First, it's very beautiful. There's no doubt about it. The rain orchid is pink, red, white, yellow, orange and so on. From 80 to 18, there's nothing you don't like!
Second, it has a long flowering period, and can be planted all over the country, and most areas can be from May to October!
Third, the skin is good, not afraid of heat, not afraid of rain. Summer is the time when the wind and rain orchids grow most vigorously. Under the sun and rain, the flowers are particularly vigorous!
Finally, it must be noted that it also has super fecundity. Any ball buried in the ground for 2 or 3 years can bloom in a yard, and there are many sub balls bursting out that make you worried!
Said so many, the following to recommend a few of the most worthy to start with it!
Fat Lili is a must-have variety for human hands. It's pink and tender in color. It's very hardworking and can produce flowers. This year, there are 2-3 kinds in the pot. Next year, you can harvest a big pot!
The most important thing is that it is the most cold resistant variety in all stormy orchids. It can withstand - 10 ℃ for outdoor planting and - 5 ℃ for potted planting.
Very characteristic varieties, petals are gradual color, leaves evergreen, almost no dormancy, maintenance simple and worry free!
This is an Indonesian variety, with large seed ball and beautiful flower color, but it needs to be protected below 0 ℃ in winter.
It's also an Indonesian variety, with medium and large flowers. The diameter of the seed ball is about 1.5cm. It's good at producing side balls. If there are many tiny bulges at the bottom of the ball you receive, Congratulations, that's the omen of producing test balls!
Native to Indonesia, pink petals with white lines, very ornamental, can open from summer to autumn.
This is the entry-level variety of the double petaled rain orchid. The color is white and pink, fresh and elegant, and the bulb is about 2cm.
Small ball varieties, petals are also gradual colors, just opened when it is cream yellow, because rain orchid will start to fade more than half a day, so open to the back will also be white!
The petals are rose pink in color. The color changes from the center to the outside. They are sun and rain resistant. They bloom in summer and autumn!
Indonesian varieties, the petals are orange red, red in the morning, a little lighter in the afternoon, and a little lighter in the case of bad light, a little orange; the ability to explode the side ball is strong, which is worth starting with.
Japanese varieties, is the largest variety in all the rain orchids, a flower has a palm big, the front side are good-looking!
This is a series of mixed color seed sowing balls. The seed sources are: fat Lili, pink leopard, Bai Lili, aperitif, throbbing heart. These varieties have high color value, and the mixed color seed has more blooming color after sowing!
Similar to fat Lili, it is only slightly white in color, with similar variety performance and strong explosive power.
Flowers as its name, color like Nanking cherry blossom and snowflake, very romantic, full of girlhood!
Small ball varieties, group open very beautiful, next rain will open a stubble of flowers, very pure and lovely.
1, seed ball.
Our family's stormy orchids are shipped after bare balls, roots and leaves are repaired, and can be planted directly after receiving the balls (different varieties, different ball sizes, subject to the actual object).
2. Flowerpot selection
Rain and orchid seeds are not very big, not too big basin, Alice 6, 7, 8 basin can be, each pot of 3~5 balls, balls, a lot of vegetables with long pots or foam boxes.
3. Soil matching.
Make your own soil, and make sure it is loose and airy. Mix rotten leaf soil, garden soil and river sand according to 4:4:2; or mix peat soil and perlite randomly, and pave a layer of ceramsite at the bottom of the basin.
4. Planting
If the soil is loose enough, the ball will stick into the soil as the root system grows. After that, water the forefinger into the basin, and wet it when it is 2cm below the soil.
5, illumination.
Just after planting, don't hurry to bask in the sun, first put it in the half shade. Basically, there is no response in the first week, because the rain orchid grows roots first and leaves later. After the roots come out, it will sprout slowly.
When the new leaves grow, they move to the balcony to receive direct light. The leaves grow very fast, and when the light is strong, the bud will soon come out.
6. Fertilization.
Fertilization principle: base fertilizer + thin fertilizer should be applied frequently, and the base fertilizer should be airy compound fertilizer such as AOLV and meileke; top dressing should be high phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, because the potassium fertilizer has a long ball and the phosphorus fertilizer can strengthen the root and promote the flower, huaduoduo No. 2 and potassium dihydrogen phosphate are recommended.
After growing leaves, it will be fertilized, once every 10 and a half days.
7. Flowering.
If you want to bloom as early as possible, you can simulate the external natural rain environment. First, control the water. After the soil is completely dry, a large amount of water will be poured through to stimulate it to explode.
