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What is the cause of Clivia leaf wrinkle: excessive pursuit of short neck, ultra wide, super small,

Flower friends who have raised Clivia may sometimes encounter wrinkled leaves of Clivia. Their first reaction may be that it is caused by improper maintenance. In fact, this phenomenon may also be related to varieties. This kind of situation often occurs in such varieties as quelan and Henglan, and most of them are young plants, which will not affect the healthy growth of Clivia in the future.

In addition, there are many articles on the Internet about the causes of Clivia leaf wrinkle, but most of them are ambiguous or unreliable. Let's have a look at some more comprehensive analysis. These analyses refer to Mr. Liu Xiaozhong's book "Changchun Clivia identification, appreciation and Cultivation Techniques".

Clivia leaf wrinkle what is the cause of Clivia leaf wrinkle? There are too many opinions about the cause of Clivia leaf wrinkle. 30 years ago, Clivia rarely wrinkled, perhaps because the number is too small, only dyeing plant sometimes wrinkled vertically, but not dead fold. Some people call it "railway orchid". In recent 10 years, Clivia leaf wrinkle rate has gradually increased.

Over the past 10 years, some people said that the pleating was due to hypertrophy; some said it was water shortage; others said that the temperature was low. I (Liu Xiaozhong) have done experiments. It has been proved that a little fat is not pleated as usual. Therefore, we can deny hypertrophy. If we put it in the best temperature zone and in the midsummer, we can also fold it. If the water is permeated once a day, we can not say that it has anything to do with water. Therefore, the above reasons are not tenable.

What should I do if I fold a beautiful orchid? All possible treatment. Those who hold a big view of fat: lose weight. Those who hold the view of low temperature: increasing temperature. Small water point of view: increase the amount of water. But none of them worked. Some people thought of a way to do it. They thought that the folding was "tight", that is, the leaf sheath was wrapped too tightly, so they made a bold sacrifice. They simply cut the leaf sheath with a knife, and then split it to both sides with force. I'm afraid it can't be fixed with a rope. As a result, the pleat is still correct (it's the same with someone's arrow clip).

What reason is Clivia leaf wrinkle

I've seen all of the above with my own eyes, and more than one person has done so.

The power of seed germination is not to be underestimated. How hard the soil is, the roots should be rooted down, and the leaves should grow out. Moreover, the leaves will soon stretch out after seeing the sunlight. Can the sheath of Clivia restrict the normal growth of leaves? This is too unnatural. According to the law, even if the leaflet is trapped in the leaf sheath before it is stretched out, the leaf should expand gradually after it grows, but this is not the case. Some of the larger animal cubs have to run with their mother (for example, deer) just after they are born, in order to survive. Moreover, it is inconceivable that their mothers can also give birth to their big cubs. But naturally, this is the case. It is only normal that they have to give birth to them. It seems that the wrinkle of Clivia is not caused by external factors.

The evolution of organisms is in the same direction of better survival, if not, this species will be eliminated. The existence of species is "natural selection". In the materials we can see, the morphology of wild Clivia is not as good as the varieties we have improved and cultivated, but none of them is as ugly as pleating. I think those inferior species have been eliminated by nature for a long time.

In the cross breeding, although the hybridization is complex, it is not messy, so we must follow certain rules, otherwise it will be eliminated by nature. Clivia pleating is probably the result of the wrong cross.

It can only be said here in a very likely way, without saying that it is very certain. After years of observation, we found out the common features of Clivia. I found that the pleating ratio of Clivia is related to the shape: the shorter the neck, the higher the pleating rate; in direct proportion to the round head shape, the higher the pleating rate; inversely proportional to the size of the body, that is, the larger the body, the lower the pleating rate; and the inverse ratio of the length to width, i.e., the shorter the neck, the higher the pleating rate The higher the ratio, the lower the pleating rate.

If the above observation is correct, then excessive pursuit of short neck, ultra wide, ultra small may be the real reason for Clivia pleating.

Excessive pursuit of short neck and small size leads to wrinkled leaves