What about clivia with arrows? The reason for the arrow in Clivia

Clivia clip arrow has always been a big problem that can not be avoided by orchid friends, especially the novice of raising clivia, generally three to four years of clivia will shoot and bloom, but if the maintenance is not proper, you will find that clivia flower scape has not grown to 10 cm high, bud will be sandwiched in the middle of the leaves bloom, why is this so? Mainly because of the following three major problems, Clivia will appear clip arrow situation, after understanding, you will find that the solution is actually very simple!

Picture: Clivia has preliminary phenomenon of arrow

Problem 1: The temperature is too low.

Clivia archery about a month before the temperature management is particularly important, if the clivia placed below 15℃ environment, arrows will be difficult to shoot up. Therefore, the flower friends of Clivia should pay special attention to, when Clivia is about to enter the flowering period (January to March of each year), pay special attention to the temperature in the growing environment, see Clivia has a trace of archery signs, we must immediately take measures to increase the temperature at the bottom of the flower pot and around, it is best to put Clivia in an environment of about 20℃.

Photo: Clivia with arrows. See the buds?

Question 2: The water is not well watered.

There are also clivia problems, not too low temperature, but because of improper watering, resulting in clivia basin soil hardening or earthworms in the soil, watering water can not let clivia fleshy roots absorb, precisely this stage because the flower scape cell division is very fast, consumption of water will be particularly large, so insufficient water supply will affect clivia archery, resulting in arrows.

Photo: Clivia in the crack, also want to bloom

Question 3: Lack of fat.

There is also no problem with the temperature and watering of clivia raised by flower friends, but there is still the problem of arrow clip, so the reason for clivia clip arrow is likely to be lack of fertilizer, clivia needs a lot of nutrition (fertilizer) after flowering, at this time if the fertilizer in the soil is insufficient, clivia will suffer from malnutrition, light clivia clip arrow, heavy bud flowering can not be seen. Oh right, clivia old clip arrow students may wish to take advantage of now to your clivia fertilizer, remember to apply phosphate oh.