#Toutiao Creation Challenge# Hello everyone, I am your old friend, Deep Mountain Orchid Nu, a northern balcony orchid lover. I like to share orchid care experience. Friends are welcome to communicate and discuss [Come on me] [Come on me] [Come on me] [Come on me] A few days ago,

A few days ago, I posted a photo of red first-grade that I raised. The flowers and colors of the same orchid bloomed were very different. Many friends discussed it with me. I feel that many friends still lack a deep understanding of the maintenance of color flowers. They always feel that the pictures given by the orchid merchants are so bright, but they are very shallow and have no charm at all. They think they have met a profiteer. Is this true? Maybe there is. What is the real reason? It is because the orchid friends are not familiar with the maintenance of colored flowers. Simply put, it is because the cultivation is not done properly. [Five][Five][Five]

Today I will talk to you about my experience in growing color flowers, hoping to help my friends.

The color flowers I am talking about here are mainly the most popular red orchids at present. Although white essence has always been the most valuable in the history of orchid cultivation, with the development of our society, the aesthetics of orchids have also developed diversifiedly, and we must also respect social trends.

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The first thing you need to talk about is planting materials. Everyone knows that orchids like slightly acidic planting materials. This knowledge point is known before everyone grows orchids. Many friends will ignore it during the specific maintenance process. The popular planting materials now are granular planting materials. Today I won’t talk about its advantages, I will only talk about its disadvantages. The roasted orchid stones, ceramic , planted elliptic stones, volcanic rocks, tile , broken bricks, etc. in the granular planting materials are all alkaline. This must be handled before we pot the orchids. The simple method is to remove the fire and soak them repeatedly in trapped water for a week, filter out the alkaline substances in these planting materials to ensure that the planting materials are in a neutral and slightly acidic state. Friends who are not sure can use ph test paper to test it. After the planting materials are prepared, it is a problem of watering. Friends in the south have no big problems, but friends in the north should be very careful. The soil and soil in the north are relatively alkaline. When using it, you must properly handle it, trap the tap water for two or three days, or add some ph-adjusting stones, superphosphate , potassium dihydrogen phosphate, etc. to the water, and adjust the ph-value of the additives, pay attention to the small amount to avoid accumulation of orchids. Why is this? Because the color of orchids has a lot to do with anthocyanin . Anthocyanin will be red when it encounters acid, and light when it is alkaline. This is also the confusion encountered by many northern orchid friends. Once you know this truth, you will understand.

Next talk about lighting. Many friends know that if the orchids want to bloom brightly, it is important to bask in the sun more often. But there are still many friends who are burning in the sun and the colors are still very dim. This is what I want to tell you about precautions for basking in the sun. Friends who are concerned about the native place of orchids should have an intuitive impression. Most orchids in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are mainly green flowers, while orchids in the southwest are richer in color. By comparison, you will know that the light intensity in the southwest region is higher, and the main reason is the ultraviolet intensity here. So when we maintain it normally, we must pay attention to the ultraviolet rays. Bask more morning sunshine, avoid sunshine in the west, try to let the flowers bathe in the sun, and do not have glass blocks, because the glass will isolate a large portion of the ultraviolet rays, and the ultraviolet rays will be strong, so the flowers will be bright in color. When the ultraviolet rays are weak, the color of the flowers will be lighter. This is the experience gained by many friends who are indoor orchid cultivation and outdoor orchid cultivation. The colors of anthocyanins appear differently. If the orchid is indoors for a long time during the flowering period and wants to bloom more beautifully, you can appropriately enhance the effect of ultraviolet rays and consider filling lights.

Finally, let me tell you about the temperature. Many friends who grow orchids have this feeling that the same orchid should bloom brightly in late autumn, and the flowers should be more elegant in midsummer. Why is this? It's actually temperature. It can be understood from several angles. First of all, the temperature difference is large, and the orchid accumulates a lot of nutrients, which helps the orchids show their own characteristics. The second is the effect of temperature on anthocyanins. When the temperature is high, the color rendering effect of anthocyanins is not ideal, and the temperature decreases, the color rendering effect of anthocyanins will become better and the flowering will be more colorful.There is another saying that orchids bloom mainly to attract insect pollination. When the temperature decreases, insect activity will be lower. In order to better achieve the purpose of pollination, orchids can only bloom more beautifully and attract bees and butterflies.

has talked so much, and let me summarize, how can I make the color flowers bloom more beautifully? Simply put, it is more acidic when the temperature is low. Remember these three key points and I believe you can also develop gorgeous colors. When friends are in their daily maintenance, what other good ways can make the color flowers more beautiful? Everyone is welcome to share and communicate in the comment area [Come on me] [Come on me] [Come on me] [Come on me]