With the overall decline in the price of succulents, the twelve volumes of soft-leaved succulents that have been regarded as "expensive goods" have finally stepped off the altar, although they have not been reduced to ordinary goods, compared with before, they have been much more grounded. In particular, varieties such as jade fans, Vientiane, and "back window three masters" have quickly become popular with their crystal clear and exquisite temperament! Among them, the jade fan with a gentleman's style and symmetrical beauty has won the wide love of twelve-volume enthusiasts!
Introduction to Succulent Jade Fan:
The jade fan belongs to the lily family, the genus Duo, the soft-leaved succulent family, native to South Africa.
Its fleshy leaves are paired in pairs, arranged in a basically symmetrical fan shape, the top section is diverse, some are kidney-shaped, some M-shaped, some are U-shaped, not only with clear and transparent windows, but also some varieties also have beautiful cloud patterns, water ripples, ice cracks or flocculent dark lines, and a very few varieties can also have light yellow and orange-red brocade. It is the same as the familiar Junzi orchid, it is also a plant with a product phase theory, generally with a low plant shape, thick leaves, high transparency of the top section window, and a clear pattern.
Basic habits of jade fans:
- Jade fan and everyone is relatively more familiar with the gyokuro, the same belongs to the twelve volumes of soft leaf system succulents, not only the root system is developed but also like semi-shade and astigmatism environment of succulent, too strong direct sunlight is easy to cause the formation of cracks in the leaves, the top window surface is dull and dull, and even dry and red.
- It has higher requirements for soil and air humidity, generally more than 60% of the granular soil is the mainstay, and the pots are mainly deep vientiane and black or white pots.
- Although it can tolerate drought, it needs a certain amount of air humidity, otherwise the leaf color is dull, and the top window surface is easy to collapse and sink.
- The suitable growth temperature of jade fan is between 10-32 ° C, not tolerant to high temperature and severe cold, and the wintering temperature should not be lower than 5 ° C.
- Propagation is mainly based on sowing, leaf cuttings and tissue culture, and can also be propagated by using grouped side buds.
The selection of succulent jade fans is exquisite, with these 4 characteristics, is not a good jade fan:
[1] Obvious disciple length:
Although the jade fan can tolerate semi-shade and likes the astigmatism environment, but the lack of sunlight for a long time will also be long, once it is long, the leaves will become thinner, grow taller quickly, the window surface will become narrower, and the ornamental nature is not good.
The leaves are long
【2】Blade asymmetry:
The jade fan blades are opposite to each other, and the top section is flat, which is the most ornamental when it is in the shape of a standard fan. Therefore, when selecting jade fans, you should avoid the obvious length and uneven length of the leaves.
Left and right flank blades, significantly asymmetrical
【3】The window surface has cracks:
The window at the top of the jade fan blade is the most ornamental part of it, except that the window surface is large and transparent, the markings are clear, and it is best not to have obvious cracks. Because these cracks are generally watered, the leaves caused by strong light exposure crack, which take a long time to consume, and most of them are irreversible permanent scars.
The window surface has obvious cracks
【4】Dry and collapsed windows:
Jade fan in the root system problems, drought and malnutrition in the state, it is easy to collapse the window, specifically manifested as the transparent window at the top of the leaf is obviously dry, sunken, although the phenomenon of collapsed window is not irreversible, the later stage can be remedied by root repair, reasonable soil combination after serving the pot, but need a certain amount of maintenance experience, if it is a novice flower friend, it is recommended to avoid such jade fans, try to choose healthy and full, high transparency of healthy plants.
The window surface is concave and sunken
The variety of jade fans is very rich, the transparency and pattern of different varieties of window surfaces are different, among which grass jade fans are entry varieties, the price is cheap, and it is the best choice for novice practitioners. And baiya jade fan, xuanwu jade fan, white bear jade fan, ice wheel jade fan, black Wutai jade fan, Sakai jade fan, shou ice jade fan, etc., the window surface is large and transparent, the markings are clear, are one of the popular varieties at the moment, you can choose according to your personal preferences! As long as you try to avoid the above 4 obvious defects, you can basically choose a good quality jade fan, I hope my sharing can help everyone! #Succulents##Potted Plants#
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