Cultivation and maintenance knowledge of Buddha bead hanging orchid (watermelon hanging orchid)

Buddha beads are perennial trailing flowers. Folk also known as watermelon peel, watermelon hanging orchid and so on. Buddha bead orchid is oval globular fleshy leaves, light green, alternate; flowers yellowish white or lavender, small and lovely. Generally, the hanging beads in potted plants can be more than one meter long after three to four years, and they are green all the year round, which is deeply loved by family flower growers.

Cultivation points: the habit is spicy, and you can grow well if you pay attention to the following points in cultivation:

1. The leaves are succulent and succulent, so they are resistant to drought. Watering should be dry rather than wet in cultivation, which is one of the keys to success. When the weather is dry, you can spray water to the leaves and vines to make up for the lack of moisture and keep the beads green and full. Prefer semi-shade, sun exposure may burn beads, too weak light will not grow strong.

two。 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 is best to use rotten leaf soil, mixed with a certain amount of sand, the soil-to-sand ratio is about 1:3.

3. Sex is warm and humid, cold-resistant and high-temperature resistant, 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. In the spring and autumn when the growth is exuberant, "thin fertilizer" should be applied frequently. 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. 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 triclofenac. Pay attention to ventilation and increase leaf humidity, can reduce the infection of mites.

6. It can be propagated by cutting. Branches and vines are easy to take root and can be cut off in spring and autumn. Half of them are buried in sand or loose soil, keeping them moist but without stagnant water, and they will soon take root for planting.

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