First, the feeding method
1, change pots and soil
In the process of cultivating Michelia, the pot soil should be changed once a year. When changing pots, humus soil and river sand should be used to prepare nutrient soil according to the ratio of 2: 1, and slow-release fertilizer should be applied. Then take out the whole plant of Michelia, cut off the miscellaneous roots and plant it in a new pot of soil.
2. Water and fertilizer management
After entering the growth period, Michelia needs more nutrients and water. During the cultivation period, dilute fertilizer is applied every other week and water is poured every 2 ~ 3 days. During watering, water should be poured along the edge of the basin, and when water overflows from the bottom of the basin, the soil should be kept moist.
3, whole leaf pruning
Milan orchid is an evergreen shrub or small tree. In order to maintain its beautiful plant shape, in the process of breeding, it is necessary to regularly cut off the branches that grow into plant shape with sterilized sharp scissors. Moreover, Milan orchids should prune the buds with dense branches after flowering, and cut off the residual flowers after the flowers wither to reduce nutrient consumption.
Second, matters needing attention
1, control sunshine time
Smiling needs sunshine all the year round, and it is best to have 12 hours of light every day. Therefore, it is best to put the orchids at home outdoors or on the balcony in a sunny place.
2, timely supplement fertilizer
Fertilizers should be replenished in time after flowering to prepare for the next flowering. The fertilizer can be slightly thicker in the growth period, and the number of fertilization can be appropriately increased in the flowering period.
Morphological characteristics of Michelia;
Milan orchid is an evergreen shrub or small tree with many branchlets. There is a star-shaped rust scale at the top of the young branch, and then it falls off. Odd-pinnate compound leaves, alternate, 5- 12 (- 16) cm long, leaf axis and petiole with narrow wings, 3-5 opposite leaflets, thick paper, 2-7 (-1) cm long and 65438 cm wide.
The lower part is much smaller than the upper part, the apex is blunt, the base is wedge-shaped, both sides are hairless, the whole margin, the veins are obvious, there are about 8 lateral veins on each side, and they are extremely slender, and the veins on both sides are slightly convex. Panicle axillary, 5- 10 cm long, slightly scattered, glabrous. The flowers are yellow, about 2 mm in diameter and fragrant. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes rounded. Corolla with 5 petals, oblong or suborbicular, long 1.5-2 mm, round, truncated at the top, longer than calyx.