The leaf shape is strange and the color is bright. Break one and make more pots and easily climb all over the balcony.

The frog vine introduced today is no less peculiar in shape than the antler fern. It also has two forms of leaves and is famous for its wacky style. Gifted, with pocket-like hollow abnormal leaves, a sharp glance like a belly frog, jelly green Bring, squirrel gentleman dare to guarantee that this lyrics should be used to describe your first sight, just because I took one more look at you in the world of flowers and plants. I can never forget your face!

What kind of divine thing is it?

The origin of frog vine is Southeast Asia, and it is a perennial herbaceous vine plant of the genus Nelumbo nucifera of the Asclepidiaceae. There are many Chinese names. Because of the sharp-mouthed safflower, the merchant is called "the kiss of Brazil". In addition, Aiyuanguo and jade purse are also its nicknames.

The cystic hollow abnormal leaves are the specialized plant organs of frog vines. The abnormal leaves are hollow and fleshy, and at first glance they look like fruit, and the round ones look very funny. In addition, its flowers are red, although the flowers are small and very bright, as if neon lights on the branches are enough to watch and stop.

Why are there such strange leaves?

When it comes to the strange shape of the leaves, we have to uncover its other identity. It is a famous ant plant, and its purse is for ants. When it comes to ant-dwelling plants, I have to say a few more words, as the name implies, this kind of plant and ants will form a mutually beneficial and win-win relationship.

Ant-dwelling plants produce inflated stems, thorns, petioles, tuberous roots and saccular leaves to provide "accommodation" for ants. Frog vines can provide ants with a home to live and thrive on. Ants have a home, and the organic matter, excrement and corpses brought by predation provide nutrients for frog vines. In addition, it can reduce the damage of pests to plants, thus playing an indirect role in protection.

There is a kind of showing off called: how many identities I have!

In addition to being an ant-dwelling plant, frog vines have legendary cystic abnormal leaves. In the tropical rain forest, they also have another identity, namely epiphytes, like Orchidaceae, Pteridaceae, Araceae and ferns. As epiphytes, frog vines are not as aggressive as parasitic plants, they usually do not grow too tall, are self-sufficient in photosynthesis and do not plunder the nutrition and water of the plants to which they are attached.

It is also because the frog vine is an epiphyte, so it is necessary to cling to it, and it is necessary for it to grow upward attached to the support. And in order to prevent the frog vine from suddenly breaking and endangering the life of the rope, it has developed stem nodes, each growing section, there is a root group, and then there is an abnormal leaf. In this way, even if the middle fracture, stem nodes or abnormal leaves can form their own, the growth of new branches and leaves.

How do you grow better at home?

According to the growth characteristics of wild varieties, growing in the tropical monsoon climate, the dry season and rainy season are distinct, abnormal leaves grow when dry and little rain, and ordinary leaves grow when wet.

Soil: the soil must be loose and breathable. Frog vines mean that the clay is too heavy to bear.

Moisture: water demand is small, the soil should be dry, but keep the air moist, otherwise it is easy to rot.

Lighting: do not need direct sunlight, easy to excessive dehydration, bright scattered light can grow well

Fertilizer: after all, it is an epiphytic plant, and it does not have high requirements for fertilizer. It is the principle of frequent application of thin fertilizer, just once a month.

Temperature: the suitable temperature for growth is 20 ~ 26 °C, and freezing injury will occur when the temperature is lower than 18 °C.

The squirrel king's frog bears lanceolate fruit after the rattan flower, and the seed burst this morning, drifting around like a dandelion.

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