Leopard skin flower is also called stinky meat flower, its stems and flowers are very beautiful, and the color of the flower is very similar to the fur of the leopard, so it has the name of "leopard skin flower". Leopard skin flower flower inside and outside each has a five-pointed star, when flowering will emit a stink, so as to attract flies and so on to its pollination. Leopard skin flower is small and delicate, easy to reproduce and adaptable, so how to breed leopard skin flower? What are the methods of reproduction?

A, breeding technology

1, environment

Leopard skin flower like warm sunny, drought-resistant, afraid of water and cold. Growing season to give sufficient light, summer to avoid sun exposure.

2, soil

Leopard skin flower choose leaky pots, garden soil + coarse sand or sand mix can be, do not need to add rotten leaves or what nutrient soil, it is strong vitality.

3, temperature

Leopard skin flower growing season to supplement sufficient light, summer heat and put in a ventilated place for its shade; winter indoor temperature to maintain 5 degrees safe winter, below 5 degrees attention to warmth, daytime supplemental sunlight or placed on the balcony with daylight.

4, water and fertilizer

Leopard skin flower is a rough management in the summer and autumn to replace the culture of the soil 2 times, half a month to apply a light liquid fertilizer, no fertilizer can also be normal growth. Summer humid rain how much watering avoid rain potting soil waterlogging caused by root rot and death. Winter dry and cold, stems have mild wilting daytime warm watering, growing period see dry watering.

Two, propagation methods

Cuttings or planting propagation, very easy to survive, in addition to the high temperature and high humidity of the summer season, the other seasons, the temperature is easy to propagate.

1, cuttings: can be cut from the mother plant on the healthy stems and branches or from the base of the split clumps of stems, cut into 5-6cm long spike, placed in the semi-shade ventilated and dry for about 3 days, to be healed by wounds, stem skin shrinkage inward inserted into loose semi-loamy soil, less watering to maintain a temperature of 20 - 25 ° C, about 10-15 days to take root, and so on, when the root system is 3-4cm long when transplanted to the pot.

2, planting: Leopard skin flowers in the early spring growing season pots, planting, planting seedlings with soil can be planted, planting and then watering after 5 days, after the survival of the normal maintenance of sunshine.

The above is the leopard skin flower culture technology and propagation methods, leopard skin flower culture is simple, but the leopard skin flower belongs to the oleander family of plants, sap is slightly toxic, potted plants should be placed in a place that is not easy for children to touch, to avoid touching the leopard skin flower sap to the skin.