How to reproduce the pearl orchid

The pearl orchid gets its name from the round, plump, emerald-green oval leaves shaped like pearls. Also known as jadeite bead, Buddha bead hanging orchid, jadeite bead, green bell, green bell. So, how do pearl orchids breed?

First, how to reproduce the pearl orchid?

1. Cuttage propagation

Cut the branches and vines into 8~10cm segments, lay them flat and half buried in the basin soil, keep the soil moist, and take root and survive after half a month.

2. Ramet propagation

Except that the winter temperature is too low to be suitable for ramet, it can be carried out in other seasons. When the potted plants were planted for 2 or 3 years, the dense potted seedlings were removed from the old culture soil, divided into several clumps and potted into new plants.

Second, how to raise pearl orchids?

1. Lighting

Outdoor cultivation in summer should pay attention to shading, so as not to make the light too strong, otherwise sunburn is very easy to occur. Pay attention to daylighting when overwintering in the shed in winter to prevent the lack of light and the color of the leaves.

2. Soil

The root system of the plant is very shallow and can be planted in a shallow pot. Generally use tiles to cover the bottom hole, and cover with a layer of cinder or coarse sand to increase air permeability and filtration, the soil had better use rotten leaf soil (autumn and winter trees fall leaves mixed with a certain amount of crushed soil mixed with a certain amount of sand, the soil-to-sand ratio is about 1:3).

3. Temperature

Sex is warm and humid, cold-tolerant (low temperature of 0 ℃ in Jianghuai region), high temperature, and the optimum temperature is about 20 ℃ ~ 28 ℃. Both high temperature and low temperature grow slowly, especially when the temperature is more than 30 ℃, it is almost dormant. Less watering and fertilization should be done, otherwise the roots are easy to rot, which is also one of the keys to successful cultivation.

4. Fertilization

"thin fertilizer" should be applied frequently in spring and autumn, and spraying 1-3 ‰ nitrogen fertilizer and potassium dihydrogen phosphate on the leaf surface is beneficial to make the pearl more green and fat and improve the ornamental value.

5. Pest disease control

There are few diseases and insect pests, and aphids are one of them in spring, which can be wiped out or sprayed with 1500 times omethoate in time, while mites in summer and autumn need to be killed with 1000 times dicofol. Pay attention to ventilation and increase leaf humidity, can reduce the infection of mites.

6. Watering: it is easy to rot roots in summer, watering should not be too frequent, it should be watered with a small sprinkler.

Pearl hanging orchid leaf shape is beautiful, creeping growth, can be suspended in the shape of hanging, has a high ornamental value, but also one of the more popular succulent plant varieties.