Breeding methods and matters needing attention of Huilan

Huilan can choose tile pot, plastic basin or purple sand basin, soak the flowerpot for one day before planting, ramet propagation can be carried out in spring or autumn, summer watering can be carried out at night, winter watering can be carried out in sunny afternoon, spring and autumn can be carried out in daytime, watering follows the principle of less watering in cloudy days, more watering in sunny days, no watering in rainy and snowy days, and special fertilizer for orchids should be selected for fertilization in spring and autumn every year. Sufficient light can be given in spring, and proper shade is needed in summer and autumn.

I. the method of cultivating Huilan

1. Select the flowerpot

When cultivating Cymbidium, special tile pots, plastic pots and purple sand pots are needed. After selecting flowerpots, they need to be soaked in water for 24 hours before they can be used.

2. Ramet propagation

In general, ramet propagation can be carried out after the plant blossoms and before the new buds grow, and can be planted in March-April or September-October every year.

3. Matrix

The substrate for planting Cymbidium should be fertile, breathable, loose, drained, free of diseases and insect pests, no pollution, avoid fever and dryness, and the suitable PH value is between 5.5 and 6.5.

4. Watering

(1) in summer, watering can be carried out at night, in winter, in the afternoon when the weather is clear, and during the day in spring and autumn.

(2) because the summer weather is relatively hot, we can appropriately increase the watering times, reduce the watering times or not in the plum rain season, less watering in the cold and cold winter, and less watering in the early spring with relatively low temperature. The late spring with mild climate is in the germination period, which can appropriately increase the watering times, while more watering should be carried out in the dry autumn.

5. Fertilization

In the process of cultivating Cymbidium, slow-release orchid special fertilizer or organic fertilizer can be used, which can be fertilized from March to June and from September to November every year. Nitrogen fertilizer is the main application in the seedling growth period, and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer is the main fertilizer in the flower bud differentiation period.

6. Lighting

To give sufficient light to Cymbidium in spring and shading properly in summer and autumn, the shading rate should be more than 80% in summer and 70% in autumn.

7. Temperature

The suitable growth temperature of Cymbidium is 20-30 ℃. The temperature should be controlled at 10-20 ℃ in daytime and 5 ℃-10 ℃ at night. When the temperature is lower than-4 ℃ in winter dormancy, Cymbidium is prone to freezing injury.

II. Matters needing attention in culturing Cymbidium

1. In the process of cultivating Cymbidium, the new pot needs to be soaked for more than 24 hours.

2. When watering Cymbidium, we must follow the principles of less watering in cloudy days, more watering in sunny days, and no watering in rainy and snowy days.

3. During the growth period of Cymbidium seedlings, nitrogen fertilizer was mainly applied, and phosphorus fertilizer and potassium fertilizer were mainly applied during flower bud differentiation.

4. More than 80% of the light needs to be shaded in summer.