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On the 10th day of punching, learn the content: Monkey Face Dragon Orchid
Chinese scientific name: Monkey Face Dragon Orchid
Latin scientific name: Dracula simia (Luer) Luer
Boundary: The plant kingdom
Phylum: Phylum angiosperm
Order: Monocotyledonous plants
Order: Neutrinos
Section: Ranco
Subfamily: Orchidaceae
Clan: Shulan
Genus: Small dragon orchid genus
Species: Monkey-faced dragon orchid
Distribution area: The vast majority are distributed in Ecuador
Named by and dated: Luer, 1978
The orchid is a small epiphytic orchid about 40 cm tall, with a thick stem, alternating leaves, and an inverted ovate lanceolate shape.
The flowers grow in the leaf axils, funnel-shaped, the peduncle grows from the base, and the seeds are small.
Flowering occurs from April to May.
It grows mainly in the fog forests of southeastern Ecuador and Peru and is cultivated artificially.
Because of its monkey face, it is figuratively called "monkey face orchid".
The flower is capable of flowering in any season and emits an odor similar to that of a ripe orange.
There are two strange features, namely two long spines and two long calyxes.
Monkey face dragon orchid requires a cool growth environment, afraid of heat, difficult to spend summer, and not resistant to frost and cold, 10 °C -25 °C is the appropriate cultivation temperature.
Warmer areas in the south, can be placed in the outdoor semi-shade or plastic greenhouse cultivation throughout the year, the Yangtze River Basin or the northern region, should be cultivated in a greenhouse of medium temperature or high temperature, late autumn, winter, early spring three seasons, the temperature is not very high, give direct sunlight exposure, in order to facilitate the formation of flower buds, flowering, fruiting. If you encounter high temperature weather or in summer, you should increase the humidity and cover the shade net to cool down, and the temperature below 10 ° C should be kept warm and warmed.
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