Stone silkworm with excellent flowers and leaves

Stone silkworm is a beautiful and interesting potted orchid, also known as jewel orchid, can be used as a Sichuan stone bonsai. Its clusters of small flowers are snow-white and crystal clear, with a unique shape, beautiful leaves and beautiful leaves, and the fleshy stem is like a giant silkworm, section by section; it can be reproduced by cutting a section with a disinfection knife.

In order for this common orchid to bloom, we must pay attention to the following points:

1. There is often enough moisture-the stone silkworm is native to a humid semi-shade environment and is difficult to blossom when it is too dry.

It is best to use high-quality wet water moss; after absorbing water, remove the excess water, and then gently wrap the stem feet and roots of the silkworm, moisturizing and not basking, as long as there is scattered light. When cutting seeds with awn bone, you should also spread a layer of wet water moss on the surface.

During reproduction, segments of stem nodes can also be placed horizontally on wet water moss, so that the seedlings will grow faster and blossom more easily in the future, but the plant material most avoids stagnant water and is not loose; planting with soil will rot the root, because the plant material has no extra space to circulate the air, and the root absorption becomes weaker, which will have an impact on the breeding of the "flower primordium".

two。 It is appropriate to use light phosphorus and potassium fertilizer-the leaves and stems of stone silkworms are mainly red-purple-brown with less chlorophyll, so do not apply too much nitrogen fertilizer, which will make the plant weak and flowerless. During spring and summer growth, chemical fertilizer "Huabao" No. 1 mixed with No. 3, or other flowering liquid fertilizer should be applied every 10 days, but it should be diluted 3000 times. Light fertilizer can help young roots to absorb; thick fertilizer can easily marinate the roots, resulting in weak plants and no flowers. Fertilizer should be stopped in winter.

3. Use "vegetarian burning pot"-do not add glaze to the outer layer of the flowerpot, which helps air circulation, moisturizes and hydrophobic, makes the root easy to absorb phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, and helps flower buds to form.

4. It is appropriate to scatter light, do not bask in the sun-the stone silkworm is a negative flower, not a "sunny plant", so indirect light helps to bloom.