The bird of paradise is a relatively niche plant, it is possible to see it in the botanical gardens and parks, and some merchants will arrange it in front of the yard, and its stems and leaves will look more elegant. The bird of paradise itself is also very tropical, and the ornamentation is not bad at all.
Bird of Paradise is also known as Crane Orchid, and bananas are related to a certain extent, its flowers and leaves are very similar to bananas, but the bird of paradise plant is relatively small, the flower color is more beautiful.
Don't think that birds of paradise, like bananas, are particularly fond of moisture if they are planted outdoors. In places with too much moisture, the bird of paradise cannot grow well, because it prefers a slightly arid environment, and if the soil is watery or wet for a long time, it will cause the bird of paradise to grow poorly.
And the potted bird of paradise is raised indoors, it is more necessary to control the watering, too much water is not good, if it is in the southern region of the year-round no frost, the potted bird of paradise raised on the balcony may take more than 7 to 8 years to flower, this is still raised on the balcony with more sunshine, if it is planted in the northern region, the potted bird of paradise is basically very rarely flowering, do not rule out that some of the well-raised, generally it takes more than 10 years to flower.
Of course, the above calculation of the flowering time of the bird of paradise is determined according to its growing age, if you buy a potted bird of paradise, it is possible to raise three or four years to be able to breed flowers.
In general, the bird of paradise is not very suitable for raising indoors, suitable for raising outdoors, the reason is that the indoor air is relatively dry, the light is not much, the heat and humidity can not meet the requirements, it is certainly not able to breed flowers, if it is planted in the outdoor field, the bird of paradise can receive sunlight all year round, and the outdoor humidity is relatively high, then it is easy to flower.
The flowers of the bird of paradise can re-bloom every year, the flowering period can last for more than a month, the flower color is usually orange, lilac, or pink, the flower color is particularly gorgeous, the ornamental is still good.
However, now there are also many people who raise the bird of paradise into indoor foliage pots, its leaves are relatively wide, with a relatively tall petiole, it looks very grand, very tropical atmosphere, if the leaves remain emerald green and have the appropriate luster, it looks very good.
Usually we see the flower shop those sell bird of paradise potted plants, generally only twenty or thirty centimeters high, those plants are small, grow to more than ten centimeters high potted birds of paradise also have, the price will be cheaper, but their plant age is too small, buy back to raise a lot of years to grow up, if it is in the outdoor warm and humid environment, it will grow faster, if raised indoors, then it basically grows very slowly.
If the bird of paradise is planted outdoors, the moisture of the potting soil will soon be lost, and it is easy to dry up without timely replenishment of water, which is particularly easy to cause the leaves to yellow and dry. Birds of paradise planted outdoors should use slightly larger pots, but planted indoors to use some slightly urgent pots to cultivate, so that it can control its moisture, the roots can have a proper sense of urgency, promote the growth of the root system, but use too large pots to raise birds of paradise.
Birds of paradise, whether planted indoors or outdoors, must have proper lighting, but potted birds of paradise planted outdoors should not be sunned too much. In the room, it is necessary to increase the air humidity, often spray water around, and enhance the ventilation and light transmission of the environment.
There is also a problem, that is, when the potted bird of paradise is raised at home, its stems and leaves will hang low, which is unavoidable, because the indoor light is not enough, and the humidity is not enough, its roots will not grow so strong, so the leaves will hang low.
On the contrary, those birds of paradise that grow outdoors and are planted in the ground, the leaves are straight and upward, in fact, because the environment is warm and humid, the root system has more space to grow, and the root system is stable, so its leaves grow upright and upward.
Pictured above is the seed of the bird of paradise
Birds of paradise should pay attention to maintaining high humidity and warm environment, the minimum temperature should not be lower than 8 degrees, the temperature is too low will lead to frostbite pot soil to be well drained, and to have more humus. After the cultivation of potted planting, the soil can not be long-term drought, once the soil is found to be deficient in time, it should be replenished in time, and only after the temperature decreases in autumn and winter, it is necessary to control watering.