How to deal with the yellowing of the leaves of an orchid? the solution of losing a leaf.

Many flower friends must have seen a very characteristic plant like Euphorbia. This kind of plant is lush all year round, graceful, elegant and elegant. It is very suitable for breeding at home, and people can feel the spring in the cold winter. However, for this green plant with visible leaves, it is very important to properly handle the yellowing of leaves.

What if the leaves of the orchid turn yellow?

1. Lighting

A leaf orchid can be placed in a dark environment, but it is best to move it to a bright environment every once in a while to feel the temperature of the sun, which is more conducive to growth and viewing. But don't put it in a place where the sun shines directly, especially next to the window. You don't have to bask in the sun for it.

2. Watering

One-leaf orchid watering should be dry and wet, not too much, but not too little. Sufficient water is needed during the growth period, but there must be no stagnant water.

3. Fertilization

Fertilization should not be too frequent, apply thin liquid fertilizer once every 15 days to promote the germination and growth of branches and leaves, ensure that the leaves are beautiful and bright, and do not apply too much fertilizer.

4. Insect pests

Always check both sides of the blade and often wipe the leaf with clean water to ensure that the leaf is clean and bright. Once red spiders are found, triclofenac and Nisolang should be sprayed in time.

The solution to the loss of leaves in one-leaf orchid

1. the light is too strong

Reason: a leaf orchid bogey direct sunlight, a short period of sun exposure may also cause leaf burns and yellowing.

Method: one-leaf orchid can be cultivated in bright indoor all the year round, but not in direct sunlight, either indoors or outdoors.

2. Too little light

Reason: one-leaf orchid is extremely shady, even in the dark room can be watched for months, but long-term too dark is not conducive to the germination and growth of new leaves, long-term dark places with too little light on the leaves will fall.

Methods: if a leaf orchid is placed in a dark room, it is best to move it to a place with bright light for a period of time to facilitate growth and viewing, especially during the period from the germination of new leaves to the growth and maturity of new leaves.

3. Overwatering

Reason: too much watering is also one of the reasons why the leaves of one-leaf orchid fall, one-leaf orchid likes water and has a certain tolerance, even if it is dry for several days, it will not die, but if too much watering will affect the root system respiration and cause the leaves to yellowing and falling.

Method: one leaf orchid should be watered dry and wet, not too much, but not too little, and sufficient water is needed during the growth period.

4. Excessive fertilization

Reason: the demand for fertilizer is not particularly large, it is best to apply light fertilizer each time, if too much fertilizer will burn the root, destroy the growth of the orchid, and the leaves turn yellow and fall due to fertilizer damage.

Methods: dilute liquid fertilizer can be applied 1-2 times a month to promote the germination of new leaves and robust growth, to ensure that the leaves are beautiful and bright, not to fertilize too much.

How to trim a leaf orchid

1. Time

Early spring is the time when plants sprout and grow, and one-leaf orchid is no exception. At this point, the leaf orchid should be trimmed.

2. Pruning method

Sparse pruning: one-leaf orchid cultivated in a pot for 3-4 years, usually with dense branches and leaves. The main purpose of thinning is to cut off diseased branches, weak branches and withered branches, so as to enhance ventilation, facilitate the light transmission of internal leaves and enhance the growth of plants. Thinning is usually carried out in the spring every year.

Picking leaves: remove the old leaves and yellow leaves in time to promote the germination of new leaves. But be careful to cut only the old leaves and keep the new ones. Pay attention to the weight when pruning, not too ruthless. Because leaf germination requires old leaves to provide nutrients, the process of leaf reduction is difficult.

How to make a leaf orchid grow luxuriantly

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 ℃.

In addition to the ornamental value, its medicinal value is also very good. There are many people will use the leaves of one leaf orchid to wrap zongzi around the Dragon Boat Festival, so the wrapped zongzi is very good, not only beautiful but also exudes the fragrance of the leaves.