Are Lantern Flowers Suitable for Keeping at Home? A Detailed Guide to Home Care Methods
As living standards improve, many people like to keep a few plants at home to enrich their living environment, because greenery can not only purify the air but also cultivate the mind. When people go to the flower market, the first choice is often those varieties that are good-looking, bloom abundantly, and have a long flowering period. Below we introduce several kinds of "lantern flowers"; they are not only all attractive, but also bloom abundantly with a long flowering period, and they look especially delightful.
Fuchsia
Fuchsia (also known as Bao Lian Deng, Fuchsia, or Lantern Flower) looks like one little lantern after another, very beautiful. For a mature flower seedling, the flowering period can run from April in spring all the way to December in autumn, and the flower quantity is very large (dozens of brightly colored flowers). Moreover, when the fuchsia is in full bloom, people often regard it as a symbol of festivity and good luck, hence the saying that blooming is an omen of celebration.
In daily care, it likes a cool and humid environment, and the most suitable growing temperature is between 10 and 28°C. If the temperature is below 10°C or above 30°C, it will go dormant and growth will basically stop. During this period, be careful to hold back on watering as much as possible and do not fertilize, so as to avoid fertilizer damage caused by low temperatures.
Palace Lantern Kalanchoe
Palace Lantern Kalanchoe (also known as Pearl Wind Chime, Red Lantern, Trailing Fuchsia, etc.) is a member of the kalanchoe family. Its overall flower form has umbel-like inflorescences, and the petals form a half-enclosed flower shape; when the flower center fully opens, it takes on a wind-chime shape, giving a vibrant impression and offering great ornamental value.
In daily care, it inherits the kalanchoe's characteristics of good disease resistance, abundant blooming, and a long flowering period. Except for the especially hot months, as long as the environment is kept no higher than 30 degrees and no lower than 15 degrees, it can bloom continuously.
Christmas Bells
Christmas Bells (also known as Christmas Lily, Christmas Wind Chime, Palace Lantern Flower, Golden Wind Chime, etc.) has flowers that, after opening, look like small palace lanterns overall. The flowers are about the size of a thumb, and the colors are mostly orange-yellow, purplish-red, etc. The flowering period is concentrated from winter to early spring, and it is especially suitable for planting in southern regions.
In daily care, it is best to place it where it can receive plenty of sunlight but avoid direct sunlight. As for watering, it likes a humid environment, and as long as the growing temperature does not deviate from around 15 to 25 degrees, it can bloom very well.