Root tortoise shell kapok? Green back tortoise shell how to crack more beautifully with maintenance experience

Pseudobombax ellipticum (Bombacaceae) Pseudobambax alias: pink kapok, pink shaving brush, green tortoise shell kapok, football tree, round leaf kapok, tortoise kapok, origin: tropical America, southeastern Mexico, Guatemala

Deciduous trees, plant height up to 10 meters, stems and branches without thorns, many branches, obvious leaf scars, palmately compound leaves, leaflets mostly 5, leaves opposite, entire, apex acute. Flowers solitary at the tip of branches, calyx cylindric, 5-lobed, petals 5, linear, curly, reddish brown, ca. 15 cm, Flowers with caducous, numerous stamens, basally connate into a tube, pink, 1 pistil, stigma 5-lobed, fruit oval, with woody cilia in the epidermis.

Green back tortoise shell needs plenty of sunshine and cool, dry environment, resistant to semi-shade, afraid of waterlogging, avoid muggy and humid. The low temperature in winter has the habit of dormancy. The growing period of the plant is from March to December every year (the environment of flower friends is different, and the growing period is also short). If the light is not enough, the stem and leaf of the plant are easy to grow, and the distance between the leaf and the leaf will be very long, making the stem very fragile. On the other hand, the plants growing in sunny places are short and strong, the stems next to the underground parts will expand, the arrangement between leaves will be relatively compact, and the green-backed turtles will not grow very fast. The editor's green-backed tortoise shell is raised in the open air. During the growing period, it is necessary to keep the soil slightly wet and avoid stagnant water. The soil editor used cinder mixed peat, a small amount of perlite, the proportion of about 6:3:1, the soil surface with particles of river sand.

Green back tortoise shell in the case of dry basin soil can withstand a low temperature of about 2 degrees, is the indoor temperature, not open air. The water is basically cut off throughout the winter, and the water will begin to be cut off below 5 degrees. Try to keep it above 0 degrees in winter, otherwise the underground stems of plants with too low temperature are easy to die from frostbite and are not freeze-resistant. When the summer temperature exceeds 35 ℃, the editor will move to a place with a little scattered light for normal maintenance. It is basically dry and thoroughly fed in summer, so it is necessary to prevent root rot caused by excessive moisture in the basin soil. Strengthen ventilation, proper shading, avoid hot sun exposure, sunburn new young leaves, basically maintain in this way throughout the summer, in the evening around 7-9 o'clock water supply, when the sun has gone down, will not affect the roots of plants. It is necessary to avoid long-term rain in cultivation, otherwise the stem will rot. The green-backed tortoise carapace grows relatively slowly. It is enough to change the basin once every 2-4 years, and change the basin before watering for the first time in early spring. The green-backed tortoise shell needs proper pruning so that the branches will be swollen and beautiful.

Time: 2019-04-15 Click: