After August, the weather will be cooler day by day, this time is very suitable for raising wind and rain orchids, wind and rain orchids do not bloom when they grow like a mess like a pile of grass, but once they bloom, they give people great surprises, beautiful and matchless flowers, as long as they have seen people, they can never forget.
There are many names of the wind and rain orchid, leek orchid, onion orchid is its two different species, a leaf like leek leaf, a leaf like an onion leaf, the name is very image, so the spread is very wide.
It also has a name called rain lily, this name is very beautiful, but few people know, because of its tenacious vitality, often after heavy rain blooms beautiful flowers, the flower shape and lilies are very similar, there is this unique name.
The orchid is a perennial bulbous flower of the Lycophyllaceae family, which prefers windy and rainy weather, strong roots, very drought-tolerant and high temperature tolerance, prefers a sunny environment, it is not strict on the soil, and grows well in loose and fertile sandy soils.
Wind and rain orchid can be planted in all four seasons, as long as the temperature is right, it can grow, but spring and summer are the most suitable for planting, 15 to 28 degrees is the peak growth season, planting 1 to 2 months can flower!
1, planting soil with sand and nutrient soil mixed, do not pure peat, peat is too light, planting is unstable.
2, a pot can be a variety of several balls, after dense planting flowering effect is good, if a pot on two or three balls, flowering thin and thin, the growth effect is much worse.
3. After budding, be sure to place the pot in the place with the most sufficient light, bask in more sun, and prevent the growth of the disciple.
4. Control watering near the flowering period, simulate the dry weather before heavy rain, and give a large amount of water after a period of drought, which helps the buds to germinate.
5, if you have not flowered, it may be that the leaves are too lush, or it may be a lack of fertilizer, cut off some of the leaves, water the potassium dihydrogen phosphate, and soon it will flower!
6, after blooming once, cut off the residual flowers, remove some dry leaves and poles, reduce the consumption of nutrients, and then timely supplement phosphorus and potassium fertilizer water, and soon can flower again.
Note: When the wind and rain orchid has not yet flowered, the leaves grow like leek leaves or onion leaves, if there are elderly people and children at home, you should tell in advance not to pick at will, do not eat by mistake, accidentally eat will be poisoned, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms.
Some varieties of wind and rain orchid are very hardy, some are not hardy, for safety reasons, it is best to move the pot indoors in winter, move in when the temperature is below 0 degrees, water less in winter, let it sleep on its own, warm up in the spring and dig it out to replant it.
White onion orchid is much more hardy than pink leek orchid, in the southern region can be outdoor dew overwintering, many places of onion orchid are planted on the ground, a large piece of the road, winter no one cares, to the next spring, still grow buds, blossom a large piece, it can be seen that it is still very skinny!
Wind and rain orchid is a very worthy flower, it is not delicate at all, it uses its own habits to tell us, without experiencing wind and rain, how to harvest beauty. Flower friends, do you like the rain orchid?