The yellow hairy palm belongs to the perennial succulent plant of the cactus family, native to the Mexican highland region, and it belongs to the miniature cactus. In recent years, because of the popularity of succulents and rubbed a wave of heat, coupled with the merchants deliberately made it into Mickey and rabbit ears, the shape is more endearing, so it quickly became a hot internet red plant, and was loved by young flower lovers!
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > Introduction to yellow hair palm:</h1>
The leaves are flattened and rounded, and the front and back of the leaves are densely covered with thorn seats, and the thorn seats are covered with golden yellow soft spines, which is also the origin of its flower name "Yellow Hairy Palm".
In addition to the yellow hairy palm, it also has similar varieties of white hairy palm and red Taikoo, but the soft spines on different varieties of thorns are different in color: white hair palms are white soft thorns, and red Taikoo is red soft thorns. The three are basically the same in terms of shape and growth habits, so they are often sold together. Compared with the general cactus, in addition to the petite size, the growth habit and daily maintenance of the yellow hairy palm are basically the same as that of the large cactus, and can refer to the succulent plants of the cactus family for daily care, and can refer to succulents for soil and watering.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > Basic habits of the yellow haired palm:</h1>
Yellow hair palm likes warm and dry and sunny environment, can be drought-tolerant but not hardy, overwintering temperature should not be lower than 5 ° C, daily maintenance should avoid wet water, so as to avoid rotten roots and stem rot, the cultivation substrate to loose and fertile, good air permeability of sandy loam soil is the best.
Yellow hairy palm is a sun-loving plant, and potted plants need to be placed in a well-lit environment to maintain it, so as not to grow and elongate the stems, looking like shrugged rabbit ears.
The seedling stage of the yellow hair palm is mostly a single piece or 2-3 stem nodes, which can also be branched after the old pile is raised, and the leaves at the bottom are slowly lignified and bloom in late spring and early summer, the flowers are yellow rosette-like flowers, fresh and beautiful, and the flowers will produce oval berries after withering.
Propagation is generally based on cuttings, after selecting robust leaves to dry the wound, you can use a sterile matrix for cuttings, generally about 2 weeks can survive, gradually increase the light after survival, normal management can be.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > How is the yellow hair palm generally trimmed? </h1>
Yellow hair palm is generally in the appearance of length, aging and leaf deformity and other bad conditions only need to be pruned, the main purpose of pruning is to better shape, so that it has been maintained a fresh and lovely image; secondly, when there are too many small buds on a leaf can also be properly removed, is conducive to concentrating nutrients to let the remaining young leaves grow better; finally, some of the longer branches can also be appropriately shortened, so as to avoid the phenomenon of over-length branches lodging or breaking due to gravity.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > Notes on pruning yellow hair palms:</h1>
[1] Trimming the yellow hair palm is best carried out by sharp knife scissors or twisting, which is conducive to smoothing the wound and reducing the wound. Gardening gloves or assistive tools such as tweezers should be worn to avoid stabbing.
[2] When pruning, avoid rainy days, and perform in sunny and dry weather is conducive to wound drying and healing. The old pile can also be selected to be carried out during the residual flowering period, because it can be propagated directly by cuttings, and does not need to be propagated by sowing, avoiding the formation of seed pods is conducive to reducing nutrient consumption.
[3] After pruning, the home has a wound healer or grass ash, carbendazim can be applied to the wound to promote wound healing. If not, do not water in the near future, keep the potting soil dry, and place it in a scattered and well-ventilated environment to promote rapid wound healing.
It is said that the cactus is a soft plant on the outside and soft on the inside, and there is a soft heart under the thorny exterior! Just like us in life, there is actually a fragile heart under the strong appearance, and I think this is why many young flower lovers like it!
May every flower lover have a favorite small courtyard, plant their favorite flowers and plants, and harvest colorful seasons! Welcome to pay attention and raise flowers together!