Breeding skills of monkey-faced small dragon orchid

Monkey face small dragon orchid shape is very unique and lovely, as an ornamental plant is deeply loved by people, breeding monkey face small dragon orchid should pay attention to what problems, let's take a look.

Introduction of Monkey face Little Dragon Orchid

A strange orchid grows in the foggy forests of southeastern Ecuador and Peru, which is vividly called monkey-faced orchid because of its monkey face. This kind of orchid usually grows nearly 2000 meters above the line of sight and is very secret, so it is difficult to find. This orchid can blossom in any season and gives off a smell similar to that of ripe oranges.

Monkey-faced Dracula simia Dracula means Little Dragon, representing the two long thorns and two long sepals of this orchid, while Simia represents a more striking and bizarre feature of the orchid, the monkey face.

It is vividly called monkey-faced orchid because of its long monkey face, and its scientific name is monkey-faced small dragon orchid. In addition to the monkey face, this orchid has two strange features, namely, two long thorns and two long calyx.

The part of the orchid that looks like the monkey's face and mouth is the lip of the small dragon orchid, the part like the three large petals is actually the sepals, and the parts like the monkey's forehead and nose are stamens and columns. In 1978, botanist Carl Ruhr named the orchid.

The culture method of monkey face small dragon orchid

Monkey face small dragon orchid seeds, it is appropriate to use flat or hole plate seedlings, seeds do not need to cover soil, greenhouse cultivation is usually sown in autumn. 2. 3 true leaves were transplanted once, and the seedlings were planted in flowerpots or in flower beds with a height of about 10 meters.

Watering and fertilizing frequently during the maintenance period to keep the soil moist and fertile. It is appropriate to pick the heart to promote branching, the branches can blossom one after another, and the flowering period is up to 3-4 months. The suitable temperature for overwintering is 10 ℃, and it can withstand the low temperature of 2 ℃. In the north, it can spend the winter in the sunny bed, and it can blossom earlier if it is in the greenhouse.

Flowering spring and summer or summer and autumn, various colors, luxuriant flowers, compact plants, suitable for flower bed planting or potted flowers for landscape layout, bustling, good ornamental effect.

Matters needing attention

Humidity management:

Monkey face small dragon orchid likes the drier air environment, overcast and rainy days are too long, easy to be infected by bacteria. For fear of rain, keep the leaves dry at night. The optimum relative humidity of the air is 400.65%.

Temperature management:

Monkey face small dragon orchid likes cold climate, afraid of hot, difficult to spend summer; not resistant to frost, when the temperature drops below 10 ℃, it will go into dormancy. The most suitable growth temperature is 15-28 ℃.

Lighting management:

Monkey face small dragon orchid in late autumn, winter, early spring three seasons, because the temperature is not very high, it should be given direct sunlight, in order to facilitate its photosynthesis and the formation of flower buds, flowering, fruiting. If you encounter hot weather or in summer, you need to shield it from about 50% of the sun. For indoor maintenance and viewing after flowering, it should be placed near the southeast doors and windows in order to prolong the flowering period and increase the number of flowers as much as possible.

Fertilizer and water management:

There is not much demand for fertilizer and water, and they are also afraid of random fertilization, concentrated fertilizer and partial application of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash fertilizer. It is required to follow the fertilization (water) with light fertilizer applied frequently, less and more times and with complete nutrition.

Summer maintenance:

Summer is a season of slow growth, so it is necessary to properly control fertilizer and water. The interval period is about 1-4 days for outdoor maintenance, shorter during sunny or high temperature, longer or not watered during rainy or low temperature, and shorter during sunny or high temperature during indoor curing for 2-6 days. Rainy days or low temperature periods are longer or unwatered. Water it in the morning or evening when the temperature is low, and spray the plants frequently. Watering time should be arranged as early as possible when the temperature is low in the morning.

The above is the introduction of monkey face small dragon orchid breeding, I hope it will be helpful to you.