The hot summer is the season when lotus flowers are in full bloom. Since ancient times, there has been a poem by Zhou Dunyi praising lotus: "to love lotus alone, you can get out of the mud and not dye it; to wash the ripples but not the demon; to connect the middle with the outside, you can get out of the branches, the fragrance is far and clear, the pavilions are pure, you can see it from afar and not play with it." &Its graceful flowers come out of the mud without being dyed, and its elegant character is amazing.
Among the succulent plants, there are many named after "Lotus". For example, in jingtianke, there are stone lotus and lotus palm, each of which has a series of varieties. Among them, the stone lotus is named for its rosette like leaf disk, which looks like a blooming lotus. It has a wide variety of leaves with rich colors. Its unique leaves are like flowers without withering. It is like a work of art and has life. Stone lotus flower
The stone lotus originated in Mexico and the dry areas in the northwest of central and South America. It grows on the edge of the semi plateau desert. It likes sunny, cool and dry environment, and is drought resistant and afraid of water. It has the habit of dormancy in high temperature season and growth in cold and cool season in summer, and is the "winter type" of succulent plants.
The plant growing in sunny place has compact plant type, plump and plump leaves, beautiful leaf color, thick white powder on the leaf surface, thick villi, and bright red on the tip or edge of the leaf, which is highly ornamental. Watering should be controlled as "no drying, no watering, no watering", so as to avoid ponding of basin soil, otherwise it will cause rotten roots, but the air humidity can be slightly higher. When the air is dry, water can be often sprayed around the plant to increase the air humidity, but the leaf surface, especially the center of the leaf cluster, should not be ponded, so as to avoid the formation of rotten core.
No matter when you are in the rain, especially for a long time, or the plants will rot due to the accumulated water in the soil. In the growing season, apply the thin liquid fertilizer or low ammonia, high phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer once every 20 days to avoid splashing the water on the leaves. Fertilization is generally carried out in the morning or evening when the weather is clear. In the evening or the next morning, water again to dilute the residual fertilizer in the soil.
Spring and Autumn Festival is the main growth period of the genus Lycopodium, which should be given sufficient light, otherwise the plant will be too long, the plant type will be loose, the leaves will be thinner, the leaves will be dark, the varieties with white powder on the leaves such as Saussurea involucrata will be reduced, the varieties with fluff on the leaves such as broccoli will be reduced and shortened, and the varieties with red tip or leaf edge such as jihualian and broccoli will be reduced or even disappear.
In summer, most varieties of stone lotus are in dormancy or semi dormancy state, the plant growth is slow or completely stagnant, which can be placed in good ventilation and good maintenance, avoid the sun exposure, control the watering, stop fertilization, and prevent the plant from rotting.
In winter, put it in a sunny place. If the minimum temperature at night is about 10 ℃ and there is a certain temperature difference between day and night, water it properly and apply fertilizer as appropriate to make the plant continue to grow. If it can't maintain such a high temperature, control the watering, keep the pot soil dry, stop applying fertilizer, make the plant dormant, and also be able to withstand the low temperature of 5 ℃, and some varieties can even withstand the low temperature of 0 ℃.
