Is Shiyan Yunxi suitable for growing Anomatis?
Shiyan Yunxi is suitable for planting anomatis. Anomatis should be planted in an environment with good air circulation. It likes shade and avoids direct sunlight. It likes moisture and avoids dryness. It is best grown at 15℃ to 30℃, so it can be planted.
1. Anomatis (Anomatis generally refers to Anomatis)
Anomatis: plant height is 8-18 cm. The rhizome is creeping, elongated, fleshy, noded, with roots at the nodes. The stem is erect, fleshy, cylindrical, with 2-4 leaves. The flowering period is from August to November.
Grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests or shady and humid places in valleys at an altitude of 50-1600 meters. Produced in China, Japan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, India, Bhutan, and also distributed in Nepal and Bangladesh.
2. Growth habits
Orchids generally grow on mountainside valley walls in deep mountains and valleys, on sloping slopes or rock gaps with good water permeability and water retention, beside sparse mountain grass, and on secondary weeds. Under the shade of the woods. Or there is shade, short sunshine time or only scattered light leakage. Places with high air humidity and air circulation are sometimes found on cliffs beside mountains and streams.
Orchids should be planted in an environment with good air circulation. It likes shade and avoids direct sunlight. It likes moisture and avoids dryness. It is best to grow at 15℃ to 30℃. Growth is poor above 35°C. Severe cold below 5℃ will affect its growth. At this time, orchids are often in a dormant state. If the temperature is too high and exposed to sunlight, the leaves will be burned or scorched within a day or two. If the temperature is too low and the person is not moved indoors in time, frostbite will occur. .
Orchids have fleshy roots and are suitable for sandy loam rich in humus. The drainage performance must be good. Leaf humus soil or mountain soil containing more humus should be used. Slightly acidic loose soil or iron-containing soil has a pH value of 5.5-6.5.
3. Cultivation techniques
Orchid sheds: Orchid sheds and orchid houses should be located with their backs to the west and toward the east. The southeast direction is open and there are high walls or big trees in the west direction.
If the weather is fine in winter, the temperature in the orchid house can exceed 15°C. Only in rainy, windy and snowy weather the room temperature drops. At this time, heating and lighting should be added to keep the room temperature at 15°C. There is no need to heat it at night, just keep it at 5℃.
Potting: The time for potting (or repotting) is generally March to April in spring or October to November in autumn. Flowerpots with small mouths, deep pots and large bottom holes are preferred. Wild seedlings newly dug from the mountains need to be planted in clay pots (mud pots) so that the orchid mud dries easily and has good ventilation. It is easy for roots to grow; it can be replaced with a purple sand pot or porcelain pot after 2-3 years. The method of planting orchids (in pots) is different from that of ordinary flowers, especially famous orchids. The roots must be washed before replanting and moving into pots.
Method 1
After preparing the orchid pot and planting material, hold the orchid plant upside down (roots on top, leaves on the bottom) and place it under the faucet and rinse with slow water, but the water pressure Be careful not to use too much force to avoid damaging the orchid roots and leaves. Hold the orchid head with your thumb and forefinger, place your little finger against the edge of the pot, and use bamboo chopsticks to fix the roots. When placing it in the pot, try not to let the roots touch the pot wall. Pour pea-sized mixed gravel into the bottom of the pot one-third of the way. Then pour the medium-grain planting material to four-fifths of the way, filling it tightly and leaving as little space as possible. Pull out the bamboo chopsticks and shake the planting material in the pot firmly. After filling in the planting material, fill it with large grains of planting material to a distance of 1.5 cm from the edge of the pot. Finally, pour in the large bean planting material to bury all the false bulbs in the soil, and then shake it thoroughly. Use a soil pressing tool to lightly press the planting material and smooth the surface. After planting, it is better to place the planting material slightly higher in the center of the pot.
Method 2
Pay attention to the drainage of the basin bottom. The mud basin should be filled with broken tiles, and the purple sand basin must cover the basin bottom with perforated nylon gauze. Before planting, lay coarse stones in the pot, accounting for about 2/5 of the depth of the pot. The coarse stones are cultivated with soil to a thickness of 3-5 cm, and then put in the orchids. When potting, pay attention to the roots spreading on their own and not curling. When planting famous orchids, be sure to keep the old grass to the side and the new grass in the center, so that there is room for new grass to grow. When planting, hold the orchid with your left hand, add mud with your right hand (to prevent the mud from penetrating into the center of the leaves), and then lift the orchid plant slightly to allow the roots to stretch naturally. Then add soil while shaking the pot so that the soil and roots are in close contact. Then press the soil around the stem tightly with your hands, and finally make the basin surface slightly like a steamed bun (that is, the middle and surrounding sides are slightly lower). Cover it with a layer of moss or fine stones so that the potting soil will not harden and reduce water evaporation. After potting, water immediately. The first watering should be sufficient. Finally, place the orchid pot in a shaded place. It is not advisable to expose it directly to the sun for a month, and watering should be controlled. It should not be too wet. In the future, the placement location should be selected to be half shade and half sun, ventilated, and exposed to the sun in the morning.
Watering: Water the orchid during its peak growth period. Once there is a lack of water in summer, the potted orchid will not grow well. The orchid needs to be 80% dry and 20% wet. Watering should be based on the principle of "water when it is dry, stop when it is wet, and be moderately dry". Watering must be done thoroughly, not half-watered. The frequency of watering depends on the planting material of the potted orchid. Hard hydrophobic planting materials such as volcanic stones, red bricks, and floating stones can be supplied with water once a day; plant materials with strong water absorption such as pond mud and humus soil can be supplied with water once every two or three days.
Fertilization: Farmyard manure is a good organic fertilizer, but it must be piled and decomposed for more than a year before it can be applied. You can use this fertilizer solution to water 10-20 times, and apply it as far as possible on the edge of the pot without touching the roots or orchid leaves.
Foliar spraying of fertilizers is the main method. Foliar spraying of fertilizers can absorb nutrients through the orchid leaves without causing fertilizer damage to the roots. It is the best way for orchids. Good way to fertilize.
As long as you spray the leaves with fertilizer once every 10 days during the growth and development period, you can completely grow orchids without adding fertilizer to the pot.
Fertilizer should be applied frequently and thinly, and eat small meals frequently: Orchids do not need much fertilizer during the development and growth period. For strong orchid plants with vigorous growth, thin liquid fertilizer can be applied every 10-15 days. Mainly natural organic matter. Natural organic fertilizers have relatively comprehensive nutritional elements and do not require the application of other fertilizers. They are gentle and have no side effects on plants. However, chemical fertilizers can easily cause the substrate to harden, and most chemical fertilizers are acidic. Long-term application will cause the substrate to become overly acidic and cause diseases.