How to cultivate one-leaf orchid culture methods and matters needing attention

One-leaf orchid is a very beautiful foliage plant, its leaves are evergreen all the year round, elegant, straight and straight, even in cold winter can make you feel full of spring, very suitable for home decoration plant. So is it easy to raise a leaf orchid? How to raise one-leaf orchid? I believe that many flower friends have such questions, the following editor for everyone to answer one by one!

How to raise one-leaf orchid

1. Soil

It does not have many requirements for soil, can tolerate barren land, preferably loose enough, rich enough sandy soil, can have a little acidity. When making a potted plant, you can use rotten leaves, peat and ordinary garden soil to mix it as a base soil.

2. Moisture

Its growing season needs sufficient water, and it needs to keep the soil in the basin moist enough at all times, so that it can often sprinkle its leaves with water to increase humidity, which is conducive to the growth of its buds into new leaves. after the arrival of autumn, the amount of watering can be moderately reduced.

3. Lighting

It can flourish where there is no sun, but it has to be bright enough. You can use a shield to block out the sun. In the hot weather in summer and autumn, do not let it be directly exposed to the sun, or its leaves will appear yellow dots, this can not disappear, in this way, its growth rate will become slower, it will become less beautiful.

4. Temperature

It likes warm areas, does not like cold, it is best to put it in the environment of 15-25 ℃, if it is winter, do not let it below 5 ℃.

5. Fertilization

Before planting it, you can use rotten leaves as base fertilizer, use 2 square meters of rotten leaves, spread it evenly in the soil, and then loosen the soil. In the season other than winter, it grows more exuberantly, sprinkle it with diluted fat and water once a week, and stop fattening if it is severe winter.

Culture methods and matters needing attention of one-leaf orchid

The main results are as follows: 1. Cymbidium is not strict with the soil, and it is more resistant to barren, but it is better to choose loose and fertile slightly acidic soil. When potted at home, you can choose rotten leaf soil, peat soil, garden soil mixed use.

2. Fully watering

Magnolia lanceolata has low requirements for soil, but higher requirements for water. Need to keep the basin soil moist, and often spray water to the leaves to moisturize to promote the germination of new leaves. However, after the beginning of autumn, properly reduce watering and keep the basin soil dry in winter.

3. Do not avoid the light

One-leaf orchid is a shade-loving plant, which can grow well without light. You can put it in a bright indoor maintenance, but absolutely not in direct sunlight, a short period of exposure will burn the leaves and reduce the ornamental value. However, the conservation environment should not be too dark, such as storerooms and small dark rooms, which is not conducive to the germination of new leaves. It is best to move it to a brightly lit place every once in a while, which is conducive to growth and beauty.

4. Points for attention

Raise the indoor temperature appropriately, especially at night, if you breed the orchid indoors. Open windows in time for ventilation during the day to reduce indoor humidity so that the environment is too wet and infected with diseases and insect pests.

When does the leaf orchid blossom

One-leaf orchid blossoms from March to April (in the natural environment), but if the family farming, the temperature change of the four seasons is different from nature, higher than the temperature of the same period, it will generally blossom early. However, the one-leaf orchid raised at home rarely blossoms, which is also related to the environment and cannot be forced.

What if the leaves of the orchid turn yellow?

1. Lighting should be appropriate.

One-leaf orchid needs to be bathed in the sun, but pay attention to it properly. If you are exposed to the sun for a long time or put it in the dark for a long time, it is not conducive to the growth of the leaves of the orchid, causing the leaves to turn yellow. One-leaf orchid should be placed all the year round to grow in a bright place that is not directly exposed to the sun.

2. Pay attention to scientific watering

Raise a leaf orchid should pay attention to scientific watering, one leaf orchid does not like too humid environment, if too much watering, it will affect the normal growth of the root and cause the leaves to turn yellow. So, if you don't need to water every day in winter, just make sure that the soil of the orchid is not dry. During the spring growing season, you can water it once a day.

3. Pay attention to the depth when planting

When planting one-leaf orchid, be careful not to bury the root of one-leaf orchid too deep, but should plant one-leaf orchid within 20 centimeters of the soil surface. If the root of one-leaf orchid is buried too deep, the root of one-leaf orchid is easy to rot and cause the leaves to turn yellow.

As mentioned above, although one-leaf orchid can blossom, but its flowers are more special and inconspicuous, on the contrary, the green evergreen leaves are more ornamental. Friends who like to cultivate flowers at home might as well cultivate one or two pots of evergreen orchids that are evergreen all the year round.