Reading guide: A woman in the Northeast "raised spider plants to the extreme" became popular, and the color of the leaves was like an oil painting, which was so beautiful
Spider plant, everyone is very familiar with the leafy green plant, many people think that it is ordinary, like grass, no matter how well it is raised, it is not as beautiful as flowers. As everyone knows, spider plants can also be more beautiful than flowers when raised to the extreme.
A woman in the Northeast became popular because she raised spider plants to the extreme, she raised a lot of spider plants at home, and the color of each pot of leaves was colorful, looking like an oil painting, so beautiful that it was bubbling, which made a group of netizens admire.
Look at how amazing the spider plants she raises, the slender and soft branches droop like a waterfall The leaves are gorgeous and colorful, pink, purple, and white echo each other, and the colors like Monet's oil paintings are bright and vulgar, and they are bright and bright.
Some netizens said that this is not a spider plant, and the spider plant is green all year round. In fact, there are many varieties of spider plants, and what she raises is not an ordinary spider plant, but an oil painting spider plant, which itself is a variety with oil painting colors.
She said: The oil painting spider plant is the best green plant I have ever raised, put it in a sunny place at home, the leaves will become more and more purple, hydroponic soil culture can be, soil culture will grow faster.
Cuttings are also very simple, as long as the thick branches are cut obliquely and dried for soil cultivation at the roots, or the cut branches can be directly hydroponic and watered once a week.
To tell the truth, the bewitching appearance of this oil painting spider plant is easy to fall for at a glance, and the deep purple pattern is full of mystery, romantic and dreamy, which is more attractive than ordinary green spider plants.
Get to know the oil painting spider plant
Oil painting spider plant, also known as wedding spider plant, is a perennial evergreen herbaceous plant of the family Arachiaceae, the star variety of spider plant, compared with ordinary spider plant, it is mainly changeable leaf color, usually pink and purple, looks like a gorgeous and colorful oil painting.
It is elegant and generous, dense branches and leaves, the whole plant is pink and purple, and the purple and green gradient leaves are colorful, which looks just right on the same plant, just like a natural oil painting, elegant and chic, dreamy and romantic.
The oil painting spider plant is a foliage plant, but it also produces pink-purple flowers in May, when the leaves are thick and half-curly, and the small pink-purple flowers open in the armpits, which also looks very beautiful.
Native to southern Africa, the oil painting spider plant prefers a warm and humid semi-shady environment, it is highly adaptable, more drought-tolerant, less cold-tolerant, less strict to light, and grows rapidly in warm indoor cultivation with loose and fertile sandy soil.
It is very suitable for the warm southern in all seasons, and it has a very good decorative effect in the garden or potted indoors, and it is also suitable for the northern interior with heating in winter, and it is more romantic to plant it on the windowsill, balcony or high wall with hanging flowers.
Conservation tips sharing
1. Environment and lighting
The first choice for raising oil painting spider plant is to pay attention to the ambient temperature, it is not cold-resistant, the temperature is lower than 0 °C will die, the indoor temperature is above 12 °C, and the growth is good, and the north must be kept in a warm room.
In terms of light, there is natural scattered light, balcony, window where there is sunlight will be more purple and brighter, the southern summer can not be direct sunlight for a long time, easy to scorch the leaves, it is best not to put it directly in the sun.
2. Cultivation soil
Oil painting spider plant does not have high requirements for soil, loose and breathable sandy soil or nutrient soil can be, just avoid too heavy sticky garden soil, to prevent high temperature and humidity in summer watering and rotten roots.
Don't be in a hurry to change the pot after the online purchase arrives, let it adapt to the environment of your home, serve the pot, and change the pot after a week.
3. Watering and fertilizing
Don't water too often every day, follow the principle of seeing dry and wet, and then water when the potting soil is dry, or the leaves are a little soft before watering. The leaves that are not short of water are stretched and stiff, and they have a certain thickness to the touch, and the branches and leaves will be very brittle and easy to rot the roots if they are watered too much.
You can also flip the weight of the potting soil, and you can water it if it feels light. Water in summer to avoid the hottest time of the day, when the sun goes down in the morning or in the evening.
Oil painting spider plant does not have much demand for water and fertilizer, and it is good to apply diluted thin fertilizer once a month in the growing season, such as slow-release fertilizer, urea, and compound fertilizer, and one gram of fertilizer can be diluted with water 500 times to irrigate the roots.
Afterword: The spider plant raised by this woman in the Northeast is really beautiful, and friends who dislike the monotony of ordinary green plants can try to raise this kind of oil painting spider plant.
If you also have spider plants at home, welcome to share them with everyone in the comment area.