How to keep lipstick orchid

Lipstick hanging orchid branches drooping, leaves dark green and plump, blooming flowers like lipstick as gorgeous and fragrant, is the first choice for families to hang green plants. Lipstick hanging orchid beautiful plant shape, luxuriant branches and leaves, beautiful design and color, put indoors can not only purify the air, but also can be hung at home to enhance the taste of the owner. So, how to raise potted lipstick hanging orchids? The following editor will give you a brief introduction.

1. Basin soil

Lipstick orchid likes loose, fertile and well-drained sandy loam. Slightly acidic soil is suitable for pot cultivation. Peat soil, sand and vermiculite can be used to make culture soil, and appropriate amount of calcium superphosphate can be added as base fertilizer.

2. Lighting

Lipstick hanging orchids like the ventilated semi-shade growth environment, but also like light very much. Except for the need to take shading measures for plants in midsummer because the strong light is easy to inhibit plant growth, it should be provided with sufficient light in other seasons.

3. Temperature

The most suitable temperature condition for the growth of lipstick orchid is between 15 and 25 ℃. In addition to the high temperature in summer, it is necessary to keep the plant warm in winter because the temperature is very low, so the plant can be kept indoors for maintenance. Note that high-temperature and humid environment can easily lead to rotten roots and leaves, while low-temperature and dry environment can easily lead to plant stunting and slow growth.

4. Watering

The soil of potted red orchid should be kept slightly moist, but it can not cause stagnant water in the basin, otherwise it will cause rotting root phenomenon. Spring and summer is a prosperous period for plant growth, so it is necessary to increase the amount of water for lipstick orchids from March to September. In order to increase humidity, you can also spray water for the plant and its surrounding environment. In autumn and winter, when the weather becomes cool or low temperature appears, it is necessary to control the water of the plant.

5. Fertilization

Lipstick orchid is more fond of fertilizer, has a greater demand for nutrients in the peak growing season, and has its own emphasis on nutrient rationing in different growth periods. How to apply fertilizer needs to be determined according to plant growth and growth environment. Rarefied liquid fertilizer can be applied every 2 weeks in the peak growing season. At other times, nutrients can be replenished appropriately according to the growth of the plant.

6. Pruning

In the vigorous period of plant growth, the heart of the plant should be picked in time to promote the germination of new branches; after flowering, the residual flowers, withered and yellow branches and growing branches should be cut off in time, which can not only reduce nutrient consumption, but also promote the germination of new flowering branches. so that the number and quality of pregnant buds of the plant can be greatly improved.

7. Diseases and insect pests

Because lipstick orchids grow very vigorously under normal conditions, they rarely cause diseases and insect pests. However, it should be noted that if the plant is maintained in a humid environment with poor ventilation, especially in the case of stagnant water in the basin, it is not only easy to lead to root rot, but also vulnerable to root rot erosion. When the root rot of the plant is found, on the one hand, the maintenance environment needs to be improved, on the other hand, it can be controlled by spraying Gen Funing or 402 EC.

Time: 2019-05-30 Click: