What causes the color change in the succulent "light bulb" plant
1. Light
Light is one of the main reasons the succulent light bulb plant turns red, and using light to change its color is the most common and most obvious method. Put it somewhere with enough sunlight, and its color begins to deepen, then slowly turns red. Every year in autumn, the atmospheric density in the air becomes thinner, visibility in the air keeps increasing, the intensity of sunlight also strengthens, and the intensity of ultraviolet rays reaches its highest value of the year, so autumn is the best time for the succulent light bulb plant to change color. After the succulent light bulb plant turns red, how deep or light the color is, is inseparably related to both the length of time and the intensity of the sunlight.
2. Temperature
When winter comes and the temperature drops, the color of the succulent light bulb plant deepens in a low-temperature environment. At first, part of the succulent light bulb plant turns red, the color slowly deepens, and finally the whole leaf turns red. This phenomenon is caused by the succulent light bulb plant's self-protection function; the anthocyanins inside the succulent light bulb plant have the effect of protecting it from the cold and keeping it warm. In winter, the daytime temperature is relatively high, which can satisfy the slow growth of the succulent light bulb plant so that it does not go dormant; at night the temperature drops rapidly, and the cold environment can promote the synthesis of anthocyanins. The lower the temperature, the higher and faster the anthocyanins are produced. Once the anthocyanins inside the succulent light bulb plant increase, it also turns redder and redder.
In summary, the succulent light bulb plant's ability to change color is actually a matter of changing its own colors with the help of the forces of nature. Put more plainly, it is actually a change in the pigments inside the succulent light bulb plant, because under different causes the different pigments inside it undergo chemical reactions, which changes the proportion of its own pigments, thus producing the phenomenon of color change. There are two main reasons for the change in the internal pigments of the succulent light bulb plant: light and temperature. The succulent light bulb plant is a cute little plant, so you might as well try my method to make it change color.