How to cultivate Cymbidium

Cymbidium is a perennial evergreen plant of Liliaceae. The underground has well-developed roots. The leaves are basal and broadly linear, often producing long stalks among the leaves and rooting plantlets on the nodes at the end of the stems. The flower stem is slender, tall above the leaf surface, with 10-30 flowers, white flowers. The florescence is from July to August. The hanging orchid has drooping branches and leaves, peculiar scape and evergreen all the year round. it is an ideal indoor hanging foliage flower. The common cultivated varieties are Silver orchid, Phnom Penh orchid, Golden Heart Cymbidium and so on.

Chlorophyllum originated from South Africa. Sexual preference for warm, humid and semi-shady environment, suitable for loose, fertile and well-drained soil.

The propagation of Cymbidium is very simple, one kind of plant division is carried out in spring and summer. Knock the orchid in the basin, separate the old plant and the underground stem, plant it in another pot, and grow luxuriantly after a growing season. Another way is to cut off the young plant at the end of the stem and plant it in a flowerpot. Either single plant or double plant, it is best to plant 3 plants, and the growing plants are more plump in the pot. Be careful not to bury the earth too deep. This method can be carried out all the year round.

The orchid can grow well under the indoor scattered light, but in order to make it grow vigorously, it is best to hang it in the balcony or tree shade in spring and late autumn for a period of time. If you stay indoors for a long time, the leaves will be weak and thin, and the growth will be slow. When the room temperature is more than 30 ℃ in summer, you should pay attention to ventilation or turn on electric fans and air conditioners to cool down, or you can sprinkle water on the ground to cool down, so as to prevent growth stagnation due to extreme heat. During the growth period, the dilute liquid fertilizer dominated by nitrogen was applied every 15 to 20 days, and the basin soil was often kept moist. In winter, you can hang it in front of the window or put it on the top of the bookshelf, so that it can see more sunshine, at the same time, reduce the number of watering and the amount of water, stop fertilization, keep the room temperature at about 10 ℃, you can safely survive the winter. If withered branches and leaves are found in the lower part of the plant during maintenance, they should be cut off and the scape should be trimmed in time to make the branches and leaves symmetrical, elegant and pleasant.

How to cultivate Cymbidium

Hanging orchids like warm and humid, can not bear the cold, avoid the direct sun, avoid the dry wind, can be cultivated indoors for a long time, its leaves cluster like flowers, evergreen four seasons, is a more famous foliage plant, known as "flowers in the air". Steps / methods

Temperature: hanging orchids like warm weather, suitable for about 20 degrees to grow, winter need to pay attention to cold, can be moved to the house, do not put in the windy place in the window, so as not to freeze the leaves. If the temperature is too low, the orchid will stop growing, if it is less than 5 degrees, freezing injury may occur.

Light: the orchid likes to be cool, but it is also necessary to give enough sunlight to make the plant photosynthesis in order to promote its normal growth. When the light is insufficient, the leaves will be yellow, and when the light is too strong, the leaves will wither and even die. In the spring and autumn days, as for cool places where the sun can be exposed, direct sunlight should be prevented in summer and more than 60% of the sun should be shielded.

Soil: the soil with good drainage and good air permeability should be selected for planting Cymbidium. The mixture of rotten leaf soil, peat soil, garden soil and river sand can be selected as base soil. For example, you can put some permeable ceramsite at the bottom of the basin, which is about 4 cm thick, then put the plant in the middle of the basin, add mixed soil to seven or eight parts of the basin, compact the soil with your hands, and then cover the surface with a layer of ceramsite.

Watering: the orchid prefers to be moist, especially in the summer growth period, it needs to be watered once a day and sprayed twice to the leaf surface. In the spring and autumn season can be watered every 5 days, because the orchid is afraid of the cold, so it is not appropriate to water too much water in winter, so as to avoid freezing, once every half a month.

Prevention of diseases and insect pests: hanging orchids sometimes give birth to some shell insects, whitefly, etc., if found, should be timely disinfestation. When yellowing in front of the leaves is found, water application and fertilization should be strengthened.

Fertilization: hanging orchid prefer fertilizer, except in winter, can be fertilized every 10 days, fertilizer can choose organic fertilizer liquid or specifically for hanging orchid fertilizer, flower market are sold. Fertilizer should be stopped when the temperature is below 5 degrees.

Matters needing attention

If yellow leaves appear, they should be cut off in time.

The basin can be turned once in March every year to cut off the old root, rotten root and excess fibrous root.

The old leaves can be cut off in the first ten days of May every year, which will encourage them to sprout more new leaves.

How to cultivate Cymbidium Culture skills of Cymbidium

Hanging orchid, also known as: hanging pot grass, hanging orchid, fishing orchid, bluegrass, folding crane orchid, Western Europe, also known as spider grass or aircraft grass, originated in South Africa. The ornamental value is relatively high, the plant can purify the air, and the whole plant can be used as medicine. So how is the hanging orchid raised? Let's introduce it today.

How is the orchid cultured?

Cymbidium can be propagated by cutting, ramet, sowing and other methods. Cutting and ramet propagation can be carried out at any time from spring to autumn. Cymbidium has strong adaptability and high survival rate, so it is generally easy to reproduce. When cutting, as long as the stolon with new buds is inserted into the soil in 10cm, it can take root in about a week, it can be transplanted into a pot in about 20 days, and can be watered thoroughly and maintained in a cool place.

Choose the appropriate temperature for display. Cymbidium likes warm and humid climate and is afraid of cold and high temperature. it grows fastest at 24 ℃, stops growing above 30 ℃ and below 0 ℃, and its leaves are easy to turn yellow and dry.

The orchid should be placed in a place with suitable light. Outdoor cultivation in summer should pay attention to shade, so as not to make the light too strong, otherwise sunburn can easily occur.

Regulate water and fertilizer. Spring and autumn growth season, watering should be adequate, basin soil should always keep moist, and often spray branches and leaves with water close to room temperature, to prevent dry tip, but not stagnant water.

Trim and change the basin. As the plant grows, in order to maintain a good plant shape, the old leaves at the base should be cut frequently, and the soil should be changed every once in a while.

Timely control of insect pests. Cymbidium is dense and poorly ventilated and is vulnerable to scale insects, so prevention should be given priority to.

Culture skills of Cymbidium

1. Hanging orchids prefer a semi-overcast environment and should avoid strong direct sunlight in autumn. The sun is particularly strong in autumn, it is necessary to cover 50% to 70% of the sun during the day, otherwise it will dry up the leaf tips, especially flower juice varieties, more afraid of strong light. The Phnom Penh orchid grows more beautiful in the weak light, the yellow gold edge is more obvious, and the leaves are brighter.

2. Cymbidium is a more fertilizer-tolerant foliage plant, if there is not enough fertilizer and water, it is easy to senescence, the leaves turn yellow and lose the ornamental value. Organic fertilizer should be applied once every 7 to 10 days, but less nitrogen fertilizer should be applied to Phnom Penh, Jinxin and other flower and leaf varieties, so as to prevent the color of flowers and leaves from becoming lighter or even disappear. Proper application of retting organic fertilizer such as bone meal and eggshell, after full fermentation, take appropriate amount of diluent and irrigate once every 10-15 days to make the flowers and leaves bright and bright.

3. The hanging orchid likes the humid environment, always keep the basin soil moist, water enough in autumn, and spray water on the branches and leaves around noon and in the evening to prevent the leaves from drying up. For example, the hanging orchid is covered with more dust, which not only affects its growth, but also affects its beauty, so it is necessary to spray water on the branches and leaves to keep them beautiful and beautiful. Lower withered leaves, yellow leaves should be picked at any time, usually to maintain normal humidity, should not be dry, should not be too wet.

The above introduces the culture methods and skills of Cymbidium, the culture method of Cymbidium is simple and easy to learn, and the survival rate is very high, interested friends might as well have a try.