This new type of indoor potted plant is better than green pineapple in raising flowers and leaves and blooming in four seasons.

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Green potted plants are necessary embellishments of home life. Raising some flowers and plants at home has many benefits, which can not only beautify the room, but also please the mood. "Huasheng potted Plant Diary No. 1182" takes you to know a kind of indoor plant that is worth getting.

Today's protagonist

When it comes to indoor plants, you may think of green plants such as green pineapple, orchid and Anthurium andraeanum, which can live well without light and are very easy to raise. Unfortunately, you can only look at the leaves, do not blossom, and lack a trace of color. This kind of flower introduced today, called "jade butterfly plum", is a new type of ornamental flower, which can not only be cultivated indoors as a green plant, but also produce very beautiful flowers.

Jade butterfly plum

"jade butterfly plum" is a former scientific name, and now it is generally called "ball orchid". It is a perennial herbaceous vine of the genus Orchidaceae, which is native to tropical and subtropical Asia. It is naturally distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan and other places in China. It was originally a weed living under forest trees, but it was developed into ornamental flowers because it was too beautiful and was introduced all over the world. It is a new indoor potted ornamental flower. It is very popular with flower friends.

Peculiar flower pattern

The flower shape of jade butterfly plum is very strange. Many small flowers bloom on a pedicel at the same time, blooming together and forming a "ball" shape, which is very similar to hydrangeas. The petals are pure in color, crystal clear and translucent. They do not look like flowers at all, but rather like artificial carved works of art. It is rich in flowers and colors, mainly white, pink and red, with many varieties, various flower shapes, evergreen leaves all the year round and beautiful flowers and leaves.

The florescence is long and fragrant.

Plants from the tropics generally have a long flowering period, such as sunflowers, mulberry flowers, and so on. The same is true of jade butterfly plum, this plant can blossom all the year round under suitable conditions, and its flowers will give off a sweet smell similar to honey. the higher the temperature, the stronger the fragrance of the flowers, especially on summer nights, one blossoms full of fragrance and air fresheners can be saved.

Easier to raise than green pineapple

The vitality of jade butterfly plum is very tenacious, after all, it is a weed, it is extremely adaptable, and it is almost not difficult to maintain, even hydroponics. Cuttings can live, which is easier to raise than lazy plants such as green turnips. Like the warm, moist growth environment, shade tolerance, light requirements are not high, a little astigmatism can meet the needs of growth, flowering, lianas, suitable for hanging potted plants, can also be used as a flower rack to guide climbing walls, perennial, cultivated once, and then enjoy the flowers every year.