Red palm, also known as flower candle, Anzu flower, fire crane flower, red crane taro, red goose palm, is a perennial evergreen herb of the genus Flower Candle in the family Tiannanxing. Short stem nodes; Leaves emerge from the base, green, leathery, full margin, oblong or ovate heart. The petiole is slender, the buds are flattened, leathery and waxy, orange-red or scarlet; The fleshy spikes are yellow and can bloom continuously all year round.
Red palms are native to tropical rainforests such as Costa Rica and Colombia. It is often epiphytic on trees, sometimes epigenetic on rocks or grown directly on the ground, preferring warm, humid, semi-shaded environments and avoiding direct sunlight.
The so-called "petals" of the red palm that are bright as leaves are not real petals, they are just its Buds, and the real flowers are the rod-shaped flesh spike inflorescences drawn from the bracts, which are often mistaken for its flower buds. Its flowers are strange and beautiful. The flowering period is long-lasting, suitable for potting, cutting flowers or bushes in the shade of the garden.
If you want to raise a good red palm must provide it with a warm and humid environment, red palm is suitable for growing in a warm and humid and well-drained environment, the most suitable temperature for growth is 26 ~ 32 ° C, the most suitable temperature at night is 21 ~ 32 ° C. It can withstand high temperatures up to 35°C and 14°C.
The care of the red palm should provide it with a little more soft scattered light, as long as it avoids direct sunlight or exposure to the sun. It is best to have more than 3 to 8 hours of light every day, during its flowering, that is, before the buds have not turned green, you can raise them in a bright place, keep the environment cool, and prolong its flowering period. However, after the red palm has finished flowering, for example, its bracts become green and gradually wither, it is necessary to remove the residual flowers and move to a place with more sunlight to promote re-flowering.
The red palm needs to provide it with loose and breathable potted soil, which can be used with the common peat soil, bark, coarse coconut bran and perlite. The pot soil is properly mixed with peat soil, accounting for about 30% to 50% of the pot soil, and the appropriate mixing of some bark and coarse coconut bran can improve the permeability and drainage of the soil.
Red palms should not be fertilized too frequently, generally every six months or so, sprinkle a little slow-release fertilizer on the potting soil, generally 4 to 5 grams can be. During the rapid growth of the red palm, such as the three seasons of spring, summer and autumn, it can be replenished with water-soluble fertilizer every two weeks, and the concentration is reduced by half than usual, if the flowers of the red palm are particularly small, it is a lack of nutrients.