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I have a pot of Pauline lanterns that finally bloom in the winter. I remember that this pot of Pauline lamp was still settled in my house in early November last year, and I didn't care much about its existence at that time, after all, the leaves were verdant and thick, wide and rough, there were five flower bones on the five branches, and the pink flower buds were surrounded inward, a bit like lotus flowers with buds. But after waiting for more than a month, I didn't see her bloom, and it seemed like a shy girl, always charming with a love pulse.
This time, although only two Pauline lanterns began to bloom, after all, in the new year, I first gave me a surprise, I checked the information, and found that this plant is still a little difficult to flower in the winter in Nanjing. You don't look at the pearlescent light when the Pauline lamp is in full bloom, it is also an ornamental plant that needs to be patiently maintained.
Pauline lamp is an exotic plant variety that is native to Southeast Asia, especially in the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, and is called "medin" by locals, which is an epiphyte. It is necessary to supplement the appropriate sunlight every day, but also to avoid excessive sunlight, the temperature should be kept constant all year round, the best growth temperature is between 17 and 25 degrees, and the temperature is too high or too low to make the flowers fall buds. In addition, the buds must be more than 5 cm long. If it is below 5 cm, it is also winter, and it is very likely that it will not flower.
Pauline lantern, also known as the upside-down golden bell, belongs to the wild peony family, and the sour-footed pole is a small perennial evergreen shrub, named because the flowers are tubular or bell-shaped and overhanging. The flowering period of The Pauline Lantern Flower is from February to August, the ornamental period is more than three months, generally in the winter and spring, its flower color is usually light pink or pink, there are also some ornamental varieties with a darker red color.
Looking at it from a distance like a flower tree, like a flower basket not a flower basket, like a flower lamp not a flower lamp, a blooming Pauline lamp hanging flowers, a rainbow of flowers, a beautiful beauty, like a red glow in the sky, very beautiful, delicate and lovely.
Look closely at the Pauline lantern flower, and see the upper end of the slender purple-red branch, dotted with drunken buds, the pink flowers hanging low, the outer petals tightly hugged inward, clustered with a bunch of brightly colored flower buds, like a string of crystal clear red pearls, full of charming charm.
If viewed from a distance, it is magnificent, pearlescent, and very elegant, as if a small lantern hangs between the leaves. So people gave her a vivid name "Pauline Lantern Flower".
The petals of the Pauline lantern flower are more colorful, and its flower type is stacked on top of each other, just like a woman's dress, there is a sense of gorgeous luxury, so people give it a gorgeous meaning, which can set off the festive atmosphere of the family.
Pauline lantern flower and other plants of the flower is not the same, the flower is down low, and the petals curled inward, wrapped in the core, people can't help but want to look down at what is inside, with a hint of mysterious color, so the Pauline lamp flower also has a mysterious meaning.
Baolian Lantern Flower also has the meaning of filial piety and filial piety, remember that in a TV series called Baolian Lantern, Agarwood experienced many difficulties to split the mountain to save his mother, showing his filial piety to his mother, so people will think of this drama when they see Baolian Lantern Flower, and give it the meaning of filial piety.
Watching the Pauline lights blossom, I was thinking, as long as you have an eye that is good at finding happiness, you can really feel that happiness has never gone far, it is around. Because you regard life as a journey, you will always encounter the scenery, even if the road is tortuous, but the scenery is beautiful.