初恋～《爱莲说》

常听见他人说这句话，出于瘀泥而不染～就是莲花或者是荷花

到底是怎样去分辨，莲花或是荷花！我是从它们叶子的形状来区分的。（然，这也是我从FB里头的一些“爱莲”人士分享出来的资料显示而得知）除了一般的莲花，也有晚莲、一叶莲等等。

与莲花结缘，必要提到及感谢我们的Mr Wong“谆谆善诱”，他的无私的分享及授教如何栽种莲花。他不时的把他自己收藏的莲花种籽交给我们种植，他什至把已经萌芽的莲花苗，送给我们试试种。

我和Jeffrey Chow 就把小莲花苗移植到小水缸或者是花盆，然后看它萌芽长叶子，再等待到它结花蕾，慢慢的花蕾浮出水面后，莲花就绽放。

绽放的莲花，能耐到三至四天，就像曇花一现那样，绽开三、四天过后就调谢了。从种籽子萌芽，长小叶子，叶子变成茂盛，结花蕾直到莲花怒放盛开……都是一个过程，过程中亦会有意想不到的变化，越焦急等待花蕾变成莲花，卻是空等待。一切都是经验，积累了一些经验，就慢慢捉到了些种植莲花窍门了。

择日不如撞日，在Mr Wong盛意拳拳的邀约下，相约我和Jeffrey 去寻找野生莲花。是日，整装待发，与家人大伙浩浩荡荡的出闸寻找野莲记。运气也实在不差，在2个目的地处大有收获，除了找到有紫色的莲花，还有觅到白色的莲花（晚莲）。

我不得不佩服及拆服于Mr Wong 的“爱莲人士&专业”手法去捞及移植野生莲花。他二话不说，脱去上衣后，只听见”扑通扑通”他已跳进长满浮萍及莲花的湖泊里。他一招“海底捞月”，顺藤摸瓜，再鲤鱼翻身，一撸一擒的，简直就达到像金庸先生武侠小说的意境般，快、精、准。说时迟 那时快，眼前的他巳经把一棵棵大小不分的莲花连根拔起来，顺序的Jeffrey 就把它钩起来，再传上岸边，再搬上“黄仔”货卡后廂里。

这趟寻野莲记，也蛮好玩及新鲜有趣的，同时也让我获益良多，对于莲花的认识及认知渐渐的长了不少知识啊！对于“爱莲”的人来说，为何会倾向于喜欢，是见人见智的，有些人已经是属于痴的境界了……箇中原因，是无法理解的。也许，某天，妳也渐渐慢慢喜欢上它，妳就会明白及会同意我的见解了。😄😄

 I often hear other people say that the only flowers that are not stained from the mud are lotus and water Lily 

So far, as for what is called lotus and water Lily. I can only distinguish between lotus and lotus by simple leaf shape (all are obtained by sharing information from some nympho experts on FB. In addition, there are night lotus, Water lily, a leaf lotus and so on.

Thanks to Mr Wong, the wiseman’s good-faith temptation and from time to time he took some lotus planted by his family to share with us, and frequently took some lotus seeds for us to try to plant.

The small lotus that is planted is planted in a small tank or a small flower pot. After a period of time, the lotus leaves are lush and green, and after the flower buds are formed, they bloom on the surface of the water.

The lotus blossoms at the beginning, and it seems to be a flash in the pan. It can last for three to four days and then withers 🥀. I have witnessed the process from planting seeds to germination, growth, bud setting and blooming, and occasionally some unpredictable episodes will be encountered in the process... These are all experiences, and experience is accumulated in this way of.

After that, Jeffrey and I were fisted by Mr Wong. We joined him to find wild lotus together. The mighty family set out to find lotus together. Indeed, our luck was so good... we went to 2⃣️ spots and we were able to find 2 different colors of lotus, purple and white evening lotus.

For Mr Wong, not only admiring him, but also let me see that his "professionalism" is definitely worthy of "Ailian" people. Seeing him, without saying anything, taking off his shirt and shorts, we heard a "putong -putong” sound. People are already immersed in the lake water full of lotus and duckweed... The carp turned over and kicked the lotus up... It was precise, accurate, and fast, like a common sentence in Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts novels. The master will know if there is any. After a short while, I was able to catch them, and the wild lotus flowers were uprooted one by one and loaded onto the “yellow boy “ pickup truck one by one.

This trip, looking for wild lotus, also gave me more knowledge about lotus, which benefited a lot... Gradually I learned about it and slowly liked it. Indeed, how can the beauty of the lotus flower only be described in one beautiful word! Maybe, when you start to like it, its unique charm and beauty, you will agree with me...😄😊

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