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Whale flowers have an advantage in growing in this environment.

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Cetaceae is a perennial herb of Gesneriaceae, native to Malaysia, Costa Rica, Central and South America. The shape of the flower is like an open shark's mouth, so it is also called shark flower, goldfish vine.

Whale flower

Because the whale flower is a bit like fish, it is not called shark flower, goldfish vine.

Morphological Characteristics of Whale Flowers

Whale flowers are perennial herbs. Creeping, the branches and stems are slender and covered with reddish brown hairs. The leaves are dark green, oval, pointed, and opposite.

Whale flowers open, axillary, color to orange-based, flower throat for light yellow. The shape of the whale flower is like a shark in the sea opening its mouth.

Growth Habits of Whale Flowers

Whale flowers prefer warm, moist and semi-shady environments. The suitable temperature is between 18~22℃, and the winter temperature should not be lower than 10℃ in order to safely winter.

Whale flowers require loose, fertile, well-drained sandy loam.

In fertilization, whale flower growth season fertilization 1~2 times a month, should be thin fertilizer frequently applied. Spring and summer nitrogen fertilizer and phosphorus fertilizer, autumn potassium fertilizer.

Pruning and pruning should be done frequently during cultivation.

How to reproduce whale flowers

Whale flower propagation has cuttage, ramets or seeding propagation several ways.

 
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