Raising tiger skin orchid and sprinkling a handful of soybeans can harvest a full pot of tiger skin orchid leaves in a year.

Tiger skin orchid, also known as thousand-year-old orchid, tiger tail orchid, is a perennial herb, its leaves are thick and upright and fleshy, suitable for planting in the family's living room or room balcony to purify the air and beautify the environment. In the process of raising tiger skin orchid, the tiger skin orchid grows luxuriantly, small buds continue to emerge, and flowers can bloom in this way.

The cuttage method of tiger skin orchid:

If you want to raise tiger skin orchid, you can cut it directly with leaves. Choose healthy and full leaves and cut them into three sections, each six centimeters long. The cuttings are cut in sand or transparent sand such as vermiculite, half in the soil and half exposed.

Sprinkle some fine sand on the soil and keep it moist a little. it will take root in a month, and small leaves will gradually emerge.

Maintenance skills of potted tiger skin orchid:

The right temperature accelerates its growth, especially in an environment of 18 to 27 degrees, which belongs to the growth peak. If it is below 10 degrees, it will stop growing.

Potted soil is very important, do not use too sticky soil or pure sand, such soil, watered impermeable, moisture in the inside can not evaporate, it is easy to lead to rotting roots. Must contain humus-rich soil, you can use rotten leaf soil and garden soil sand to grow tiger orchid. So the root system is developed and exuberant!

You can spread a few small stones at the bottom of the flowerpot to increase drainage, so that the pot soil will not accumulate water and be breathable. Then the bottom of the basin uses pine needle soil as the base fertilizer, which is very nutritious, prompting Tiger Pilan to sprout more buds.

Put a layer of small stone or sand on the flowerpot of Tiger Pilan, the advantage of this is to ensure that the soil has a little moisture, without stagnant water, and usually pour a little water. Several new buds will grow in more than two months.

Tiger Pilan raised at home, in addition to summer shade, usually must bask in the sun, even if it is close to the sun. Change the basin every two years, cut off some old roots and leaves, and replace them with new fertile and loose soil.

Do not apply too much fertilizer, fertilize twice during the growing period, and do not use nitrogen fertilizer all the time, otherwise the pattern on the leaves will become lighter, you can use compound fertilizer, or you can bury a few ripe soybeans in the flowerpot soil, cover them with soil and pour water once, and the new buds will keep popping up a month later.

Tiger skin orchid is a root hair plant, a year later can harvest a full pot of tiger skin orchid, non-stop side bud burst many, thrive, but also can blossom!