Guide
Cactus ball is a lot of flower friends love to raise ornamental green plants, their spheres are dignified and cute, the skin is good to feed, some will also bloom beautiful flowers, and summer, is also the "home" of the cactus ball, today to take you to know a very worthy of breeding varieties, like to raise "ball" flower friends do not miss.
1. Understanding the "Golden Lotus"
Cactus Ball "Golden Lotus"
Cactus ball has a lot of varieties, the market commonly have all kinds of color grass, hair flower pillar, southern jade genus, lihua ball genus, etc., introduced today, called "golden lotus", also called golden lotus, is the leader of the lily ball genus, once a small ball can want three-figure expensive goods, now return to cabbage price is still a sought-after commodity, with a unique flower type, flower color, industrious flowering ability and loved, in the cactus ball enthusiast group is very popular.
The sphere is dignified
Golden lotus is the leader of the "lotus" series of the lily flower ball genus (the series also has silver lotus, pink lotus, etc.), belongs to the small cactus ball, the height and diameter of the sphere are only about 10cm at most, the young cylindrical, the adult plant is long cylindrical, the surface is dark green, there are more than a dozen regular edges, the edge has radial soft short spines, not very easy to tie hands, artificially cultivated horticultural varieties, specially grown for pot ornamentation, the pot planting is very suitable, the caliber of 10 cm small pot can raise a plant.
The standard flower color of the golden lotus
Golden lotus, flowers as its name suggests. Its flowers grow very unique, the flower type and the lotus flower is very similar, the petals are distributed in a lotus seat, neatly arranged, the flower color is golden yellow with a little red (in different environments the flower color will change, the overall golden), under the sun, golden, brilliant, dazzling, ornamental value is very high, but also emits a rich fragrance, a flower in the room, you can make the whole house fragrant, the flower appreciation can also smell the incense, is the "noble" of the fairy ball world, many flower friends are proud of having it.
Blossom is also very diligent
Some cactus balls are very "lazy" to blossom, and can only be used as spectators and thorns, such as the golden tiger. And some cactus balls, the flowering will be very diligent, most of the varieties of the lily flower bulb is (including golden lotus), the natural flowering period can last from spring to autumn, during which it will repeatedly bloom many times, which is more diligent than the color grass and the hair flower pillar, a year can see the flowers many times, although the single flower flowering period is not long (only 2-3 days), but the compound flower is very fast, especially in spring and summer, sometimes a month can bloom several waves.
The small balls will bloom (pictured is the silver lotus)
When the pellets of the golden lotus flower grow to 2-3 cm in diameter, they will flower, and the larger the sphere, the more flowers there will be, and the mature plants can bloom dozens of flowers at the same time.
Second, the planting of golden lotus flowers
Maintenance is simple
Flower pots: Lihua balls are easy to cultivate and not picky, common small pots can be raised, plastic pots, ceramic pots can be, the bottom has a water outlet on the line, the size is about half larger than the sphere, should not use too large pots;
Soil: It is better to raise it as a succulent plant, succulent soil or common flower-raising special nutrient soil, that is, it can not use too viscous vegetable garden soil, add a little vermiculite, perlite to increase some breathability will be better;
Suitable environment: the fairy ball must be placed in a sunny place, more sun, will be fast and fast, flowering earlier, more flowers, long-term lack of light is easy to lead to long;
Watering: cactus balls are generally drought-tolerant, the demand for water is not high, generally follow the "see dry and wet" watering principle on the line, winter dormancy after water control, or even completely cut off water, wait until after the beginning of spring and then restore watering;
Fertilization: The flowering of the flower bulb is more diligent, so in the spring, summer and autumn, you can often give a little phosphorus-containing flower-promoting fertilizer, thin fertilizer is applied diligently, and its flowering will be more powerful;
Summer, wintering: cactus ball heat-resistant, sun-resistant, basically no "summer difficulty" pressure, summer noontime time do not expose to the line, appropriately put back to the cool and ventilated place, morning and evening sun on the line, the rest of the season can be fully sunburned; Not too hardy, winter can briefly endure 0 degrees low temperature, at this time should control the water, cut off the water, the northern flower friends are best to move back indoors, placed in the air outlet;
Grafting is easy
Reproduction: Golden lotus flowers mostly use cuttings or grafting mode, grafted to the triangle column, the advantage is to get nutrient supply, grow faster, but also earlier flowering, the disadvantage is that once the triangle column water, it is also followed by bad luck, landing is more difficult to root, self-rooting is better than grafting.
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Summary: Summer is the most disliked season for many plants, the hot temperature will make many flowers and flowers "difficult to spend the summer", for the cactus ball is like a "home", the hotter the more flowering, a good way to make up for the lack of summer flowering plants, like the cactus ball friends, golden lotus you deserve to have.