Missed Love-- porcelain Rose

Porcelain rose is a perennial herb of the genus Zingiberaceae. The plants are clustered, with a height of 3-7 meters, leaves alternate, arranged in two rows, oblong-lanceolate, dark green, smooth, about 50 cm long and 15 cm wide. The head is extracted from the underground stem, rose-shaped, leathery petals, smooth surface, bright as porcelain, with 50-100 petals. Flowering in summer.

Porcelain rose

Morphological features:

Perennial herbs. Porcelain roses generally grow in clusters of stems and branches, and the plant height can reach more than 10 meters in the country of origin, but it is generally only 2-5 meters cultivated in our country. The stem is enclosed in leaf sheaths. Leaves alternate, arranged in 2 rows, leaves green, linear to elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, leaves 30 to 60 cm long, smooth and shiny. Flowers for the basal head, panicle-shaped cone-shaped, like a burning torch, hence the name torch ginger; inflorescence extracted from the underground stem in spring, summer and autumn, up to 1'2 m high, about 15'20 cm in diameter, stalk stout; bracts pink, thick, porcelain or wax, glossy, layers of peaks; flower upper lip golden yellow, very enchanting and gorgeous, but also like budding roses, hence the name porcelain rose. Porcelain roses can be seen to be in full bloom from May to October. There is also a variety of porcelain rose, its stems and leaves are purplish red, flowers are crimson, relatively rare.

Porcelain rose

Growth environment:

Sex likes high temperature and humidity, the suitable temperature for growth is 25-30 ℃, and it likes the environment with plenty of sunshine, but it can endure half-day sunshine, and it should be shaded slightly at the initial stage of growth. The sandy loam with loose, permeable and humus-rich soil is the best. As the plant is tall, the cultivation place should be sheltered from the wind.

Porcelain rose

Main values:

Porcelain rose is a kind of beautiful and important fresh-cut flower, which can be kept in vase for a long time and can also be watched in pots. The flower shape is unique and colorful, with the beauty of roses and the luxury of peonies. It is a kind of high-grade flowers with considerable ornamental value, which is mainly used in gardens. At the same time, because of its leathery and thick bracts, strong water retention capacity and not easy to lose water, it can be kept fresh for a long time and can be kept for half a month under conventional conditions, so it is a novel high-grade cut flower. In addition, porcelain roses can also be made into large potted plants for indoor viewing.