The dance of falling flowers usually blooms from May to June. The flowering period of Lingjian lotus is April, the single flower blooms for 1-2 days, and blooms in the daytime.
The dancing plants of falling flowers are mostly branched and grow in clumps. Their leaves are thick and fleshy, usually with 3-5 edges. They also have flat or irregular edges and edges with purplish red edges.
Its flowers are smaller and the receptacle is quadrangular. The flower tube is short, the petals are single-layer, and the petals are arranged regularly and orderly. The flower is pink, which is very similar to that of Lingjian lotus. It's not easy to distinguish. It's more accurate to distinguish from the stem nodes.
Lingjian lotus, single flower on both sides of the stem apex, the flower is large and bell shaped, the perianth is opened and rolled, the filament and style are curved.
The dance of falling flowers also has a lot of colors and has a fragrance.
Lingjian lotus flowers are purple, red, pink, yellow, white and so on.
The nodes (leaves) of the dancing stems of falling flowers are in the shape of arris, generally with three or four arrises, no more than five arrises, and the arrises are also purplish red. Under the grafting condition, the thick flat stem nodes can be seen.
The stem nodes (leaves) of Lingjian lotus are flat lanceolate, round at the base, bright green, reddish at the edge, with coarse serrations, fine thorns at the concave part between the serrations, and obvious protuberance of the midvein.
The dance of falling flowers likes a warm and humid environment.
Lingjian lotus likes the environment with good illumination and ventilation, but it should be properly shaded in the hot, high temperature and dry conditions to avoid rain. It requires fertile, loose and well drained soil with certain drought resistance.
