How to raise potted flamingos?

The flamingo is also known as red goose palm, Anthurium andraeanum and so on. It is a perennial evergreen herb of Araceae with yellow inflorescences, but it blossoms continuously all the year round, beautiful leaves, strange flower appearance and long florescence. It is very suitable for potted plants, cut flowers or garden shade to plant and beautify them. Let's take a look at how to grow red crane flowers in pots.

The growth habits of Flowers of Red Crane

Crane flower is native to Costa Rica, Colombia and other tropical rain forest regions, often attached to trees, sometimes attached to rocks or growing directly on the ground, sexual preference for warm, hot, humid and well-drained semi-shady environment, afraid of drought and strong light exposure, suitable for growth day temperature of 26032 ℃, night temperature of 210032 ℃, tolerable maximum temperature of 35 ℃, bearable low temperature of 14 ℃.

The Propagation method of Red Crane Flower

1. Ramet: the ramet period is mainly in the cool and humid spring, and it can also be divided in the cool weather in autumn. do not split in the hot summer or dry and cold season, and pay attention to the principle of not harming the mother plant.

2. Cuttage: the upright stemmed varieties can be propagated by cutting. Cut the cuttings with 1 stem node and 3 leaves, insert them into the water moss and plant them in the basin after the new roots germinate.

3. Sowing: the red crane flower sowing method is generally used in breeding. The seeds are larger, and the indoor pot sowing is adopted. The optimum temperature for germination is 25-28 ℃. It will germinate 20-25 days after sowing, and it will take 3-4 years to blossom.

How to raise potted flamingos?

1. Soil: the loam soil rich in humus, loose and well drained is the best. It should be composed of 2 parts of rotten leaf soil or peat soil, 1 part of perlite or coarse sand, or 2 parts of rotten leaf soil and charcoal plus a small amount of calcium superphosphate or bone powder.

2. Watering: Huihe flowers like to be warm and moist, spray to the leaves every day to maintain humidity, poor drainage or basin soil is too wet and rotten roots, pay attention to keep the basin soil with sufficient moisture during the peak growth period, watering should be dry and wet alternately, and wait for the basin soil surface to dry after one watering.

3. Lighting: the flaming crane flower likes semi-shade and is afraid of strong light. It is appropriate to place the indoor north window for maintenance in summer, near the south window in spring and autumn, and on the south windowsill in winter. It will grow better if it can be moved to the outdoor shade for a period of time after flowering.

4. Temperature: the suitable temperature for the growth of fire crane flower is 20: 25 ℃, the highest temperature it can endure is 32 ℃, the growth begins slowly when it exceeds 32 ℃, the lowest temperature that can be tolerated is 15 ℃, and the leaves will turn black or yellow when freezing injury occurs below 15 ℃.

5. Fertilization: Huihe flower is in the growing period from April to October, fertilizing once every semimonthly, from May to September is the peak growth period, topdressing is applied once a week, and there is no shortage of fertilizer before flowering after budding. Topdressing is mainly liquid fertilizer of rotten organic matter, and combined with phosphorus, potash or compound fertilizer.

6. Pruning: the basal petiole degenerates gradually during the growth of the fire crane flower, and the stipules can be cut off in time when the stipules become dry, and when the pedicel turns yellow after anthesis, it should also be cut off from the protective post of 2 cm at the base as soon as possible.

7. Insect pests: anthracnose, leaf spot and inflorescence rot are common in flamingos. Spray with Bordeaux liquid or 65% Dysen zinc wettable powder. Insect pests include shell insects and red spiders, which can be sprayed with 1500 times of 50% marathon EC.

Matters needing attention of Huihe Flower

1. Watering: too much water and too much water will make the medium in the basin too wet for a long time, or even stagnant water, causing some fibrous roots to rot, hinder normal breathing and absorption of nutrients, and cause leaves to turn yellow and fall off gradually.

2. Fertilization: the red crane flower fertilized little or did not change the soil for a long time, and the lack of nitrogen and other nutrients in the soil made the branches and leaves thin and yellow. In addition, excessive fertilization will also appear new leaves hypertrophy, uneven, while old leaves dry tip, scorched yellow shedding.

3. Temperature: when the indoor temperature is too low in winter, the leaves will turn yellow. if the room temperature is too high, the plant transpiration is too high, and the root water and nutrients are insufficient, the leaves will turn yellow.

4. Air: when the indoor air is too dry in winter, the leaf tip is often withered and yellowed, or the leaf edge is scorched, or the leaf is scorched, the edge curls and so on.

5. Lighting: if the flamingo is placed in the shade or in a place with insufficient light for a long time, it will lead to weak growth, thin and yellow leaves, no flowering or little flowering.

6. Soil: Huohe Hua likes acidic soil, and there are more salt and alkali in the medium and water in most areas of the north. Due to the lack of soluble iron needed to be absorbed by plants in the medium, the leaves will gradually lose green and turn yellow.