How to raise pearl orchids to add color to the home

Pearl hanging orchid is a variety of hanging orchids, because the appearance is very good ornamental, so many people will plant some pearl hanging orchids at home. But how to raise pearl orchids? People who have never raised this kind of plant will be annoyed. Let's take a look at the introduction of the relevant knowledge brought by the editor.

Pearl hanging orchids like a warm and humid environment, should not be direct sunlight, watering every 2 or 3 days, you can also use leftover milk diluted with water, but also can water Amoy rice water. Because the leaves are fleshy and succulent, pearl orchids are very drought-resistant. Watering should be dry rather than wet in cultivation, which is one of the keys to success. When the weather is dry, you can spray water to the leaves and vines to make up for the lack of moisture and keep the beads green and full. Hanging orchid likes the semi-shady environment, if the light is too strong or insufficient, the leaves will easily become light green or yellowish green, lack of vitality, lose their due ornamental value, or even die. Such as direct sunlight, dry air, the most likely to cause hanging orchid scorched, so should be placed in a cool and ventilated place, and pay attention to maintain environmental humidity. That is, exposure to the sun may burn the beads, and if the light is too weak, the growth is not strong.

The root system of the plant is very shallow and can be planted in a shallow pot. Generally use tiles to cover the bottom hole, and cover with a layer of cinder or coarse sand to increase air permeability and filtration (especially in the case of plastic pots commonly used now), the soil had better use rotten leaf soil (autumn and winter trees fall leaves mixed with a certain amount of broken soil mixed with a certain amount of sand, the ratio of soil to sand is about 1:3.

Pearl Cymbidium prefers to be warm and humid, cold-tolerant (low temperature of 0 ℃ when cultivated in Jianghuai region), high temperature, and the optimum temperature is about 20 ℃ ~ 28 ℃. Both high temperature and low temperature grow slowly, especially when the temperature is more than 30 ℃, it is almost dormant. Less watering and fertilization should be done, otherwise the roots are easy to rot, which is also one of the keys to successful cultivation.

In spring and autumn, when the growth is exuberant, "thin fertilizer" should be applied frequently. Spraying 1-3 ‰ nitrogen fertilizer and potassium dihydrogen phosphate on the leaf surface is beneficial to make the pearl more green and fat and improve the ornamental value.

There are few diseases and insect pests, and aphids are one of them in spring, which can be wiped out or sprayed with 1500 times omethoate in time, while mites in summer and autumn need to be killed with 1000 times dicofol. Pay attention to ventilation and increase leaf humidity, can reduce the infection of mites.

Note that pearl orchids prefer loose and fertile soils rich in organic matter. It grows best in the environment of warmth, high humidity and strong scattered light. High temperature and high humidity should be avoided in summer, otherwise it is easy to rot stems and die. Potted flowers can be cultivated in the shade of rain protection. After autumn, the plants will resume growth, increase light and topdressing liquid fertilizer.

How to raise pearl orchids? Through the introduction of the article, we also have more understanding of the cultivation of pearl orchids, and suggest that if people want to plant pearl orchids in daily life, they must be able to meet its corresponding growth conditions, and usually need to take good care of it. in order to make the pearl orchid grow better.