Palace lantern longevity flower

Another name for longevity flowers of palace lanterns

Pearl wind chimes, red lanterns, trailing hanging bell begonia.

Morphological characteristics of longevity flower of palace lantern

Palace lantern longevity flower is a genus of crassulaceae, palace lantern longevity flower, because its flower is very similar to the small lantern, and the color is red, so it is also called red lantern, trailing hanging bell begonia, is a perennial herb. Stem Lignification, much branched, new branches soft and often drooping, leaves opposite, long ovate, slightly fleshy. The flower is red, tubular, the first 4 petals are slightly separated, and its shape is very similar to the small lantern, so it is named the palace lantern longevity flower. Whenever the palace lantern longevity flowers bloom, a string of flowers as bright and fresh as a red lantern, small and lovely, very lovable.

The growth habit of Longevity Flower of Palace Lantern

Palace lantern longevity flowers grow best when planted in clay pots with good permeability, but they are not beautiful in the room, they can be covered with plastic pots or porcelain pots, or they can be planted directly in small purple sand pots or plastic pots. When planting, put a layer of broken charcoal block or broken hard plastic foam block at the bottom of the basin to enhance its permeability.

Although Gongdeng longevity flower does not choose soil, it is easy to rot roots in heavy clay, and grows best in loose and fertile slightly acidic sandy loam. Family potted plants should be mixed with rotten leaf soil and vegetable garden topsoil, and then add 5% to 8% sand as culture soil. When planting, add some bone meal or nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer as base fertilizer.

How to raise longevity flowers in palace lanterns

The palace lantern longevity flower is more resistant to drought and afraid of waterlogging. It grows well under the condition of dry air in high-rise buildings, so pay attention to timely ventilation.

Gongdeng longevity flowers like fertilizer. After planting seedlings for half a month or old plants for half a month, liquid fertilizer dominated by nitrogen can be applied for 2 to 3 times to promote the growth of stems and leaves, and can be applied once after flowering to promote its rejuvenation. In the rest of the time, except for stopping application in summer, we can only apply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer, do not put fertilizer on the leaves, otherwise the leaves are easy to rot.

Palace lantern longevity flowers like the sunny environment, except for a little shade at noon in midsummer, the rest of the time should be placed in the sun, at least 4 hours of direct light can be seen every day in order to grow healthily.

The most suitable temperature for the growth of Gongdeng longevity flower is 15 ℃ to 25 ℃, above 30 ℃ growth retardation, entering semi-dormant state, that is to say, summer longevity is basically not long, less than 10 ℃ growth stagnation, lower than 8 ℃ leaf color red, florescence delayed, 0 ℃.

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Appreciation of the beautiful picture of longevity flowers in the palace lantern