How to keep the leaves thick and shiny and how to apply fertilizer in summer

Gentleman orchid, this is a kind of plant that many people like to breed. This gentleman orchid is so good-looking and attractive, but it is not easy to raise it well. How to raise this gentleman orchid with thick and shiny leaves? How to fertilize the orchid in summer:

1. Keep proper lighting

Pot maintenance Magnolia needs to maintain appropriate scattered light, short-day maintenance, especially strong summer sun, if open-air maintenance, it is easy to sunburn leaves, gentleman orchid like the kind of scattered light in the shade, raised in the balcony or window of the gentleman orchid only need proper shade in summer, when the weather is very hot, only need to see the light in the morning or evening.

2. Avoid improper fertilization

Gentleman orchid summer hot when appropriate to reduce fertilization, or even stop fertilization, remember not to fertilize too much, it is not good to apply thick fertilizer, excessive fertility is easy to cause rhizome rot, rhizome burn.

Summer maintenance should pay attention to properly maintain shade, watering should be appropriate, avoid frequent watering, avoid basin soil stagnant water.

3. Watering and fertilization in summer

Gentleman orchid in the high temperature season, basically began to stagnate growth, at this time, if too much watering and fertilization, it is easy to cause root rot, especially after the temperature exceeds 30 degrees, it is necessary to control the water, but also to stop fertilization.

4. Avoid damp and muggy heat

The maintenance environment in summer must be ventilated to avoid excessive humidity, especially in the plum rain weather. If the air humidity is high, then ventilation must be done well. The muggy environment is easy to breed mold. Carbendazim solution can be irrigated once or twice a month.

On the magnolia leaves thick and shiny breeding methods are introduced here, do not hurry to learn these tricks.

A brief introduction to Gentleman

A brief introduction to Cymbidium pictures

Scientific name / Latin name: Clivia; English name: Bush lily; alias: Magnolia grandiflora, Lycoris grandiflora, Lycoris radiata, Damulan.

Classification of families and genera

Phylum Plantae;: phylum Magnoliophyta, angiosperm.

Class: Monocotyledon class Liliopsida;: Liliacea Liliales

Family: Amaryllidaceae; of Amaryllidaceae: Clivia of Cymbidium.

The source of Cymbidium (the following article is translated from the Association of Cymbidium of South Africa)

Many friends like to cultivate Cymbidium, but they know little about the source of Cymbidium. Now, let's introduce the source of Cymbidium. In September 1815, the intrepid natural scientist William William Burchell collected the orchids scientifically for the first time at the source of the Giant Fish River in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Around 1820, James James Bowie collected some orchids in the same place and shipped them to England.

In 1828, John Lindley named CLIVIA in honor of the Duchess of Charlotte, Florence, Clive (Charlotte Florentine Clive) in Northumberland, England. At present, the orchid is divided into five categories, namely: laughing, big flowers, fine leaves, stems, magical orchids. In addition, there is a unique kind of orchid, the swamp orchid, which was recently discovered in KwaZulu-Natal, South Kawa Zulu.

Habit characteristics: it belongs to the genus Amaryllidaceae. For perennial herbaceous flowers, fleshy roots are stout, and the stem is divided into two parts: rhizome and pseudobulb. Leaf sword-shaped, alternate, neatly arranged, 30-50cm long; Cymes, which can bear 10-60 florets; bloom in winter and spring, especially in winter; florets can bloom in turn for 15-20 days, lasting for 3 months; each fruit contains at least one seed. Magnolia is native to southern Africa, under trees, so it is not only afraid of heat but not cold-resistant, like the semi-shady and humid environment, afraid of strong direct sunlight, the best temperature for growth is between 18 ℃ and 22, less than 5 ℃, more than 30 ℃, growth is inhibited. Gentleman orchids like a ventilated environment, like deep, fertile and loose soil, which is suitable for indoor cultivation.

Magnolia is a famous greenhouse flower. There are two species introduced from Europe and Japan in China. The former flower is small and drooping, which is called laughing gentleman orchid, while the latter has large and upward flowers, which is called big flower gentleman orchid, which is the most common species cultivated at present. The flowers of Magnolia are not as magnificent as peonies, nor as fragrant as jasmine, let alone as gorgeous as rose flowers, but her leaves are green and shiny, the flowers are shaped like torches upward, orange-red, dignified and generous, they are ideal potted flowers for beautifying the environment, and the flowers are drooping, implicit and deep, elegant and solemn, with another flavor.

The leaves of Cymbidium are broad and band-shaped, with hard and thick texture, glossy and veined. The leaves are stacked in two rows from the shortened stems. If the leaves are properly managed and arranged neatly, they will be more beautiful. Scape is drawn from leaf axils and usually blossoms only when it has twenty-five leaves. Flowering period from New Year's Day to the Spring Festival, but also in summer 06-07 flowering. It can produce a small amount of seeds after flowering and needs artificial pollination. It takes 270 days for the seeds to mature after 240Mel. The root of gentleman orchid is milky white, very stout, very fleshy. There is a certain correlation between roots and leaves, when new roots and leaves grow, new leaves will also be sent out, if the roots are injured or necrotic, the corresponding leaves will wither; if the leaves are injured, it will also affect the roots. The root system of Orchid is thick and fleshy. Leaves forming pseudobulbs at base; leaf blade leathery, dark green. Umbels have several to dozens of flowers; flowers funnel-shaped, erect, orange-red. Its variety is vae.aurea Regel. Flowering in winter and spring. Sexually strong, like warm, humid and semi-overcast environment. It is required to drain well and fertilize the living loam. I can't stand the cold. Cymbidium can be used as flower beds or cut flowers in South China, and indoor potted plants in East China and the north of the Yangtze River basin. The magnolia is native to the tropics. Like semi-overcast, the temperature of 10 to 25 degrees is the most suitable, suitable for growth in loose and fertile slightly acidic organic matter soil.

At present, our country mainly uses the sowing method to propagate the magnolia, thus forming a variety of varieties. The cultivation of Cymbidium is relatively easy, first of all, we should select the basin soil, which can be placed indoors near the window, and master the fertilizer and water according to the temperature characteristics of various places. During the growing period, the basin soil should be kept moist, and the basin soil should be dry during the high temperature and semi-dormant period, and more water should be sprayed on the leaf surface to achieve the purpose of cooling. The gentleman orchid likes fertilizer, and the rotten cake fertilizer is added to the basin soil every 2 to 3 years. Apply 5 to 40 grams of rotten cake fertilizer under the basin soil before the growing period, and apply liquid fertilizer once a year. In the management, the basin should be turned frequently to prevent the blade from deviating to one side, and if there is one side, it should be righted in time. When the temperature is 25 mi 30 degrees, it is easy to cause the leaves to grow too long and narrow and affect the ornamental effect, so the cultivation of Cymbidium must pay attention to adjust the room temperature.

Gentleman orchid, alias Lycoris radiata, Lycoris grandiflora, is an ornamental flower of the genus Lycoris in Amaryllidaceae; it is a perennial herb with a florescence of up to 30-50 days, mainly in winter and spring. New Year's Day also blossoms before and after the Spring Festival, avoiding bright light, semi-negative plants, like cool, avoid high temperature. The optimum temperature for growth was 15-25 ℃, and stopped growing when the temperature was lower than 5 ℃. Like thick, well-drained soil and moist soil, avoid dry environment. The magnolia has a high ornamental value, and it is often potted in greenhouse in China. Its propagation methods are ramet or seed propagation. The same effect also has the laughing gentleman orchid, the greenhouse cultivation, the design and color is diverse. The life span of magnolia is several decades or more. Gentleman orchid is the city flower of Changchun.

Magnolia is native to the tropical regions of southern Africa and grows under trees, so it is not only afraid of heat but not cold-resistant, like semi-shady and humid environment, afraid of strong direct sunlight, the best temperature for growth is between 18-28 ℃, below 10 ℃, above 30 ℃, and growth is inhibited. The gentleman orchid likes the ventilated environment, likes the deep, fertile and loose soil, and is suitable to grow in the loose and fertile slightly acidic organic matter soil. Magnolia is a famous greenhouse flower, which is suitable for indoor cultivation. There is a certain correlation between roots and leaves. When new roots and leaves grow, the new leaves will also be sent out, and the roots will be eliminated (rotted by stagnant water or dried to death, etc.). As long as the leaves do not wilt, pay attention to maintain the soil moisture during conservation, and remember not to water too much and work too hard, then the roots will grow new roots again, allowing the plant to survive (properly maintained, new roots can be found in about 10 days). Damage to the leaves will also affect the roots. The gentleman orchid, known as the flower of wealth, normally blossoms once a year, rarely twice a year, and rare three times a year. Flowering is generally more than 12 leaves; if the indoor planting temperature is appropriate, it can blossom before and after the Spring Festival. 01, look at the leaf pants: leaf pants are the small fetal leaves next to the stem of the leaves, and the leaves of the seedlings grow out of them one by one. Leaf trousers are wide, flat, thick, bright and hard. The shape is inverted trapezoid, and carefully observe the small seedlings with wide, symmetrical vertical lines on the leaf trousers. When you grow up, it must be a good product. 02. Look at the leaves: the leaves are oblique, wide, thick and bright, with light green color, black tendons and yellow ground, protruding veins, wide and small vertical veins and large spacing. Head round, spoon-shaped, with hands to touch the leaves, feel delicate, protruding veins, not rough, such as satin feel generally better. 03, look at the false scale: the stem false bulb flat is better, the cylindrical one is the middle and lower grade. 04. Select the first seedling: the first seedling is the same seed of Cymbidium, which is sown at the same time. Under the same cultivation conditions, the seedlings that come out first grow stronger. But sometimes because of the variation, a few of the seedlings unearthed later grew into top grade.

05. Look at the veins: the variety of the gentleman orchid can be seen from the veins of the seedlings, such as: the vertical pattern of the monk is wide, the horizontal pattern is three long and one short, the wider the vertical pattern is, the wider the horizontal grain spacing is, the better it is; the vertical grain width of the yellow technician is wide, and the horizontal and vertical pattern is in the shape of a large Japanese zigzag; the difference between the oil craftsman and the yellow technician is only a slight difference in the vein pattern, and the "black tendons" of the oil craftsman's vertical pattern are slightly thicker than those of the yellow technician. The horizontal pattern of the short leaf pattern is relatively dense, and the horizontal pattern is arranged in three or three ways, and the vein pattern at the leaf tip is very dense, forming a "sesame pattern". There are also unusual situations in the choice of gentleman orchid seedlings, such as the first leaf of Huang technician is not too wide, it looks like a thin, pointed head, but as long as the color is light yellow, anyway, the veins are protruding, the leaves are flat, and the young seedlings with bright color become good products when they grow up.

How to choose the leaves, flowers, fruits and beauty of orchids have ornamental value. The selection of Cymbidium should pay attention to the following aspects: look at the width of leaves: the width of adult leaves is more than 9-1OCM. The leaf length not more than 3 times of the leaf width is the top grade, the leaf width is 6-18CM, the ratio of length to width is 4-6 times, and the leaf length-width ratio is more than 7 times is the general variety. Look at the veins of the leaves: the veins are obviously protruding, and the ones with large vein spacing are good products; those with smooth and hidden veins and irregular veins are the middle grade. The vertical veins are straight and the horizontal veins are flat. There are 3 vertical veins in Jiapin, 5 vertical veins in middle grade and lower grade in more than 5 vertical veins. Look at the brightness of the leaf: the leaf color is glossy, bright, double-sided bright for the top grade; bright, half-bright for the middle grade; not bright and gray for the inferior grade. Look at the head shape of the leaf tip: generally speaking, the blunt tip of the leaf is good; the long tip of the leaf is the middle grade. But there are also a few top-grade leaf tips that are sharp in shape. Look at the thickness of the leaves: those with thick leaves are good varieties, and those with thin leaves are general varieties. The leaf thickness of Magnolia is between 2-2.5MM and Xiaolan is between 1.15-1.5MM. But neither Dalan nor Xiaolan can be too thick or too thin, which is inferior.

Look at the thickness uniformity of the leaf: the thickness of the edge and the middle of the leaf is uniform; "the middle of the leaf is thicker than the edge of the leaf; the thicker or trough in the middle of the leaf is the lower grade." Look at the brightness of the leaves (happy brightness); the leaves are neatly arranged and will not go out of shape regardless of whether they are facing the sun or not, and the ones with extremely poor brightness are the best products; they will wither and adjust the light direction every 3 minutes, otherwise the central leaves will show the phenomenon of coming out and out for the middle grade. Flowerpot every day to adjust the direction of light, otherwise the center called the film out of the phenomenon is very obvious, artificial plastic surgery is still the upper leaf east, lower leaf west for the lower grade. Look at the color: light yellow bottom, dark green vertical veins are good products; yellow, light yellow, light green are middle grade; dark green, old green, light gray, dark gray, gray are low grade. Look at the color: dark orange. With milky white lining, set of green centerline with yarn is good; orange, red or light tea red is middle grade; dark yellow, light yellow, beige, scarlet, light red, red set of mixed yellow or set of mixed powder, petal tip, set of powder, set of miscellaneous color or set of gray-white, yellow set of red, yellow set of white are all inferior products. Look at the flower pattern: the upper petal is round but not scattered, the flower is between 28mur45 or more, the gap between the flower and the flower is no more than 7 days, the flower with one arrow can produce a neat circle is a good product. The opening is irregular, it blossoms in 5 batches of 3MUE, and the one that blossoms along with it is the middle grade. A flower with an arrow blooms one by one or 3 flowers with a flowering period of one or two months are inferior. Look at the fruit: the fruit is larger, the color is bright, and the protruding at the mouth is the top grade; the fruit is smaller, and the darker color is the middle grade. The plant size of Magnolia is not the standard to distinguish the advantages and disadvantages, the larger plant size in public places is beautiful and generous, while the smaller plant shape and shorter leaves are more exquisite and lovely in several family cases.

The price of Cymbidium is very different: according to the evaluation standard of Cymbidium appreciation, the quality of Cymbidium can be divided into six grades: rare, fine, good, good, mediocre and inferior. High-grade gentleman orchids are extremely difficult to cross and breed. It is not one in a hundred or a thousand, but one in a million. If the score is more than 90 points, it is difficult to pick one out of ten thousand. Its pollen can be used as the male parent for the gentleman orchid with a certain grade, which can improve the quality and grade of the next generation, and make it possible to cultivate treasures of similar grade with the male parent. Therefore, the value of pollen as a male parent is considerable. In terms of 1000 yuan per pollen (in reality, each branch is sold for more than 2000 yuan), a mature orchid can blossom about 20 flowers each time, and each flower has six pollens (stamens). In other words, each high-grade gentleman orchid can get about 100 pollens at a time, and if all are sold, it can get 100000 yuan. The minimum number of seedlings it gives birth to is about 100. The price of its seedlings is also more than one thousand yuan. High-grade magnolia not only has its own high ornamental value, but also can be used as a male parent to improve the grade of other magnolia offspring, but also as a female parent to give birth to a high-grade next generation. The value of high-grade magnolia can not be determined by the average social working time needed to produce it, but by the principle of "scarcity is precious". Only the value of low-grade magnolia is determined by the average social working time required to produce it. On the other hand, the price of a general commodity fluctuates around its value according to the relationship between supply and demand, but will not deviate too far. According to the current situation of China's national economic development, national living standards and the relationship between supply and demand of magnolia, it is understandable that the prices of various grades of magnolia (adult orchids) range from dozens of yuan to hundreds of thousands of yuan.