"good products of cut flowers" how is it suitable for indoor cultivation of sword orchids?

Sword orchid, that is, Gladiolus, is a popular cut flower in midsummer and autumn and winter. Because it looks like a long sword and blossoms in layers, it is also known as "Thirteen Taibao" and is a "good cut flower". At present, there are two ways of indoor culture: potted plants and vases, so specifically, how to raise sword orchids?

First, how to raise sword orchid with vase water?

Raising sword orchids with vase water is a favorite way for many people to raise sword orchids, because it is really beautiful to use sword orchids to arrange flowers. So what are the specific maintenance methods?

1. The choice of vase

Culture sword orchid should choose transparent wide-mouth glass vase, so that it is convenient to see the change of water quality in time, which is helpful to prolong the culture period.

2. Keep clean water quality

When the sword orchid is cultivated as a cut flower, it has relatively strict requirements for water quality, so it is best to change the water once a day to keep the water clean, especially to avoid falling leaves floating in the water for a long time, which will breed bacteria. You can also buy a special fresh-keeping solution for flower arrangement, which can not only inhibit the growth of bacteria in water, but also replenish nutrition in time.

3. Clean and trim the roots in time

Generally speaking, the root of the sword orchid needs to be cleaned every time the water is changed, first wash the mucus produced by the root with clean water, and then cut off the root obliquely by 2 cm with scissors.

4. Control the maintenance temperature

As a flower arrangement, sword orchid is the most suitable to grow in the environment of 20-25 degrees Celsius, otherwise it is easy to cause the problem of flower withering.

Second, how to cultivate sword orchid in pots?

1. Flowerpot selection

The plant of sword orchid is relatively large, so when choosing the planted flowerpot, we need to choose the large flowerpot with larger caliber and deeper depth, so that the sword orchid can survive better.

2. Planting time

The best pot planting time of sword orchid is from April to July every year, when the temperature is the most favorable for the rooting and survival of sword orchid.

Potted soil also needs a little attention, with good drainage of sandy soil is better, before planting, it is best to apply a base fertilizer in the soil to ensure the fertility of the soil.

3. Watering should be appropriate

In potted sword orchid, the soil can not be too dry or too wet, too much water will easily lead to stagnant water rotten roots, less water irrigation will lead to plant yellow leaves, dry up and other problems, which is not conducive to the growth of sword orchid.

4. Keep enough light

If you want to plant sword orchids indoors, then be sure to have enough light, preferably 16 hours, but avoid long periods of direct sunlight in the hot summer.

Warm reminder: sword orchid in the cold winter will appear "dormancy", when most of the sword orchid will wither, so if you want to see their own sword orchid blossom in that year, it is best not to plant sword orchid in autumn and winter.