Epiphyllum is not easy to die in this way. 3 skills to teach you to plant also need to be careful.

Epiphyllum is often called Qionghua, because the flowering time of epiphyllum is very short, usually only a few hours, so people also use the idiom "flash in the pan" to describe its momentary beauty, as a famous ornamental plant, it is precisely because its flowering is rare, people have a strong interest in it, and it is not easy to see epiphyllum bloom, so how to cultivate epiphyllum is more appropriate. Is it easy to make it bloom?

I. planting of epiphyllum

Cutting propagation is the most common method to cultivate epiphyllum, which is usually the most suitable around May every year. First, on a strong epiphyllum, cut off its tender green branches as the main cutting material, generally speaking, the length is often selected between 12-15 cm, each epiphyllum branch can be divided into two to three sections.

Different from most plant cuttings, the leaves on the cuttings selected by epiphyllum are very particular, not the general tender leaves, but the branches with old leaves, and the best stripes of the leaves are less obvious. the leaves that have passed their development period are usually medium in size.

In order to improve the cuttage survival rate of epiphyllum, we generally do not use the method of "straight cutting", but choose "oblique cutting" or "shallow cutting", so that more branches are exposed in the air. its branch wounds heal faster and take root and sprout.

The potted plant just after cutting should not grow under the condition of light, otherwise the branches are easy to shrink and reduce the success rate of cutting. After the end of the cutting, it is necessary to spray water to the potted plant at regular intervals, and the environment should not be dry, otherwise it will have a great impact on the cutting.

II. Maintenance of epiphyllum

1. Soil

Epiphyllum growth has higher requirements for soil quality, usually in more fertile and permeable humus soil or sandy soil, but also has certain requirements for drainage. In the selection of soil, as far as possible to avoid the use of over-viscous soil, the permeability of this soil is often poor, which has a bad effect on the growth of epiphyllum.

two。 Light and temperature

Epiphyllum can not grow well without enough light. In general, epiphyllum is not suitable to grow in direct sunlight, but to accept appropriate amount of astigmatism or grow in a self-built scaffolding greenhouse. Excessive light has an irreversible impact on epiphyllum, which often leads to the excessive growth of branches and the withering of leaves.

Whenever summer comes, potted epiphyllum must be fully prepared for shade, and in autumn and winter, it can accept all the sun, but the ambient temperature for its growth must be above 10 degrees; if the environmental temperature is too low, it often causes plants to suffer frostbite.

3. Watering and fertilizing

Epiphyllum in daily management does not need too much water, usually watered every 10 days or so, less in winter and spring, but once in half a month; and the temperature in summer is generally higher, epiphyllum water demand will be more, watering twice a week is appropriate, if pots have stagnant water, the plant is easy to suffer from diseases such as root rot, which has a greater impact on its growth.

Spring and summer are the peak growing season for epiphyllum, so it is necessary to top fertilize the potted plant once a week. When applying fertilizer, organic fertilizer and water should be thoroughly diluted. If it is directly applied to the soil, it is not easy for the plant to absorb. The plant may also have burns.