Raise kangaroo flowers
The editor brings you the cultivation method of kangaroo flowers and the precautions for keeping kangaroo flowers, the content of green plant flower planting, the specific contents are as follows:
Hello, flower friends! "Flower·Voice" wishes everyone a new year with new prospects, all the best, good health, and the ability to grow any flower in the new year! Today, let's get to know an excellent indoor ornamental green plant that is not only easy to care for but also has good value, suitable for新手 friends without flower cultivation experience.
Kangaroo Flower
This flower is named "Kangaroo Flower," also known as "Pufferfish Flower" or "Goldfish Flower," belonging to the perennial evergreen herbaceous plant of the Caudicopsis genus in the Gesneriaceae family. It is native to Brazil in South America and is now widely cultivated worldwide, mainly used as indoor hanging potted plants for ornamental purposes, suitable for placement on balconies, windowsills, bedrooms, desks, and more.
Although kangaroo flowers are herbaceous plants, their branches will lignify, resembling a small tree. The plants are short and compact, with a height of only 15-30 cm, but with an upright posture and good branching. The leaves are broad-ovate, nearly as long as wide, with a fleshy texture that breaks easily when pinched. The leaves are deep green, glossy, and evergreen throughout the year, not dropping leaves even in winter, making them excellent ornamental foliage plants.
Unique flower shape
Kangaroo flowers, as their name suggests, are unique and beautiful. The small flowers grow at the top of the branches, round and鼓鼓的 (puffy), with a golden yellow color, resembling kangaroos or goldfish, vivid and interesting, like a group of golden little ones swimming in a sea of green leaves. The flowers and leaves complement each other, enhancing their ornamental value.
Diligent flowering, long blooming period
Kangaroo flowers do not have a fixed blooming season. With proper care and suitable conditions, they can bloom throughout the year, mostly in spring, summer, and autumn. The blooming period is also long, with a single flowering lasting more than two months, repeatedly blooming during this period, with abundant flowers. With proper care, they may even experience a爆发 (explosion) of blooms.
Some scattered light will make flowering more diligent
Kangaroo flowers are quite fond of indoor plants and have their own insights on how to make them bloom. First is lighting; kangaroo flowers do not like direct sunlight but enjoy morning and evening light or scattered light. Other than at noon, exposure to the sun in the morning and evening will make the plants stronger and produce more flower buds. Second is nutrients; if there is a long period without flowering, you can add some flowering fertilizer like monopotassium phosphate, applying thin fertilizer frequently for about half a month, which will quickly result in flowers.
Daily care is also very simple. In addition to the above operations, it is mainly watering and pruning. This plant is very drought-resistant (after all, it is a succulent with thick leaves storing water), and I usually water it three times a month, on average, every ten days, and in winter, once every half a month is fine. Pruning mainly involves removing damaged branches, blind branches, withered leaves, and残花 (withered flowers), and promptly removing them. There's no need for much pinching as they have good natural branching ability.
Another point is that the survival rate of cutting is very high. Take a semi-mature branch, leave the leaves on, and directly insert it into a bottle of clear water. It will root in about a week and can be transplanted after half a month. Use loose and fertile soil, and it can be grown entirely indoors (even if it can get sunlight through the window) without any issues. It has no requirements for air humidity but is not cold-resistant. Just bring it indoors during winter in the north. Kangaroo flowers, an excellent indoor green plant, ornamental foliage and flowers, those who like it can try it.
The cultivation method of kangaroo flowers and the precautions for keeping kangaroo flowers shared in this article hope to bring a little help to your life!