Poinsettia, also known as ivory red, laolaijiao, Christmas flower, Christmas red and gorilla wood, is a plant of Euphorbiaceae and Euphorbia.
Poinsettia, originated in TASCO, Mexico, is a red flower used for decoration at Christmas. Poinsettia is bright and warm, which is very suitable for the festive atmosphere of the festival. It is often used as cut flowers or potted plants for viewing. In recent years, poinsettia has also cultivated many new varieties with more colorful colors.
1. Ecke "swhite", bracts milky white.
2. Rosea, pink bracts.
3. Lutea, pale yellow bracts.
4. Deep red Poinsettia (Annette Hegg), deep red bracts.
5. Triploid Poinsettia (eckespointc-1), with bracts in the shape of leaves and bright red.
6. Double poinsettia, grayish green, red bracts, double.
7. Henrietta ecke, with bright red bracts, double petals, flat outer bracts and upright inner bracts, is very beautiful.
8. The bulbous Poinsettia (plenissima ecke "sflamingsphere) has red bracts, double petals, and the bracts curl up and down into a sphere, with slow growth.
9. Variegata, light grayish green, with white stripes, and bright red bracts.
10. Ms. Paul ecke, with broad and large leaves and red bracts.
11. Festival Red, dwarf, large bracts, bright red.
12. Petoy red, broad and crimson bracts.
13. Success red, the leaves are in the shape of a building, and the bracts are red.
14. Orange red Lilo, with large bracts and orange red.
15. Pearl, with yellow and white bracts.
16. Pichacho, a dwarf species, with dark green leaves and deep red bracts, does not need hormone treatment.
Poinsettia is the birthday flower of December 25, the flower of the birth of Christ. Its flower language is oasis. In the winter when the leaves and fruits of other trees fall, only this kind of tree is still flourishing and bears red fruits.
Those who are born with the blessing of this flower have a good heart to comfort people. It is said that if you point this kind of heart at a specific person, he or she will be your prisoner immediately.
Poinsettia enjoys warmth, moisture and plenty of light. It is not resistant to low temperature and is a typical short day plant. Both direct and insufficient light are harmful to its growth.
Avoid ponding and keep the basin soil moist.
Short day treatment can advance flowering.
Cold resistance is weak, greenhouse cultivation in East China and North China must be moved into the greenhouse before frost, otherwise the temperature is low, prone to yellow leaves, fallen leaves, etc.
In winter, the room temperature should not be lower than 5 ℃, 16-18 ℃ is suitable.
Strict requirements on water content, soil too wet, easy to cause root rot, leaves and so on.
