Guanzhong Guanjie black dog ridge

Scientific Name: Cyrtomium Yortunei

Alias: Cross section, black dog ridge

Family: Dryopteridaceae, perennial herbaceous ferns of the genus Cyrtomium

Morphological characteristics:

Plant height 30~70cm. Rhizomes stout, erect. Leaves clustered, odd pinnate compound leaves, pinna 10~20 pairs, sickle-lanceolate, dark green surface, light green back. Sporangia rounded, arranged in two rows along midvein on dorsal or terminal veinlets, cap reniform.

Distribution area:

Distributed in China's northern and southern provinces (regions), Japan, Korea also have, China's North China, northwest and south of the Yangtze River widely distributed, Shandong Laoshan coastal common.

Growth Habits:

Likes to be born under the shade, limestone crevices, roadside, or damp wall crevices.

Drought-tolerant, cold-resistant, strong in nature, easy to cultivate. Sexual preference diffuse light, short-term ability of weak light, strong shade resistance. The optimum temperature for growth is 10~18℃.

Breeding methods:

Rite or spore propagation, are easy to succeed. Rite propagation in spring combined with pot change, but easy to destroy plant shape. Spore propagation growth potential is strong, plant type is better.

Cultivation management:

Potting soil is composed of decayed leaf soil, 1/3 fine sand and a small amount of calcareous fertilizer. During the growth period, liquid fertilizer is applied twice a month, the soil in the basin is kept moist frequently, and water is sprayed on the leaves every day to increase the air humidity. Can be placed indoors for a long time there is bright scattered light cultivation, winter should see more sunlight, and keep the basin soil slightly dry.

The family is a relatively evolved group of Thysanosperms, with about 1200 species belonging to 14 genera, and about 1000 species belonging to 13 genera in China.

Garden use:

Osmundaria is a good indoor potted foliage plant, can be used to decorate the hall meeting place, leaves can be cut leaves.

Osmundae plant shape open scattered, dark green leaves, suitable for layout in the garden rockery gap, shady corner, but also suitable for sparse shrub forest, pool bank shady slope as ground cover plants. Leaves can be equipped with flowers inserted bottle, can also be potted viewing, layout guest rooms, venues and so on.

In addition, its rhizome is also a famous traditional Chinese medicine.