The Peruvian cotton history

There are many varieties of native cotton in the world including Gossypium arboreum
originating in India and Gossypium herbaceum North Africa, the cultivation of both species remains even for his contribution to the hardiness. Other species native to the Old World is the Gossypium herbaceum-race acerifolium from the Horn of Africa and cultivated ancestrally from ancient Nubian empire time. there is also the Gossypium hirsutum, native to southern Mexico and Guatemala that are the basis of genetic selection in the world, for the varieties currently grown, known generically as "stormproof", defining its ability to withstand heavy rains. Today this species is grown in the world with the name of many varieties, highlighting the hitherto known as Deltapine, Stoneville, Acala who recently attempted to gather Monsanto, within the current trend functions.

But the most outstanding from the point of view of its characteristics is the Gossypium barbadense fiber, whose specific name is described fiber length compared with human beards.

The Gossypium barbadense is native to northern Peru and southern Ecuador (Bourdon 1984.1986: Percy et Wendell, 1990, Bow 1991). The G, Barbadian has been used since ancient times in Peru to obtain fine cotton yarn, often woven into robes impressive, colorful and rich iconographic representation, which have been preserved in all its expressive artistic wealth through 3000 years Thanks to the conditions of the desert Peruvian coast, where it normally does not rain, often serving funeral robes, preserved in caves or cemeteries, such as Paracas mantles.


Manto Paracas Made 2500 years ago.

This was also Barbadian cotton fabric warp yarn, from the hair of Peruvian llamas, including organic color cotton-rich garments made copies, which are regarded as jewels exhibited in major museums around the world.

The Barbadian cotton was grown in the valleys of the desert Peruvian coast, under the irrigation system, ecotypes of this species grown in the coasts of the Pacific Ocean not support too much rain and when they eventually suffer as when the Phenomenon occurs child, is "Tropicalize" plant, losing much of its physiological fall production, developing oversized leaves that end up falling prematurely.