Cymbidium can only grow leaves but not flower buds.

Cymbidium is usually in full bloom when it is bought, and it is more difficult to resume flowers in the second year. Cymbidium of Zhang Shaoyi in Wuhu, Anhui Province, only grows leaves and does not produce flower buds, so what should be done? take a look at the opinions given by the senior flower friends below.

Answer 1: Cymbidium is a plant that must go through a low temperature stage before it can bloom. Let's start from the beginning. As early as the last time it blossomed, there was a green bud at the base of the false bulb, and this bud should be protected. When all the flowers are in full bloom, it is best to cut off the flower stem and insert it to watch, so as to retain more nutrition for the buds. If you don't cut it, try to cut off the pedicel as early as possible when the flower is about to fade. If there is more than one bud, only one big one will be left, and the rest will be broken off, and all the buds that will grow after that will be removed. The bud grows into a robust pseudo-bulb in summer. Around July, the base of the false bulb will produce flower buds, but it does not grow at high temperature, so it is easy to be ignored. When flower buds come out, there will be leaf buds at the same time. It is especially important to get rid of all leaf buds. The difference between flower buds and leaf buds is that flower buds are round and leaf buds are flat. If you are not sure, you can make a clear distinction and break it off when you are a little older.

If the flower buds grow in summer without low temperature, they will not elongate, grow, blossom, or even wither on the soil, so in autumn (Beijing is the first and middle of October), it must be subjected to a low temperature of about 10 ℃ for about 20-30 days (depending on varieties), just leave it outdoors and wait until the temperature is below 7-8 ℃ before entering the house. At this time, most of the north has been heated, we should try our best to create low temperature conditions. You can put it on the north balcony and open the window so that it can only see a little sunshine in the morning. At the same time, to moisturize, you can use a wet cloth around at least two or three sides to keep it moist all the time. After low temperature, the flower buds gradually elongate and then open. (Beijing Lu Sicong Yu Xizhao)

Answer 2: first of all, we should understand the flowering process of Cymbidium. Cymbidium needs a large temperature difference for more than a month to differentiate flower buds. The nursery usually moves it to the high mountains for flower bud differentiation in July, and if you can do it, there is hope to blossom. There is another way of drying. All plants have this characteristic, and when they are dry to a certain extent, they will think that a crisis is coming, so they quickly start the breeding process, because the seeds can be preserved for a long time, so they blossom. You can try this method. However, this method does some harm to plants. Then there is drug treatment, which is more professional and will not be elaborated. (Li Haifeng, Anshan, Liaoning)

Answer 3: the reason why Cymbidium grows only leaves and does not produce flower buds is estimated to be too much nitrogen fertilizer and too much vegetative growth. It shows that plants are lack of phosphorus and potassium, phosphorus is an important substance to promote flower bud differentiation, and potassium is an important substance to promote flower stem differentiation and growth. Therefore, in spring, Cymbidium should be fertilized mainly by nitrogen fertilizer, supplemented by phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, generally by cake fertilizer and applied twice, while in autumn, it should be mainly applied by phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, supplemented by nitrogen fertilizer, and generally by cake fertilizer and water. apply appropriate amount of bone powder or diammonium phosphate compound fertilizer for one or two times. (Xu Jinguo, Rudong, Jiangsu)