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The difference between the dance of falling flowers and the Christmas Cactus

Gustavo Fring
2020-08-31 11:00:03
Do you like cactus? Do you think the dance of falling flowers is very similar to Christmas Cactus, which makes you confused? Yes, they are very similar, but they can also be distinguished by careful observation from many places.

The dance of falling flowers is different from that of Christmas Cactus

The dance of falling flowers usually blooms from May to June. The flowering period of Christmas Cactus is from November to December.

The dance of falling flowers is different from the Christmas Cactus

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, very similar to the Christmas Cactus, which is not easy to distinguish. It is more accurate to distinguish from the stem node.

Dance of the Fallen Flower

The petals of Christmas Cactus are mellow and full. When flowering, the petals are evenly spread and the flower opening type is round. The flower tube is long and curved, the petals are multi-layered, the lower petals are rolled up, and the petals are irregular and irregular.

Pistil is red, stamen is white, all is long, outspread the flower tube. At present, there are more than 200 horticultural species. Node stem margin pointed teeth, the whole body green. The young leaves are purplish red and green in adulthood. The Christmas Cactus is a double layer flower. Sometimes the flowers are on stilts.

Dance of the Fallen Flower

The dance of falling flowers is different from that of Christmas Cactus

The dance of falling flowers also has a lot of colors and has a fragrance.

Crab claw orchid flower color has yellow, white, orange, pink, red, purple, snow green and other colors, there are also multicolor varieties. From the view of valve type, there are acute valve, blunt valve and round valve.

The dance of falling flowers is different from the stem node (leaf) of Christmas Cactus.

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 node (leaf) of crabmail is flat, with sharp teeth on the edge of the leaf, like a crab claw.

The dance of falling flowers is different from the growth habit of Christmas Cactus.

The dance of falling flowers likes a warm and humid environment.

Crab claw orchid likes shade and humid environment, not direct sunlight, warm and humid, not cold resistant. It is suitable for fertile rotten leaf soil and peat soil. It is afraid of raw coal and soil ash.

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