惊艳世人：土耳其哈尔费蒂黑玫瑰

本帖最后由 tony311113 于 2014-2-3 19:02 编辑

The Stunningly Beautiful Black Roses of Halfeti

Turkish Halfeti Roses are incredibly rare. They are shaped just like regular roses, but their color sets them apart. These roses so black, you’d think someone spray-painted them. But that’s actually their natural color.

These stunning black roses would make excellent props in a movie about witches and black magic, or in a heavy-metal video. There’s something extremely attractive about them, in an intense sort of way.

Although they appear perfectly black, they’re actually a very deep crimson color. These flowers are seasonal – they only grow during the summer in small number, and only in the tiny Turkish village of Halfeti. Thanks to the unique soil conditi** of the region, and the pH levels of the groundwater (that seeps in from the river Euphrates), the roses take on a devilish hue. They bloom dark red during the spring and fade to black during the summer months.

The local Turks seem to enjoy a love-hate relati**hip with these rare blossoms. They c**ider the flowers to be symbols of mystery, hope and passion, and also death and bad news. Unfortunately, the black roses of Halfeti are an endangered species. They have been under threat of extinction ever since the residents of the village moved from ‘old Halfeti’ in the 1990s, when the Birecik Dam was c**tructed.

Old Halfeti and several other villages were submerged under the waters of the Euphrates, when the dam was made. The new Halfeti village was re-built on the grounds of Karaotlak village, merely 10 kilometers from its former location.

This short distance proved fatal for the beautiful black roses. The villagers replanted them in their new gardens, but the flowers didn’t take to their new environment very well. There was a steady decline in the number of black roses grown in the region.

The district officials have made efforts to save the roses. They collected seedlings from village homes and replanted them closer to their original surroundings in greenhouses. They have been doing slightly better, ever since.

Seeing a black rose in full bloom is a once-in-a-lifetime sort of thing. Don’t miss it if you ever happen to be in Turkey during the summer!

土耳其哈尔费蒂玫瑰极其稀有。它们的外形跟普通玫瑰相似，但是独特的颜色令它们独树一帜。这些玫瑰黑到像是用喷漆喷出来的，但这种高贵的深黑其实是它们的天然属性。

这些黑玫瑰可以作为女巫、黑魔法电影、甚至重金属视频里的绝佳道具。它们神秘而又迷人。

虽然它们看起来是漂亮的深黑色，但是实际上那是一种极深的深红色。这种黑玫瑰是季节性的鲜花，只有夏季才有少量产出，而且只有土耳其的哈尔费蒂才有。那个地区特殊的土壤和地下水的PH值，孕育出了这种色调邪恶的玫瑰。它们的花朵在春天时是深红色的，入夏以后就变成了黑色。

土耳其人对这种稀有的玫瑰爱恨交加，他们认为黑玫瑰是神秘、希望和激 情的象征，同时也是死亡和噩耗的使者。不幸的是，自20世纪90年代 Birecik 大坝建成，当地居民从哈尔费蒂旧址搬离之后，这种黑玫瑰就濒临灭绝。

大坝建成之后，哈尔费蒂旧址和其他几个小村庄就淹没在了幼发拉底河(Euphrates)之下。新的哈尔费蒂重建于距离旧址10公里外的 Karaotlak。

这段距离对于黑玫瑰来说是致命的。当地居民将黑玫瑰重新种植在新花园里之后，发现这些娇嫩的花朵无法适应新环境。那个区域的黑玫瑰产量开始不断减少。

当地ZF努力想要挽救黑玫瑰，他们从村民那里收集黑玫瑰的小苗，然后将它们种植在离原址较近的温室里。这种做法似乎挺有效果的，黑玫瑰长得还不错。

目睹完全绽放的黑玫瑰实属千载难逢，所以如果你有在夏季前往土耳其，千万不要错过这神秘的美丽。