Is the vase plant pitcher plant? What does it look like? How do you raise it?

In the countryside, there is a flower shaped like a bottle. Is it a pitcher plant? What does it look like? How do you raise it? Pitcher plant is the general name of all species of pitcher plant. It belongs to tropical insectivorous plants, and its origin is mainly in the tropics of the old world. It has a unique nutrient-absorbing organ-the insect cage, which is cylindrical in shape, the lower half is slightly inflated, and the mouth of the cage has a lid, so it is named because it is shaped like a pig cage. So vase grass is probably talking about pitcher plants.

What do you need to pay attention to when planting pitcher plants?

The main purpose of planting pitcher plant is to admire its peculiar insect-catching organ-insect cage.

1. Soil

The soil should be loose, fertile and breathable rotten leaf soil or peat soil. A mixed substrate of peat soil, water moss, charcoal and fir sawdust is often used in pots.

Second, watering

Pitcher plants are sensitive to water. Pitcher plants can only grow and develop normally under high humidity conditions. During the growing period, pitcher plants need to spray water frequently, 4 or 5 times a day. If the temperature changes greatly and is too dry, it will affect the formation of leaf cages.

Third, sunshine

The pitcher plant is an epiphytic plant, which often grows under the forest or on the north side of the rock. The natural condition is semi-shady. Under the strong light in summer, the leaves must be shaded, otherwise the leaves are easy to burn and directly affect the development of the leaf cage. However, under dark conditions for a long time, the leaf cage forms slowly and small, and the color of the cage surface is dim.

4. Temperature

The suitable temperature for the growth of pitcher plant is 2530 ℃, 2130 ℃ from March to September, and 1824 ℃ from September to March of the following year. The winter temperature was not lower than 16 ℃, the plants below 15 ℃ stopped growing, and the leaf edges suffered frost damage when the temperature was below 10 ℃.

5. Fertilization

Pitcher plants do not need special fertilization, because pitcher plants can usually feed on insects to transform nutrients, if pitcher plants have insects to eat, there is no need to apply fertilizer.

VI. Insect pests

Pitcher plants are often harmed by leaf spot disease and scale insects. Leaf spot disease was sprayed with 1000 times of 50% Dysen zinc wettable powder. The shell worm was sprayed with 2000 times of 40% dimethoate EC.

7. Pruning

The cage of pitcher plant is a kind of abnormal leaf, so it will age and die like the leaves of other plants. Generally speaking, each cage can survive for several months under suitable conditions. When it has withered, it can be cut off to make the whole plant look more beautiful, but this is purely for the sake of beauty and has nothing to do with the health of the plant.

Pitcher plant is a very magical plant, breeding at home believe that mosquitoes and other small insects will also be much less.

The flowers of pitcher plants have no ornamental value, they are small and flat, and only a few varieties of flowers are more bright. in addition, pitcher flowers also give off a bad smell, so try not to breed them indoors as much as possible. courtyard balcony is the best choice.

Pitcher plants are vines and must be attached in order to stand, so pitcher plants need to be supported. In order to set up the support, it is necessary to use larger flowerpots, on the other hand, larger flowerpots can hold more cultivation value, make the flowerpots stable and heavy, and can support large pitcher plants without being blown down by the wind.

Time: 2019-03-24 Click: