Distinguishing between floating leaves and standing leaves of lotus bowls the habits and maintenance of plants

In the eyes of many potted friends, the leaves of pot-raised bowl lotus should always be floating on the water surface, and there will be no standing leaves. In fact, the bowl lotus can also stand out from the leaves, and sometimes it can bring people a kind of scene that stands out from the crowd. Of course, for most people, whether there is a standing leaf or not does not seem to have much impact. But as common sense, we should also know something about it. So, what is the difference between floating leaves and standing leaves?

In fact, in order to distinguish the floating leaves and standing leaves of bowl lotus, we can distinguish them from the following aspects:

1. The floating leaves of the lotus are usually concentrated on the second to sixth leaves, while the standing leaves usually grow from the seventh leaf. Therefore, we can tell which are floating leaves and which are standing leaves by counting leaves.

2. We can distinguish it by observing the thickness of the petiole: the petiole of the original floating leaf is usually smaller, while the petiole of the standing leaf is usually thicker. A careful discerning person can easily tell the two at once.

3. We can also judge from the fine thorns growing on the petioles of floating leaves and standing leaves: the thorns on the petioles of floating leaves tend to grow less, probably because they are often submerged in water, while the thorns distributed on the petioles of vertical leaves tend to be denser and harder. In this way, we can also distinguish between the two.

4. from the appearance, the floating leaves and standing leaves of bowl lotus are also very easy to judge. When the leaves are stretched out, the floating leaves tend to float on the water surface and are very flat, while the vertical leaves usually stand out of the water, and the leaves are not as flat as floating leaves.