“晚英值穷节,绿润含朱光”,这是唐朝诗人柳宗元描绘美人蕉的诗句。明代诗人更有“一似美人春睡起,绛唇翠袖舞东风”的赞美,完全把花拟人化了。美人蕉的确美得出众,其花瓣飞舞舒展,衬以绿叶,犹如美女卧绿茵,令人赏心悦目。而且花期特长,在我国南方花期自春至秋长达8～10个月,北方自夏至秋也有5个月左右。一、类型美人蕉是美人蕉科美人蕉属(Canna L.)多年生草本植物。本科仅此一属,约有55 “The late British poor quarter, green with Zhu Guang,” This is the Tang Dynasty poet Liu Zongyuan depict canna verse. Ming poets even more “like a beautiful spring sleep, purple lips Cui dance Dongfeng,” the compliment, completely the flower anthropomorphic. Canna is indeed beautiful and outstanding, its petals fly and stretch, lined with green leaves, like beauty lying green, it is pleasing to the eye. And flowering specialty, flowering in southern China from spring to autumn up to 8 to 10 months, north from summer to autumn also about 5 months. First, the type of canna is the genus Canna (Canna L.) perennial herb. Undergraduate only this one, about 55