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How do you grow orchids? Xiao Tao Hong shares orchid-growing experience
'Xiao Tao Hong' is a cultivar of Cymbidium ensifolium (jianlan). Its leaves are emerald green with an elegant, graceful posture, and the leaf tips often carry a touch of pale yellow. Its flowers are yellow-green with red stripes, and the lip is dotted with red blotches. Because it is vigorous and easy to grow, it has become a famous jianlan cultivar favored by beginners. "Free-flowering" is a term in flower cultivation...
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How do you care for the Iron Bone (Tiegulan) series so that they bloom? A few practical tips to share
The Iron Bone series of orchids gets a strong reaction from netizens: the flowers are beautiful, but they are reluctant to bloom. There are tricks to getting them to flower: water, fertilizer, and sunlight. Specifically: control watering, and for a month before the hottest weather, keep up water restriction for several days at a time; apply a high-phosphorus fertilizer around the flowering season, preferably a fairly quick-acting one, but be careful about the amount; give plenty of sunlight, as Iron Bone series varieties...
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How to grow Cymbidium lianpan? Master these few care points
Collected from the wild in 2009, the buds are tender green from bud stage to first bloom, and change color after fully opening; the petals are thick, the flowers large, and the texture as soft as mutton fat - the more it blooms, the more beautiful it becomes!
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How to mix orchid potting medium? Detailed explanation of methods and techniques
Qianjiang Mei The circulation process of Qianjiang Mei On the afternoon of February 7, 2006 (the tenth day of the first lunar month), it was collected by Qianjiang Fan Liqiang on Liuwang Mountain (Lantern Festival), about 30 meters from the lower mountain point. When Qianjiang Mei was brought down the mountain, there was a 50cm large seedling clump; 5 old backbulbs of 20cm bud clumps; when repotting in 2007, 4 old backbulbs were divided off and produced 1 small seedling. By April 2008, there were altogether...
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How to mix orchid potting medium? A diagram of common mixing ratios
Sheng soil, phytolith, burnt soil, bark + peat + leaf mold. Because Sheng soil contains a variety of trace elements, and thanks to its own binding capacity, it does not crumble, has good water retention and air permeability, does not compact, is free of bacteria, does not disturb the roots, and promotes many new shoots. No fertilization is needed within two years, and a light fertilizer application is enough in 3-5 years. It is especially suitable for beginners growing orchids...
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How to choose a pot for orchids? A guide to picking the right orchid pot
Xinhai Orchid Studio I. Orchid pots: Common pots used for growing orchids include plastic pots, clay pots, earthen pots and zisha (purple clay) pots. Plastic pots have the advantages of being economical, light, durable, and decent-looking; clay pots and earthen pots have the advantages of breathability and moisture retention, and many have rustic, beautiful shapes at a not-too-high price; zisha pots have the advantage of breathability,...
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Reasons for shriveled leaves on the jade plant and how to fix them
Its leaves have an emerald green color and are very glossy, making them very pleasing to look at. It also has small flowers, white or white-pink. However, its flowers are not very common, and it is the leaves that are the most ornamental. So when its leaves shrivel, it must be very troubling. So what should we do?
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Reasons for Curled Leaves on Dracaena and How to Fix Them
Dracaena is also known as bamboo ginseng, bucai tree, and other names. It is an excellent indoor foliage plant, suitable for placement in any spot to decorate the home. At the same time, it is also a very precious medicinal herb - the well-known Yunnan red medicine "dragon's blood" (xuejie) refers to it. Today let's look at the reasons for its curled leaves and how to solve them.
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What are the characteristics of the Jianlan (Cymbidium ensifolium) 'Zhonghua Caixia' and how is the variety?
Formerly known as 'Xueran Fengcai': graceful arc-shaped leaves, leaf sheaths medium-tall, with a fairly strong waxy texture, broad and thick leaves, snake-skin mottling, new shoots especially purplish-red in color, purple new leaves with blood-red sheath, green flower stalks held above the foliage, large flowers with a large lip, outer petals and column petals in bright red bicolor, this flower is a green-form flower with red marginal bands, especially the red marginal bands on the two column petals have particularly vivid contrast...
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How to plant and grow Dafugui? A complete method explained in detail
Wang Xiaochun: The leaves have strong uprightness, the petals are thick and glutinous-smooth, the two lateral sepals spread out flat, and the tips of the petals curl outward, forming a uniquely charming cat-ear hold; the front of each of the two holds has a pale red dot, the lip is a round tongue, and the tongue surface is adorned with bright red patches. It is called the cat-ear hold, an excellent variety among narcissus-type orchids.
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