Cultivation Method of Sempervivum 'Little Spheroid' from the Crassula Family
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Sempervivum 'Little Spheroid' is a horticultural variety of Marian, commonly known as Bubble, a perennial succulent herbaceous plant, a small variety. The leaves are opposite in arrangement. The leaves are thick and nearly oval, with a slight tip, and the tips have distinct edges. The leaf surface shows a fine, dimpled pattern, evenly distributed. The leaf color ranges from coffee green to brownish green, with deeper color under strong light, large temperature differences between day and night, or during the low temperature of winter, while the old leaves turn purplish red. Under weak light, the leaf color is a light green.
Sempervivum 'Little Spheroid' needs ample sunlight to make the leaf color and edges bright and attractive, and the plant form tighter and more beautiful. Insufficient sunlight will result in light leaf color and loose, elongated leaf arrangement. With good lighting, the leaves will be very short and round. Sempervivum 'Little Spheroid' grows very slowly, and the plant becomes very spectacular after years of clustering. The flowers are paniculate inflorescences, small, with five-lobed tips, blooming from May to July.
Sempervivum 'Little Spheroid' requires a sunny, cool, and dry environment, can tolerate semi-shade, is afraid of waterlogging, and dislikes humid heat. It has the habit of growing in cool seasons and dormant in high summer temperatures. From September to December each year and from March to June of the following year is the growing period of the plant (different environments of plant friends may have different growing periods). Insufficient lighting will cause the plant leaves to elongate, and the leaf color will gradually fade; plants growing in sufficient sunlight will have a shorter, stouter form, with relatively compact leaf arrangement.
The 'Little Spheroid' grown by Kite is in a sunroom with full sunlight. During the growing period, keep the soil moist but avoid waterlogging. The soil used by Kite is a mixture of coal slag, peat, and a small amount of perlite, in a ratio of about 6:3:1. Sempervivum 'Little Spheroid' can tolerate temperatures as low as -4°C, which is the indoor temperature, not outdoors. Any lower, and the leaf tips and growing points will suffer frostbite and dry up, dying. During the entire winter, watering is basically stopped or reduced, and below 5 degrees, watering should be gradually reduced.
During the high summer temperatures, the plant grows slowly or stops completely. At this time, good ventilation and appropriate shading are needed to avoid direct sunlight, moderate watering, and prevent prolonged rain soaking to avoid plant rot. The propagation of Sempervivum 'Little Spheroid' is generally done by cutting off the top to burst new seedlings or leaf cutting. The cut plant can be directly planted in dry granular soil, with a small amount of water given after a few days, and it easily roots. Leaf cutting is a bit slower; take the full and plump leaves, let them dry in a shaded place to heal the wounds, then place them on the soil, not too wet, just a bit of moisture, and they will gradually sprout and grow new plants.
Sempervivum 'Little Spheroid' is a slow-growing variety. After new leaves grow, the old leaves will gradually dry out, not like other varieties that have many leaves. Plant friends need to be patient.
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