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Succulent flowers watch the classic root tuber "Desert Rose"

Published: 2024-11-24 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/24, Succulent flowers watch the classic root tuber "Desert Rose"

Desert rose, also known as Adam flower, Tianbao flower, dwarf Burmese Zhi (commonly known as "dwarf frangipani"), oleander family desert rose. Native to East Africa, Southwest Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Angola, Namibia and Madagascar.

Desert rose in the origin can grow up to 2 meters of small trees, stem thick, fleshy, stem base hypertrophy such as wine bottle shape. Skin light green to taupe. Leaves alternate at the top of branches, with short stalks, lanceolate, base cuneate, adaxially green, shiny, abaxially pale green, coarser, 3-10 cm long, 1.8-3 cm wide, normally deciduous during winter dormancy. Flowers 2-10 integrated umbels, flowers resembling trumpets. There are many horticultural cultivars, with variegated and wrinkled leaves; colors ranging from white, pink, and purple to almost black dark red, and intermediate colors, etc., are extremely rich. It blooms twice a year in April and May and September and October.

Desert rose plant short, tree posture simple vigorous; color Yan Li, flower shape elegant, flowering good; habits strong, very suitable for family cultivation. Its unique, friendly and ordinary, deeply loved by people.

Desert roses like hot, dry and sunny environments. Heat resistance, cold resistance, drought resistance, avoid wet. It is suitable for sandy loam with rich calcium and good drainage. The growth temperature is 22-25 degrees Celsius. In summer, it can be placed outdoors for cultivation and fully watered and fertilized. Winter room temperature above 10 degrees Celsius and a little dry basin soil can safely winter. When the plant grows too high, it needs to cut short its branches and depress the plant type. Usually pay attention to thin cut, make it more beautiful shape.

 
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