Planting method of Baizi lotus

Hello, everyone. Today we will take a look at a summer flower plant with beautiful flowers and leaves that resemble a gentleman's orchid. Baizi lotus also has purple flower gentleman orchid, African lily and other nicknames, but also some potted friends can not distinguish between lily and Zhu Dinghong, we should note that except that the lily is a lily of the lily family, and there is no species and genus relationship with the lily, gentleman orchid and Zhu Dinghong and lily all belong to the family Amaryllidaceae, so they are somewhat similar in plant morphology, but can be clearly distinguished from the leaf type at flowering stage.

1 、

Baizi lotus likes a warm environment, can not bear severe cold or extreme heat, and its growth is inhibited when the summer temperature is higher than 30 degrees. If the flowering temperature continues to exceed 35 degrees, it will affect the blooming of flowers in July and August. Therefore, potted friends should pay attention to the cooling in summer when planting. The temperature is required to be no less than 5 degrees in winter. Too low temperature will lead to frost injury of Baizi lotus, but it can not be in an environment of more than 20 degrees in winter, which will cause flower buds to fail to vernalize and blossom normally the following year.

Baizi lotus has certain requirements for light, like the sun but avoid the direct sun in summer, the lack of light length will appear overgrowth phenomenon, the leaf color is dim, the leaf shape is narrow and long, and the ornamental property is poor. Generally speaking, spring, autumn and winter can receive normal light. In summer, Baizi lotus can be moved to the balcony under the tree or northward to avoid direct sunlight causing leaf burns.

Baizi lotus does not have high requirements for soil, and grows well in sandy soil with good drainage. When potted, people are advised to use garden soil, coarse sand or honeycomb cinder and compost mixed as basin soil. I personally prefer to use honeycomb cinder. First, it comes from a wide range of sources and low cost. second, the quality is lighter than coarse sand, and pots without honeycomb cinder can also use perlite instead.

Baizi lotus likes water and fertilizer, but it should be applied frequently to avoid hypertrophy and root injury, and more organic fertilizer with mild fertility and long-lasting effect should be paid attention to, and inorganic fertilizer should be applied as little as possible to avoid soil degradation and consolidation and affect plant growth. Fertilization should be divided into stages, there are key points, the growing period is mainly compound fertilizer, to the bud stage and flowering stage, it is necessary to increase the amount of phosphorus and potassium fertilizer.

2. The propagation method of Baizi lotus.

There are two propagation methods: split plant method and seed sowing method. The flowering cycle of seed sowing method is long, and what kind of flowers can be produced by new plants before flowering can not be determined, which is generally used in flower friend reproduction and new horticultural breeding. The flower character of the young plant is exactly the same as that of the mother plant, so it is used in large-scale planting because the flower character of the young plant is exactly the same as that of the mother plant.

3. Diseases and insect pests of Baizi lotus

Baizi lotus rarely has pest infestation, the use of not fully mature organic fertilizer is easy to appear small black fly, can be killed with common low-toxic drugs. The common diseases are leaf spot, red spot, anthracnose and other fungal diseases, which can be controlled by common fungicides such as methyl topiramate and chlorothalonil.