How to raise spring rain flowers

Spring rain flower is a kind of spring orchid, the plant is elegant, particularly good-looking, more suitable for indoor greening, so how to raise spring rain flowers?

First, the basic introduction of spring rain flowers

Spring rain flower is a kind of spring orchid, which is a famous daffodil-shaped spring orchid selected by Shen Yuanru in Wuxi in 1948. The basic characteristics of spring rain flowers are: outer three-petal tight edge, root, round head, soft holding, small bangs. Oblique stand, Jianhua.

Daffodils petal-shaped spring orchids, in addition to spring rain flowers, dragon characters, Cui Yipin and Wang characters, are all more famous varieties.

Second, how to raise spring rain flowers?

1. Choose flowerpots with good drainage, tile pots are the best, and plastic pots and purple sand pots should be drained mainly.

2. Choose suitable culture soil, and orchid paste is the best.

3. If the temperature is high in summer, it can be watered every day, and if the temperature is low, it can be watered every 2-3 days.

4. Fertilize according to the growth of spring rain flowers, do not apply thick fertilizer.

Planting spring rain flowers, in addition to orchid mud, can also be mixed with humus and sandy loam. Do not use alkaline soil.

After preparing the soil and the flowerpot, first pad the tile on the drainage hole at the bottom of the basin, and then cover it with gravel, slag and other things, accounting for about 1% of the basin, which is covered with a layer of coarse sand, and then put on the culture. It is best to put the orchid seedling into the basin, straighten the root, let it stretch naturally, gently lift the orchid seedling in the middle of the filling, and shake the flowerpot at the same time, so that the orchid root is closely combined with the pot soil, continue to fill to the edge of the basin, and press it. Leave about 3 cm along the mouth for fertilization and watering.

After putting on the basin, scratch through the water and put it in a shady place. Keep it indoors in early spring and winter, and put it under the shade for the rest of the time. It is shaded from 8 am to 6 pm in summer, and the shade degree should be about 90% in summer. It is about 70-80% in spring and autumn.

What are the types of spring orchids?

1. Plum petal type

Sepals short round, slightly curved inward, shaped like the petals of plum blossoms. Petals short, edges tight, inward into a pocket; labellum short and hard, not reversing. There are more than 100 varieties. The main varieties are: song Mei, Wanzi, Xi Shenmei, etc.

2. Lotus valve type

Calyx broad, short and thick, narrow base, apex broad, shaped like lotus petals. The petals are slightly curved, but do not pocket, shaped like a clam shell; the lips are wide and long, reversing. There are not many varieties of lotus petal. The main ones are: Zheng Tonghe, Cui Gaihe, Luyun and so on.

3. Daffodil valve type

Sepals slightly longer, middle wide, apex slightly pointed, base narrow, shaped like daffodil petals. The petals have pockets, and the lips are large and decurrent or revolute. There are more than 10 varieties. The main varieties are: Dragon character, Cui Yipin, Spring Rain Flower, etc.

4. Bamboo leaf petal type

General wild orchid, sepals long and narrow petals, narrow ends, shaped like bamboo leaves, lips long and anti-curled. There are also many excellent varieties.

5. Malformed valve type

The varieties of Cymbidium belong to this type. Common such as "butterfly valve", is abnormal metamorphosis, but the character is unstable, but also some shape is fixed. There are not many varieties of butterfly orchids, such as Sixi butterfly, Jin Xuehuang and so on.