Varieties and pictures of epiphyllum in "Beauty under the Moon"

Epiphyllum is a very beautiful flower plant, because its flowering period is very short, it will wither only one or two hours at night, so it is rare to see its development process, which is one of the reasons why people love it. Epiphyllum is planted in many parts of our country and likes to grow at higher elevations. Let's take a look at the varieties and pictures of epiphyllum in "Beauty under the Moon".

A brief introduction to epiphyllum

1. The growth environment of epiphyllum

Epiphyllum is often found at an altitude of 1, 000 to 1200 meters, like warm and humid semi-shade, warm and humid environment, not resistant to frost, avoid strong light exposure.

2. Flowering time of epiphyllum

Epiphyllum is generally developed at night, blooming for an hour or two, and then slowly wither, about the whole flowering period of about four hours, the flowers with fragrance.

3. The origin of epiphyllum

Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Suriname and Costa Rica, Nicaragua.

4. The value of epiphyllum

Medicinal value: epiphyllum has soft stool detoxification, heat-clearing treatment of asthma, and treatment of hypertension and high blood fat and so on.

Ornamental value: every summer and autumn, epiphyllum blossoms in the dead of night and starry sky, showing a beautiful posture. At this time, people are still sleeping, and the plain and fragrant epiphyllum has been closed and withered in a flash, so it is called a flash in the pan. Because epiphyllum has a very unique sense of flowering joy, flower lovers have a very high interest in it.

Ecological value: beautify the environment, absorb carbon dioxide in red, and increase indoor negative ions.

2. Varieties of epiphyllum

1. Epiphyllum paniculata

Epiphyllum paniculata is an uncommon species of epiphyllum. Although the flowers of this variety are relatively small when they bloom, they are fragrant, the flowers are relatively elegant, the number of flowers is very large, its leaves are also very small, and there are no thorns on the leaves.

2. Giant wing epiphyllum

The giant-winged epiphyllum blossoms are very large, but they look a little bulky, similar to the whip column of a snake.

3. Peacock epiphyllum

Peacock epiphyllum is also known as the peacock. The flower is similar to the white chrysanthemum, and its petals are slender, so it is very beautiful.

4. Sawtooth flower

Sawtooth epiphyllum also has a traditional method called fishbone epiphyllum, fishbone cactus. Sawtooth epiphyllum has a very strange shape, not that it blossoms very strangely, but that its stem, shaped like a fish bone, is serrated, so it is called. The shape of the sawtooth epiphyllum is more round, the color is also very white, there is a light yellow outside, and the common variety of epiphyllum is very similar.

5. Rolled leaf epiphyllum

Because the leaves of the rolled-leaf epiphyllum are curved, like seaweed, it is called this name, and some people call it the oyster epiphyllum. Epiphyllum curly leaves the flower is very small, very inconspicuous, after flowering will bear fruit like the small dragon fruit.