Growth habits and Culture methods of Tennis Flower

Tennis flowers are common indoor potted ornamental flowers. They are perennial herbs of the Amaryllidaceae family, native to tropical Africa. They are introduced and cultivated in China for ornamental use. The flowers are colorful, with blood red, white and bright red colors, and the flowers are dense and shot like balls. The southern outdoor plants are arranged in pieces, and the flowering landscape is unique. Let's take a look at the cultivation methods of tennis flowers.

The growth habit of tennis flower

Tennis flowers are native to tropical Africa, like warm, humid and semi-shady environment, like sandy loam with good drainage, drought-resistant, not cold-resistant, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places can not overwinter in the open field, and the bulbs must be cultivated indoors when they enter the dormant period in winter. The suitable temperature during the growing period is 20-30 ℃, and the overwintering temperature should be kept above 5 ℃. The soil should be loose, fertile and well drained.

Propagation methods of Tennis Flower

1. Ball division: tennis flower ball reproduction is carried out when changing pots in spring, and the small balls around the mother ball can be separated and planted. The bulb is generally propagated once in 2 ~ 3 years because of its poor ability to form bulbs.

2. Sowing: 50-60 days after tennis blossom, the seeds were collected when the seeds were ripe, sowed in pots, and germinated about 15 days after sowing, but the seedlings grew slowly and usually took 4-5 years to blossom.

Culture methods of Tennis Flower

1. Soil: tennis flowers should choose loose, fertile and well-drained soil, and apply a small amount of bone powder as base fertilizer, and cover the bottom of the basin with coarse sand to facilitate drainage.

2. Fertilization: tennis flowers can be fertilized after the bulb sprouts, and thin cake fertilizer or 0.2% compound fertilizer is applied every 2 weeks in the growing season.

3. Watering: tennis flowers should be watered dry and wet, but should not be watered. It is better to be too dry. If there is too much water, the bulbs are easy to rot. Do not water during dormancy in winter.

4, lighting: tennis flowers like shade, summer should be placed under the shade to avoid direct light, otherwise easy to burn leaves, winter is the dormant period, do not need direct sunlight.

5. Temperature: tennis flowers are not cold-resistant and like warmth. The optimum temperature in the growing period is 10-20 ℃, and the optimum temperature in the overwintering dormancy period is 8-10 ℃.

6. Diseases and insects: tennis bulb rot can be disinfected by soaking the bulb in 0.5% formalin solution for 3 hours before planting, and underground slugs can be sprayed with 3% lime water.

What are the culture methods of tennis flowers? what are their growth habits?

Tennis flowers are common indoor potted ornamental flowers. They are perennial herbs of the family Amaryllidaceae. They are colorful, with blood red, white and bright red colors, dense flowers, shot like balls, and arranged in outdoor clusters in the south. The flowering landscape is unique. So what is the breeding method of tennis flowers?

Culture methods of tennis flowers:

1. Soil: tennis flowers should choose loose, fertile and well-drained soil, and apply a small amount of bone powder as base fertilizer, and cover the bottom of the basin with coarse sand to facilitate drainage.

2. Fertilization: tennis flowers can be fertilized after the bulb sprouts, and thin cake fertilizer or 0.2% compound fertilizer is applied every 2 weeks in the growing season.

3. Watering: tennis flowers should be watered dry and wet, but should not be watered. It is better to be too dry. If there is too much water, the bulbs are easy to rot. Do not water during dormancy in winter.

4, lighting: tennis flowers like shade, summer should be placed under the shade to avoid direct light, otherwise easy to burn leaves, winter is the dormant period, do not need direct sunlight.

5. Temperature: tennis flowers are not cold-resistant and like warmth. The optimum temperature in the growing period is 10-20 ℃, and the optimum temperature in the overwintering dormancy period is 8-10 ℃.

6. Diseases and insects: tennis bulb rot can be disinfected by soaking the bulb in 0.5% formalin solution for 3 hours before planting, and underground slugs can be sprayed with 3% lime water.

Growth habits of tennis flowers:

Tennis flowers are native to tropical Africa, like warm, humid and semi-shady environment, like sandy loam with good drainage, drought-resistant, not cold-resistant, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places can not overwinter in the open field, and the bulbs must be cultivated indoors when they enter the dormant period in winter. The suitable temperature during the growing period is 20-30 ℃, and the overwintering temperature should be kept above 5 ℃. The soil should be loose, fertile and well drained.

The method of propagation of tennis flowers:

1. Ball division: tennis flower ball reproduction is carried out when changing pots in spring, and the small balls around the mother ball can be separated and planted. The bulb is generally propagated once in 2 ~ 3 years because of its poor ability to form bulbs.

2. Sowing: 50-60 days after tennis blossom, the seeds were collected when the seeds were ripe, sowed in pots, and germinated about 15 days after sowing, but the seedlings grew slowly and usually took 4-5 years to blossom.

Culture methods and matters needing attention of tennis flowers

Chinese scientific name: tennis flower

Latin name: Haemanthus multiflorus

Chinese scientific name tennis flower

Also known as tennis Lycoris

The plant kingdom.

Phylum angiosperm

Monocotyledon class

Amaryllidaceae

Belong to the genus Tennis

Grow tennis flowers

The distribution area is originally from tropical Africa, and there is also a wild distribution in Yunnan, China.

The tennis flower of Amaryllidaceae is a perennial herb. Tropical origin, sexual preference for warm, humid and semi-shady environment, afraid of heat, fear of cold. Introduced and cultivated in China for ornamental use.

1. Morphological characteristics.

Perennial herbs. Bulb globose, 4-7 cm in diam. Leaves 3-4, oblong, 15-30 cm long, 6-8 longitudinal veins on both sides of the main vein, horizontal veinlets arranged densely and oblique; petiole short, sheathlike. Flowering stems erect, solid, slightly flattened, 30-90 cm tall, first leaves drawn, light green or erythematous; umbels with many flowers, densely arranged, 7-15 cm in diam.; flowers red; perianth lobes linear, ca. 2 times as long as perianth tube; filaments red, protruding beyond perianth, anthers yellow. Bright red berries. Flowering in summer. It is native to tropical Africa.

2. Growth

Characterized by perennial herbs, bulbs are large and oblate. The leaves are broadly lanceolate and the base of the petiole declines in the shape of a sheath. The leaves are extracted from the short stem above the bulb and 3-6 are collected. Flowering stems erect, first leaves drawn; umbels terminal; flowers small, up to 30mm 100, blood red. The berries are spherical. The florescence is from June to July.

Habits like warm, moist and semi-overcast environment. Like sandy loam with good drainage. More drought-tolerant, not cold-resistant, Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places can not overwinter in the open field, the winter bulb into the dormant period, must be cultivated indoors. The suitable temperature during the growing period is 20-30 ℃, and the overwintering temperature should be kept above 5 ℃. The soil should be loose, fertile and well drained.

Tennis flowers are native to tropical Africa and are also wild in Yunnan, China. Like warm, moist and semi-overcast environment. Like sandy loam with good drainage. It is not hardy and must be cultivated indoors in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the bulb enters the dormant period in winter.

3. Main points of cultivation.

It is basically introduced that it is planted in spring every year, fertilized once every ten days during the germination and leaf expansion period, and maintained in the semi-shady place when the summer light is too strong. Put a cool place in the summer flowering season, which can prolong the flowering period. In autumn, when the film begins to wither and yellow, reduce watering, the bulb enters the dormant period, should stop watering, keep the soil dry and dig out the bulb for storage indoors.