Anthurium Clarinervium (English name: Velvet Cardboard Anthurium) is a flower candle that is more beautiful than the anthurium crystallinum, which can grow well indoors and is also a very popular internet red plant.
Above the left is the bright vein flower candle, and on the right is the crystal flower candle
The difference between the Anthurium Clarinervium and the Crystal Flower Candle (Anthurium crystallinum):
There are many lines on the veins of the bright veins, the thickness of the veins is large, and the shape of the leaves will be more rounded.
The veins of the crystal candle are relatively small, and the thickness of the veins is relatively uniform.
The leaves of the bright veined flower candle are heart-shaped in whole, the leaf surface as a whole is dark green, and the leaves have a velvety texture to the touch, and will grow palm-shaped silver-gray veins from the base of the petiole, and the secondary veins are feathery.
The shape of the bright vein flower candle and the crystal flower candle is slightly similar, but the texture of the bright pulse flower candle is better to the touch, just like the thick velvet, the leaf vein will be more complex than the crystal flower candle, but at present, the domestic flower market is still rarely seen in the figure of the bright vein flower candle, but the various varieties of crystal flower candles have begun to become popular.
Above is a flowering bright-veined flower candle (the flowers are like flying cranes)
Bright vein flower candle is mainly ornamental leaves, its flowers are not ornamental (that is, from the stem base grows a long inflorescence, the top like a small crane-like bract, the inflorescence is hidden in the bracts), after the bright vein flower candle grows indoor potted plant, there are higher requirements for the environment, as long as it meets its growth requirements, in order to let it grow healthily.
1. Maintenance precautions
The most critical thing about the maintenance of potted bright vein flower candles is the environment and potting soil collocation, it likes to drain the soil well, the maintenance environment should have appropriate scattered light, in the maintenance process generally need to be watered frequently, the soil surface under the two centimeters or so dry, you can water in time, but also maintain more than 60% of the air humidity.
In the growing season, you can supplement a thin water-soluble fertilizer every two months, the temperature of maintenance is best to maintain between 18 and 24 degrees, when the temperature is too high or too low, the bright vein flower candle is not very grown, the bright vein flower candle plant generally grows to more than 20 cm, is a relatively slow growth of an ornamental plant.
The maintenance of potted bright vein flower candles is to provide it with a tropical rainforest-like environment, in addition to keeping the environment warm, proper watering, but also to provide a high control humidity, dry air, dry edges of leaves will be easy to dry.
In addition, avoid excessive moisture in the soil and do not let direct sunlight, otherwise the leaves can easily turn yellow.
If there is excessive dehydration or too much light, it is easy to cause the tip of the leaf to turn yellow.
2. Proper sunlight
Potted bright-veined flower candles should be raised in an environment with more scattered light, so that its leaves can obtain enough light to grow more beautifully, and can be raised on the east-facing window sill, with more than 3 to 6 hours of scattered light per day.
Bright-veined flower candles do not like excessively dark environments, if not enough light is obtained, the white veins on the leaf surface will gradually fade, the growth rate will gradually slow down, and its stems and leaves will grow in vain.
Of course, do not let the direct sunlight, too strong light will burn the leaves, the leaf surface and leaf edge will appear some white and yellow patches, and eventually lead to plant wilting.
3. Potting soil selection
The maintenance of potted bright vein flower candles should provide it with well-drained soil, to have a certain water retention capacity and good air permeability, the soil can not be wet often, otherwise it is easy to infect root rot or breed other fungal diseases.
The soil should be as breathable as possible, in addition to the appropriate addition of some peat soil, but also appropriate to add some medium for planting orchids, such as bark, perlite, you can also add some water moss (can be raised with pure water moss), the permeability of these soils is very good, but also has a certain water retention ability. To improve the drainage of the potting soil, some broken charcoal, bark or water moss can also be added.
4. Watering skills
The maintenance of potted bright vein flower candles generally needs to be watered once or twice a week, specifically to see the dryness and wetness of the potted soil, and the frequency of watering should be reduced after the temperature is reduced.
In the growing season (18 to 27 degrees), the specific watering rules are that when the soil is dry under 2 to 3 centimeters, it can be watered in time. Before each watering, you should check the dryness and wetness of the potting soil, you can insert your finger directly into the potting soil, you can easily check the dryness and wetness of the potting soil.
If the environment is warm, the sun is more, and the potting soil is drying fast, it is necessary to increase the frequency of watering, and when the temperature is low, it will enter a dormant state, and it needs to control watering.
If you are using red clay pots, or adding a little more bark to the pot soil, the permeability of the pot soil is particularly good, and you should also pay attention to increasing watering.
5, the appropriate temperature
Maintain the potted bright vein flower candle to maintain a warm environment, the temperature between 18 and 24 degrees it will grow the fastest, if the temperature is higher than 30 degrees, it will begin to grow slow down.
In addition, if the temperature is below 12 degrees, it will be unfavorable to its growth, and the minimum temperature is best maintained above 10 degrees.
In the summer, if the temperature is too high, pay attention to increase shade, and move to a well-ventilated position, after the temperature is reduced, it is necessary to move indoors in time to avoid freezing.
6. Maintain air humidity
Bright-veined flower candles originally grew in tropical rainforest areas of Central America, and they needed a humid environment to grow well.
If the environment ventilation is particularly good, the air humidity is above 80%, which is more favorable for its growth.
Indoors we generally can't provide such a high humidity, but also to avoid air drying, air humidity is high, ventilation should also be good, can make its leaves look more shiny (air drying is easy to breed red spiders, leaves are easy to dry tip).
You can often give spray water to potted bright-veined flower candles to increase the humidity of the environment. You can also put a pot at the bottom of the pot, fill the pot with stones, and then put in a little water, and the pot is placed on the stone, which can continuously increase the humidity. It is also possible to open a humidifier next to it, and it is also possible to increase the humidity.
7. Reasonable supplementation of fertilizer
The maintenance of potted bright vein flower candles does not require frequent fertilization, and if it is supplemented with fertilizer, the concentration should be reduced to half of the usual. In the spring and autumn when the temperature is maintained between 18 and 24 degrees, it is replenished with water-soluble fertilizer every 3 to 4 weeks, and fertilization should be stopped in the winter when it is too cold and the summer when the temperature is too high, and there is no residual fertilizer on the leaves after fertilization.
8. Avoid alkaline soil
If the local water quality is hard (or alkaline), long-term use of tap water to add water to the bright vein flower candle, easy to lead to salt deposition on the surface of the soil, generally every month or so with a lot of water to rinse the pot soil, each rinse for a few minutes, you can remove the excess salt in the soil, you can also let the bright pulse flower candle maintain a healthy state.
9. Other precautions
The maintenance of bright vein flower candles does not need to be pruned frequently, if you find yellow leaves, dead leaves will be directly cut off, and occasionally pour a bactericidal drug to ensure its health. In addition, it is necessary to avoid frequent residual moisture on the leaves, otherwise it is easy to breed fungal diseases.
Later, if you want to propagate the bright vein flower candle, you can choose the method of stem cutting or separate plants for propagation, and the potted bright vein flower candle raised indoors can be changed every 2 to 3 years or so, and its plants can be separated when changing pots. From the point of view, if the side buds grow and the side buds grow fuller, they can be divided into new pots.