Put this in the spider plant's pot, and it blooms all year round - and you can even cook it in a hot pot

Put this in the flower pot, and the spider plant blooms all year round - and the best part is you can even cook it in a hot pot. This time you are in for a treat.

Growing orchids to this level, I truly have to take my hat off. Not only can it calm your mind, cultivate your character, and let you admire the beautiful orchids, but you can also use it as a delicious dish for hot pot. This really is a double blessing - a double harvest!

This time, if you grow this kind of orchid, you really are in for a treat. It is called the heartleaf ice plant (Aptenia cordifolia). Also known as Mesembryanthemum cordifolium, it is a perennial evergreen herb of the Aizoaceae family, genus Mesembryanthemum. The stems lie slanting and spread out, the leaves are opposite, the leaf blades heart-shaped ovate, flat, with an acute or rounded-obtuse apex bearing a protruding tip, and a rounded base.

Moreover, the heartleaf ice plant is drought-tolerant and likes a sunny, well-ventilated environment. It dislikes direct strong light and high temperature with high humidity, and prefers loose, well-drained sandy loam. Its leaf shape and color are quite attractive, and its flowers are brightly colored, making it suitable for outdoor landscaping and indoor greening. It can also be eaten as a vegetable, with a refreshing and tasty flavor.

For this kind of multi-purpose fine orchid, when growing it at home, remember not to let the orchid pot hold standing water. At the same time, when potting it, we can use this kind of orchid growing medium, and it will grow quite comfortably and contentedly. The ratio for this orchid growing medium is to mix black humus soil from the mountains, perlite, small-particle river sand, and crushed eggshell fragments in a 2:2:2:1 ratio, and it is ready to use.

When potting, lay a layer of decomposed tree leaves at the bottom of the orchid pot, then pot the orchid. Putting crushed eggshells into this orchid growing medium can effectively supplement the nutrients the heartleaf ice plant needs, promote its rapid growth and flowering, and easily filling out the pot is no problem.

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