What plant is Guanyin lotus? A detailed explanation of its environmental benefits
Guanyin lotus is a herbaceous plant with special effects in traditional Chinese medicine. Next, let us take a look at the effects of Guanyin lotus.
Guanyin lotus is a terrestrial fern, with plants reaching up to 90cm tall. The rhizome is horizontal or slanting, thick and short, with brown short glandular hairs at the top. Leaves are clustered; the petiole is 25-50cm long, with a longitudinal groove on the ventral side, densely covered with brown short glandular hairs when young, gradually falling off later; the rachis and pinna rachis are sparsely covered with brown glandular hairs, and there is often an oval bud on the rachis, brownish green; the blade is membranous, narrowly ovate or triangular-elliptic, 30-45cm long, 18-36cm wide, finely divided four times pinnate; the first-order pinnae are 10-15 pairs, nearly opposite, stalked, narrowly ovate, the first pair of pinnae is the largest, 14-24cm long, 8-12cm wide; the second-order pinnae are about 15 pairs, alternate, with short stalks, narrowly ovate to lanceolate, 4-7cm long, 1.2-2cm wide; the third-order pinnae are 8-10 pairs, alternate, with short stalks, obliquely oblong, 6-8mm long, 5-6mm wide, with 1-2 pointed lobes on each side; leaf veins are pinnate, lateral veins forked within the lobes. Sori are small, round, borne near the top of the small veins on the back of the leaf, without indusium.
Guanyin lotus has a slight effect on absorbing indoor toxic gases, dust absorption, sterilization, air purification, filtering turbid air, and can slightly increase indoor humidity. It should be emphasized again that the succulent type of Guanyin lotus only has a slight effect on absorbing toxic gases and slightly increasing humidity. In fact, Guanyin lotus can be used as medicine, with effects such as dispelling wind and dampness, and relieving pain. Its main effects are treating typhoid diarrhea, rheumatism, rhinitis and various skin diseases.
For ordinary household cultivation, it should be noted that the Araceae Guanyin lotus is toxic, not the Crassulaceae succulent Guanyin lotus; when planting the Araceae Guanyin lotus, try to avoid growing it in households with children, and also pay attention during maintenance. It is essential to prevent children and uninformed people from accidentally eating it or ingesting it through other channels. Once accidentally eaten, in mild cases it causes swelling of the tongue and throat, vomiting and diarrhea, and in severe cases suffocation and cardiac paralysis. If poisoning occurs from accidental ingestion, immediately take egg white, flour paste, drink a large amount of sugar water, or receive intravenous injection of glucose saline.
Environmental benefits of Guanyin lotus: it has a slight effect on absorbing indoor toxic gases, dust absorption, sterilization, air purification, filtering turbid air, and can slightly increase indoor humidity. Echeveria Guanyin lotus is also known as jewel flower, stone lotus palm, lotus palm, belonging to the Crassulaceae family and Echeveria genus. The leaf rosette is compact, upright in a rosette shape, leaves wedge-shaped obovate, apex short and sharply pointed, hairless, powdery blue. The flower stem is soft, with bracts, covered with white frost.
Its plant shape is dignified, like a blooming lotus, and the leaf color is rich in variation. The purplish-red leaf tips are extremely distinctive, suitable for small and medium-sized potted plants or combination potted plants, planted in flower pots of different shapes.
It likes a sunny, cool and dry environment. It is an alpine succulent. In summer high temperatures and winter cold, the plant is in a dormant state. Appreciation of Guanyin lotus pictures: the main growth period is in the cooler spring and autumn seasons. During the growth period, sufficient sunlight is required. If the light is insufficient, the plant shape will become loose and not compact, affecting its ornamental value, while plants grown in sufficient light have thick and plump leaves, a compact plant shape, and beautiful leaf color.
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