Illustration of wind orchid bonsai (water moss on the basin)

Wind orchid is gradually liked by people because of its small size, easy maintenance and flower fragrance, especially the bonsai of wind orchid is generally made of water moss. This article is the pot diagram of flower friends, as well as some maintenance methods of wind orchids, which is very helpful to flower friends.

The wind orchid grows in the tree stem of the mountain or in the moss clump with a good position on the cliff edge, and often grows with moss and other plants. Complete epiphytic orchid must be cultivated according to its growth characteristics. The main planting and cultivation methods are as follows: attached trunk, bark, snake wood, stone, etc., and water moss on the basin. At the beginning of epiphytic breeding, it is necessary to fix the wind orchid and cover the root with water moss, especially the attached stone. In order to benefit the growth of the new root, the root of the wind orchid has adhesion to the attachment during the growth, and the thread of the fixed wind orchid can be removed after the new root is attached naturally, and the water moss covering the root can also be removed, and the attached culture can make works such as wind orchid bonsai. The overall effect is very good, but as the wind orchid propagates in large numbers, it generally adopts the way of water moss on the pot, and the pot culture of water moss is beneficial to ramet, transplanting, carrying and transportation. Water moss culture requires special orchid pots, water moss skeletons, longer water moss and other basic items. For pots, because wind orchids are not popular in our country, there are few manufacturers, Korean wind orchids are more popular, so now wind orchid pots mostly take Korean orchid pots as the first choice, and water moss skeleton is also imported from South Korea. Plastic products, similar to the hydrophobic cover when we raise orchids, water moss must have longer water moss, because it is necessary to wind the wind orchid root. This is a necessary item.

The process of putting on the basin:

1, the preparation basin, skeleton, water moss, skeleton inside the base (need to be specially made, the base column is consistent with the skeleton, I cut into a piece of wood), the basin generally has a diameter of 7-8 cm, a height of 7-8 cm, slightly larger or smaller, the following is a plain basin, high-grade exquisite orchid basin outside there are hand-painted dragons, Phoenix, patterns, or hollowed-out, and painted gold, so the price is more expensive.

2. Soak the water moss in water, and the water moss is the water plant. The commercial water moss is sterilized and dried at high temperature and is packed in plates and bags. The better long water moss is produced in New Zealand. After the water moss is soft, pick out the longer water moss.

3. Apply the short water moss evenly to the skeleton and squeeze out the water with both hands (the main function of the base is that there is a support in the skeleton when squeezing the water moss, so that the skeleton will not be squeezed flat), and the water moss is attached to the skeleton.

4. Put the orchid on the skeleton with water moss and distribute the roots around.

5. Put the long water moss that jumps out high in the middle, and wrap the root evenly with both ends down.

6. After the wind orchid is fixed on the skeleton, the whole skeleton is taken out from the base and put into the orchid basin. After adjusting the height of the skeleton, the two ends of the water moss of the wrapped root are stuffed into the skeleton and the inner wall of the basin, and then the middle high two ends of the long water moss are stuffed down into the skeleton and the inner wall of the basin. The plastic sheet can be used when the two ends of the water moss are plugged, and the water moss is wrapped in the same direction, so it is beautiful.

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