When does Tieran blossom? What month is the florescence of iron orchid?

Tielan, also known as purple flower pineapple, purple flower wooden handle pineapple, pineapple family Tielan is an ornamental plant. The size of the plant is not large and the plant height is less than 30 cm. Leaves narrowly linear, 20 cm-30 cm long and 1.5 cm wide, clustered, dark green, hard surface concave-curved, with purple-brown halo back green-brown in the middle. So when does Tieran blossom? What month is the florescence of iron orchid?

The flowering period of Tieran is from January to March, and the viewing period is as long as 70 li 80 days.

Growth habit

Ornamental pineapple likes warm, humid, sunny environment. Only in bright light can it blossom normally and get the most beautiful leaves, but it is still necessary to prevent direct sunlight at noon in summer. The suitable growth temperature is 20-30 ℃ in summer and 15-18 ℃ in winter. It is difficult to grow when it is lower than 10 ℃, and the lowest growth temperature is 5 ℃ at night. The soil is mixed with decaying leaf soil or peat soil with neutral or slightly acidic sandy loam.

Reproduction method

Sowing seeds

It is difficult to obtain seeds in the natural state of ornamental pineapple, that is, if the seeds are obtained by artificial pollination, the characters of the offspring will also be separated, and the good characters of the mother plant can not be maintained. therefore, sowing and propagation is only used in the preservation of primary qualities and the cultivation of new varieties. Most ornamental pineapple seeds lose their vitality soon after leaving their mother and should be picked and sown. Pineapple usually takes 3-4 months from flowering to seed maturity. Pineapple seeds are very small, a fruit can produce dozens of seeds, a plant can produce thousands of seeds. The sowing method of pineapple can be indoor pot sowing or seedling plate sowing. The sowing medium can be mixed with river sand, perlite and peat soil, and must be sterilized at high temperature before sowing. After sowing the seeds on the surface of the matrix, gently press them without covering the soil and cover them with plastic film or glass to moisturize. When the optimum temperature for germination is 24 ℃-26 ℃, it can germinate in about 7-14 days. When the seedlings have 3-4 true leaves, they can be transplanted into flowerpots of 4-5 cm. The sowing seedlings of pineapple need to be cultivated for 3-4 years before the central leaves can change color and blossom for ornamental use.

Ramet

After appreciating the flowers of the pineapple, multiple sucking buds will be produced in the axils of the basal leaves. The suitable period for ramets is usually from April to June. When the suction bud grows to about 10 cm and has 3-5 leaves, first remove the whole plant from the basin, remove some basin soil, grasp the mother plant with one hand, and clamp the bud base tightly with the thumb and index finger of the other hand, and then break the suction bud with oblique force. The wound was slightly dried after disinfection with fungicide and cut in perlite and coarse sand. Keep the matrix and air moist, properly shade, after 1-2 months there are new roots grow, can be transferred to normal management.

Cuttage

Small-scale production and family cultivation of ornamental pineapple generally use tiller bud cuttage. There are several tillering buds in the axils of the basal leaves of the ornamental pineapple before and after flowering. When the tillering buds grow to about 10 cm and have 3-5 leaves, cut off the short stems close to the mother plant with a sharp knife, disinfect the wound with fungicides and dry slightly, dip them in naphthalene acetic acid with a concentration of 300-500 mg / kg, cut them in perlite, coarse sand or culture soil, keep the substrate and air moist, and shade properly. New roots will grow after 1-2 months, which can be transferred to normal management. Note that the cuttings are not easy to take root when the tillering bud is too small, and it is easy to rot; when the plant is too large, it consumes too much nutrition and reduces the propagation coefficient.