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ORCHID FRAGMIPEDIUM – CARE AND FEATURES OF GROWING

Fragmipedium photo

The shoe fit right

When I saw the bloom of this orchid - a relative of papiopedilum (venus shoe), then fell in love with her forever. Now I can't imagine my collection without these luxurious, relatively unpretentious and willingly flowering plants.

FRAGMIPEDIUM – LANDING

Young specimens are recommended to be replanted annually at the end of winter-spring, mature - every two years, better after flowering. Fragmipedia, usually, transplant well. The plant is shaken out of the pot, examine the roots, remove rotten and damaged ones and plant in a new container with fresh substrate, after laying drainage on the bottom.

The mixture for planting phragmipediums is based on the bark of the medium and fine fraction, charcoal, perlite, pieces of lava. Also, the composition may include fragments of the roots of tree ferns. Plants are planted in a pre-moistened substrate. It is important to tamp it well, the pot by weight must be heavy. The soil is kept moist all the time, a little water is left in the pallet at the bottom.

During transplantation, orchids can be propagated by dividing the rosette, but experience shows, that undivided plants are stronger and more resistant to disease, bloom long and profusely. So it is undesirable to bother them with such a procedure without unnecessary need..

Fragmipedium – cultivation

MIRABILIS: BEAUTY IN THE NIGHT

Mirabilis opens in July, flowering which lasts until October. This is an unusual plant: its buds open at night and begin to emit a special fragrance (vanilla blend, citrus, jasmine). Hence the second name of the flower - night beauty.

In the middle lane, mirabilis can be grown as a perennial (if it is possible to store tubers in the basement) either as an annual.

Its large seeds have excellent germination. I grow a night beauty through seedlings - I sow seeds in April in containers. Seedlings are unpretentious and grow quickly, forming a solid bush by the time of planting on a flower bed.

I begin to form plants, while they still grow on the windowsill, pinching the ends of the main shoots. Numerous lateral shoots with peduncles appear immediately. In early July, already in the garden, I pinch the tops of the side shoots of the second order. As a result, new stepchildren give flower brushes, and bloom lasts until the frost.