Stem • Provides support for the plant • Carries food and water throughout the plant • Leaves • Produces food for the plant

21. Mulching • Process of covering the topsoil to reduce evaporation, cultivation, or erosion • Terminal • A bud growing at the tip of the stem • Stoma • Opening on the bottom of the leaf through which carbon dioxide enters for photosynthesis

22. Bulb • An underground bud of a flowering perennial that survives the winter as a dormant, fleshy glove consisting of overlapping layers of scales. • Example: • Onion • Garlic • Lily • Tulip

23. Bare Root • A type of tree or shrub that has little or no soil around the roots at the time of planting. • Balled and Burlap • A tree digging method, where the tree is dug from the soil and placed in sacking and into a wire basket • Root Bound • When a plant has been in a container for too long and its roots become wound and entangled

24. Container Stock • Any tree or shrub placed in a container • The container MUST be removed when transplanting • Pruning • Encourages plant growth, NOT flower growth • CANNOT prune and expect a plant to flower at anytime of the year

25. pH • Neutral 7 • Acidic 6.9 – 0 • Alkali 7.1 – 14 • Germination • When a seed starts to grow • Dormancy • The rest period required for some seeds to germinate

26. Factors that affect Germination • Moisture • Air Movement • Temperature • Medium • A mixture of several materials used for growing plants in containers

27. Systemic Insecticide • An insecticide that enters the plant and moves throughout it • Contact Insecticide • An insecticide that begins to kill the plant on first contact

28. Skull and Crossbones • Represents danger or poison • Honesty • This is the most important characteristic that people should have, according to employers