Basic maintenance of succulent mirror

Der Spiegel, also known as Panye Lotus Palm, is a perennial succulent herb belonging to Crassulaceae and Lotus Palm. Next, let's take a look at the maintenance points of Der Spiegel.

Der Spiegel, also known as the disk leaf lotus palm, is a perennial succulent herb belonging to the family Crassulaceae; it is found in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands.

Plant characteristics: The plant is short, composed of 100-200 fleshy leaves, the largest diameter of which can reach 50 cm. The leaves are sessile, spoon-shaped, grass-green to gray-green, dark green, with white cilia on the leaf margin; the leaves all radiate from the center level to the periphery, making the whole leaf disc flat as a mirror without a trace of space; because the leaf margin is slightly darker in color and has white cilia, at the same time, the outer leaves are larger and the inner leaves are smaller, so the mirror-like leaf disc is like a beautiful geometric pattern, very strange.

When flowering, the leaves in the center of the leaf disk gradually separate from the leaf disk and are alternate, and at the same time, cylindrical flower stalks appear in the middle. Finally, they develop into 60 cm high, huge, terminal panicles, yellow flowers, seeds after flowering, and then the whole plant dies.

Cultivation points: sexual love cold, autumn to spring is the growth period. Requirements fertile and drainage, good permeability of the culture soil, basin should be large should not be small, light should be sufficient. It is best to maintain more than 10 ° C in winter. If it is lower than this temperature, it must be watered sparingly. Nitrogen fertilizer is the main fertilizer.

Propagation method: In addition to collecting seeds, it should be prevented from flowering. If you see that the growth point has elongation phenomenon, you should pick the core quickly and force the lateral bud to reproduce.

Der Spiegel is also called "Der Spiegel Crown", which is a variant of Der Spiegel. The growth point develops laterally, the leaves are smaller, located on both sides of the growth point, so that the plant is flat band; while the plants that have grown for many years gradually grow taller, the lower leaves fall off, lignification, brown, like steep peaks. Sometimes the mirror of the original rosette of leaves grows on the embellished plant, which is also interesting.

Der Spiegel is native to the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, which has a Mediterranean climate with dry heat and little rain in summer and mild and humid winter, so Der Spiegel is suitable for growing in cool, dry and sunny environments, tolerant of semi-shade and drought, and afraid of flooding. The main growth period is in spring and autumn. Sufficient light should be given in the growth season. If the light is insufficient, the plant will grow excessively, the plant shape will be scattered, the leaf spacing will be large, and the leaf cluster will not be disk-shaped, which will seriously affect the viewing.

The above is the full content of the basic maintenance of the fleshy mirror that I summarized for you. I hope this article can help you. Please continue to pay attention to us.