What are short-day plants?
The editor will answer for you what short-day plants are and the introduction of common short-day plants in the aspect of green plants and flowers. Let's learn about it together.
Changshou flowers have always been very popular as New Year's flowers. Every winter and spring, Changshou flowers in the flower market bloom especially enchanting, with bright and attractive flowers. Have you taken good care of your Changshou flowers?
The blooming period of Changshou flowers is extremely long. With proper care, they can even bloom a second time after the spring warms up, ensuring flowers for most of the year. Generally speaking, their blooming period can last for more than two to three months, which is how Changshou flowers got their name.
1. Care for newly purchased Changshou flowers
We can buy Changshou flowers that are blooming in the flower market or online all year round because merchants are now growing them in greenhouses, where they can control the length of daylight exposure. For instance, even in the summer, they provide a short-daylight environment, such as 8 hours of daylight and then cover them in darkness for the rest of the time. With such operations, Changshou flowers can bloom normally in the summer.
When we bring newly purchased Changshou flowers home, a lack of sunlight can easily cause the flower buds to fall off (it's normal for some buds to fall off due to environmental changes), especially when there are a lot of flowers and the plant is not strong enough. When buying Changshou flowers, choose ones with sturdy and woody lower branches.
2. Variety selection
What are short-day plants?
Potted Changshou flowers are easy to care for and come in a variety of colors, including pink, red, yellow, white, green, and light purple. In addition to single-petal varieties, there are many double-petal ones. When the double-petal flowers fully open, they look like small roses, which are undoubtedly very appealing.
The leaves of Changshou flowers are thick, and they store a lot of water in their stems and leaves. They are a very typical flowering succulent plant, belonging to the Sedum genre of the Crassulaceae family, with their original habitat being the Madagascar Islands in Africa.
This succulent plant has good drought resistance because it originally grew in deserts or semi-deserts.
Tip:
Changshou flowers are suitable for growing on sunny windowsills or balconies. At night, Changshou flowers open the stomata on their leaves to absorb indoor carbon dioxide and release oxygen.
This is a survival mechanism evolved by succulent plants in harsh desert environments. In desert areas, it is very hot during the day, so they close their stomata to reduce water consumption and only open them at night to absorb carbon dioxide. Changshou flowers are among the few ornamental plants that can release oxygen at night, although the amount they release is negligible.
3. Potting soil selection and repotting