The fairy flower is an ornamental plant that is both beautiful and has a serene fragrance. Here is the technique of growing beautiful fragrant glitter from tubers.
Since the New Year last year, Tien Ong flowers have been sold and quickly became popular. People like Fairy He probably because this is a special flower, both colorful and incense, with a pure and noble beauty.
The Fairy Flower is a perennial herbaceous plant that grows from false bulbous stems. Each plant can have 1 – 2 elegant flower stems with 5-petal bell-shaped flowers growing consecutively and connecting around on a flower pillar forming a pyramid 20-25 cm long, which is likened to Christmas.
Fairy He flowers usually bloom at night and have a very seductive, fancy-looking fragrance.
Because the Fairy He flower has roots growing in clusters around the false stem, if grown in a glass jar containing water (hydroponics), the root system is white like a charge, looking like the beard of his fairy, so it is also called Fairy Ong flower.
The flower usually blooms at night and has a very seductive fragrance, fancy-looking, suitable for decoration on living room tables, offices with ɱaпy rich colors with different varieties such as white, red, pink, yellow, purple, blue … At this ᴛι̇ɱe when you decide to plant so that they flower in ᴛι̇ɱe for Tet is quite possible.
The technique of growing fairy trees or evening orchids is not like other ornamental flowers because they are grown from bulbs. His fairy has a pleasant aroma, looks fancy, very suitable for decoration on the living room table of the study. Flowers have ɱaпy colors to choose from depending on your preferences as well as your destiny for players, such as white, pink, purple, blue or red.
Treatment of seed tubers
Tien He bulbs need to cool before planting to be able to bloom the most beautiful large flowers. Often the seller has already cooled it beforehand. However, there are also cases where families have to buy them to take care of themselves.
Bulbs before planting need to be sealed with a black bag and kept in a cool place with a temperature of 2-8oC. With the weather in Vietnam, families should store seed bulbs in the refrigerator to reach the standard temperature. However, care should be taken not to edge apples because the gases from this fruit will cause rot and damage to Tien Ong bulbs.
Cultivation
There are two ways of growing Tien He are in soil and hydroponic (domestic). Regardless of the planting method, you should wear gloves because the bulbs cause irritation, itching, skin and eyes.
Growing in the country
Fairy He grown in water, also known as hydroponic cultivation, is very popular because of the ethereal roots that look like Mr. Buddha’s beard, gray hair, which contrasts sharply with the brilliance of the flowers above.
- Jar: a whole glass jar with a narrow neck and an enlarged bulge at the bottom. The Fairy Flower will look beautiful with a transparent glass jar because it will reveal its white roots.
- Give water to the bottleneck part.
- When placing the Fairy tubers on the mouth of the jar, make them 1-2cm away from the water-containing part to avoid causing waterlogging and causing rot of the bulbs.
- In the early stages of planting, when the roots are young, pots should be placed in moderately lit places. After the roots have hardened, it is recommended to move to a brighter place. From this point on, the Fairy Tree did not need much care.
Growing in the ground, in pots
- The soil should be: moist, loose and easily drained with a ratio of soil: sand (or crushed stone, gravel, rice husk) = 1: 1.
- It is recommended to plant tubers about 10cm deep and 7.5cm apart, so that the tip of the bulb floats on the soil surface. You can plant closer, but be careful not to let them touch each other or touch the walls of the pot.
- With humid weather in Hanoi, the tubers should be kept away from rainwater, otherwise they will waterlog or rot.
- There is no need to use a lot of nutrient-rich planting material or fertilize after planting.
Care
- After the fading flower turns color, it is recommended to immediately remove the branches and add fertilizer.
- Reduce the amount of watering until the leaves fall off on their own.
- Dig up the tubers and store them in a cool dry place for further planting for next year’s crop. The condition of the bulbs and the quality of flowers will deteriorate after the years of planting.
The origin and meaning of Tien Ong flower