Succulent plants-- Der Spiegel

Spiegel, alias: disk leaf lotus palm, crassulaceae, lotus palm is a succulent plant. The plant is low and consists of 100,200 fleshy leaves to form a rosette-shaped leaf disk with a maximum diameter of 50 cm. The leaf is sessile, spatulate, the leaf color grass green to gray green, dark green, the leaf edge has white cilia; all the leaves grow horizontally from the center to the surrounding, so that the whole leaf disk is flat as a mirror, without a trace of space; because the leaf edge color is slightly dark and has white cilia, at the same time, the outer wheel leaf is large, the inner wheel leaf is small, so the mirror-like blade is like a beautiful geometric pattern, very strange. During flowering, the leaves in the center of the leaf disc gradually break away from the leaf disc and appear alternately, and a cylindrical scape appears in the middle, and finally develops into a 60 cm high, huge, terminal panicle, with yellow florets, seeds after flowering, and then the whole plant dies. Distributed in the Canary Islands of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Maintenance management:

Watering should be done "no dry, no watering, watering thoroughly" to avoid stagnant water in the basin soil, otherwise it will cause rotting roots; apply mature thin liquid fertilizer or compound fertilizer every half a month or so. The basin soil should be sandy soil which is fertile and loose and well drained. It can be mixed with rotten leaf soil, garden soil, river sand and a small amount of calcareous materials such as bone powder.

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The main growth period is in spring and autumn, and sufficient light should be given in the growing season. If the light is insufficient, the plant will grow too long, the plant shape will be scattered, the leaf spacing will be large, and the leaf cluster will not be disk-shaped, which will seriously affect the ornamental plant. Put it indoors in a sunny place in winter, the lowest temperature at night is about 10 ℃, and there is a certain temperature difference between day and night, the plant can continue to grow and can be watered and fertilized normally; if you can not maintain such a high temperature, control watering, keep the pot soil dry, make the plant dormant, and can also tolerate 5 ℃ low temperature. When the summer temperature is high, the plant growth is slow or completely stagnant, so it is appropriate to keep it in a ventilated and cool place; avoid hot sun exposure, do not water too much, let alone rain for a long time, so as to avoid plant rot caused by muggy, humid and stagnant soil; do not fertilize and return to normal water and fertilizer management after it is cool in autumn.

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Value:

The plant type of Der Spiegel is peculiar, and its rosette-shaped leaf disk is as flat as a mirror, and there are exquisite patterns on it, which is very beautiful; Der Spiegel is twisted and colorful, especially the plants cultivated for many years are like undulating peaks. Suitable for small potted plants, decorated with table cases, several frames, windowsills and other places, exquisite and beautiful, the effect is unique.