If you like heart-shaped leaf plants, in addition to the green lotus, in fact, you can also choose a more special texture of the heart leaf vine green velvet (Philodendron hederaceum), its leaves are particularly smooth, the tolerance to the environment is very strong (difficult to raise death), and it has many varieties of flowers and leaves, the markings on the leaves will be particularly good-looking, I believe there is always a way for you to like it at a glance.
First, the variety of heart leaf vine green velvet appreciation
Also known as "heart leaf vine", it has many horticultural varieties, such as the common lemon juice vine, apricot leaf vine (Brazilian golden thread vine green velvet) and Rio vine green velvet and other varieties.
1. Apricot leaf vine (Brazilian gold thread vine green velvet, Philodendron hederaceum Brasil)
This is a particularly cheap and easy to raise flower and leaf varieties, novices can also easily raise well, large pots are only about ten pieces.
2. Philodendron hederaceum Cream
The leaves are marked with white, yellow-green, white, light green and dark green, and the new leaves are yellowish-green in color, which looks like an oil painting overall.
3. Lemon Lime with lemon juice (Philodendron Hederaceum Lemon Lime)
The leaf color is relatively light, the heart leaf vine green velvet variety, the new leaves are orange-red, the young stems are pink, and the old leaves are yellowish-green in color.
4. Rio dendron hederaceum Rio
5.Philodendron hederaceum hederaceum (original)
6. Mica vine velvet (Philodendron Hederaceum Micans)
If you are precise, it is not a variety of heart leaf vine green velvet, but should be classified as a genus of hibiscus, but its shape is similar to the heart leaf vine green velvet, but the texture of the leaves, the leaf color is different, the leaves are also larger, and it is also a more worthwhile leaf viewing variety.
Second, climbing vines (hanging pots) grow
Heartleaf vine velvet is a perennial climbing vine plant that can grow in hanging pots and is very suitable for growing into hanging pots on window sills or balconies. It can also climb vines to grow, and can put water moss pillars, coconut palm pillars or felt columns in the pots in advance, and even let it climb trees (frost-free places, such as liangguang).
Flank rarely blooms, and in a particularly suitable environment, it occasionally blooms with Buddha-like flower buds (summer flowers), and there will be fleshy spike-like inflorescences next to the buds, and the flower color is white.
On top is lemon juice vine green velvet
Third, the heart leaf vine green velvet maintenance attention:
1. Suitable temperature
The most important thing to pay attention to in the maintenance of heart leaf vine green velvet is to maintain a warm and humid environment, keep more scattered light, maintain a high air humidity, and it will grow particularly well. Like most tropical foliage plants, it is very afraid of cold, and the minimum temperature is best maintained above 5 degrees, and its optimal growth temperature is 18 to 28 degrees.
Above is an apricot leaf vine
2. Potting soil and changing pots
Cultivating potted heart leaf vine green velvet is also very simple, if it is a small pot bought from the Internet or gardening store, do not rush to change the pot, do not use too large a pot to plant, and do not use too deep and airy pot cultivation.
Heart leaf vine green velvet is not very picky about the soil, as long as the soil is loose and breathable, there is good drainage is enough, there is no need to have too much fertility in the soil, when planting, sprinkle 2 to 3 grams of slow-release fertilizer in the soil is enough (sprinkle once every six months).
The above is a foreign classification of the heart leaf vine green velvet variant
If the ventilation of your home environment is not very good, the sun is not a lot, then try to use a smaller pot cultivation, it is easier to manage the dry and wet potting soil, the soil is dry and then watered (raise more sunlight, warm season to keep the pot soil slightly dry and watered), so as to ensure that it can always survive, as long as it is not let the soil long drought, winter is not frostbitten, then it can always live quite moist.
3. Give appropriately scattered light
Maintenance of potted heart leaf vine green velvet must give appropriate scattered light, do not raise in excessive shade, if raised in indoor bright places, it may only maintain a state, the growth will be particularly slow.
If you give more than 2 to 3 hours of light every day, it will maintain a good growth state. If the temperature is not very high, the light is not very strong, you can try to bask in the sun as much as possible in winter and spring, and its growth will definitely exceed your imagination.
Above is a splash of cream (Philodendron hederaceum Cream)
4. Pay attention to fertilization
Whether to fertilize the heart leaf vine green velvet in the later stage is also determined according to its state, such as its warm environment during the growing season (not growing, do not fertilize), the heart leaf vine green velvet is raised in a place with more scattered light, you can supplement the general water-soluble fertilizer every 1 to 2 weeks (such as huaduoduo no. 1, Merlot tree universal fertilizer, etc.).
Note that varieties with brocade leaves should not use too much fertilizer containing nitrogen, and should not be raised in excessive shade, otherwise the leaves will easily fade.
Above is mica vine velvet
5. High air humidity
The last point is about the air humidity, the relative humidity of the maintenance potted heart leaf vine green velvet is above 65%, which is better, if the air humidity is below 40% for a long time, it is very unfavorable to its growth.
If the air humidity is relatively low, for example, the northern flower friends will raise it indoors, you can put a large pot under the pot, load the tray with water, and then load some stones or pottery grains and other materials, put the pot on the stone, avoid direct contact with the water, so that you can continue to increase the humidity.
Also pay attention to cleaning the leaves regularly, do not let too much dust remain on the leaf surface, otherwise it will affect photosynthesis and will also affect the growth of cranberry velvet.