Small buds scatter jade-colored flowers like crackers!?
Misha: This time it’s Lakenaria.
Hachibee: What kind of flower is it?
Misha: It’s a flower that blooms in winter and has a very nice color. Also, the flower shape is a bit unusual, with long, slender flowers blooming in the shape of bells. This time, I will try growing the Viridiflora variety, which is particularly popular among the Lachenarias for its cool jade color.
Hachibee: It’s quite unusual, like it blooms in the middle of winter or a lot of strange flowers bloom at once, right? ?
Misha: And the ultimate thing is how it blooms. It’s like popping a cracker! It feels like it’s going to explode!
Hachibee: Umumu cracker! ? I can’t imagine it at all, but I want to see it actually grow!
Lachenaria “Almost Weekly” Cultivation Report
9/24 Bulb planting
Misha: Lachenarias are usually grown from bulbs.
Hachibee: Is this a Lachenaria bulb? It’s small. It kind of looks like garlic.
10/1 Not germinated yet
Hachibee: Hmmmm!
10/8 Not germinated yet
Hachibee: Mmmmmmm!
10/15 Germination!
Hachibee: It’s out!
Misha: It’s been 3 weeks since I planted the bulbs. I gathered up a lot of strength and came out.
10/22 Thick leaves begin to grow
Hachibee: It’s like shouting “Gao!” to the sky. The black speckles also look like a strong carnivore from the feline family.
10/29 The two leaves begin to open on the left and right.
Misha: Looks like you’re shouting to the sky this time. It seems like he’s growing faster and faster.
11/5 Something appears in the middle of two leaves
Hachibee:? ? ? I wonder what it is, it looks a little different from the second leaf, right?
11/12 A ball-like object forms between the leaves.
Hachibee: I can only describe it as a ball, but what is it? It doesn’t seem like a leaf? ?
11/19 The ball starts to grow
Hachibee: Oh! ? Something sticky came out of the ball!
11/26 The leaves are large and wide.
Hachibee: I was distracted by the ball-like thing in the middle, and before I knew it, the leaf had become huge!
Misha: But even if it grows, it won’t have more than two leaves. The unique black spots also stand out, giving it a very unique atmosphere.
12/3 A bud grows in the middle of the plant.
Hachibee: Is this a bud? It’s kind of like a pineapple, like a nut… It looks like the fruit has suddenly grown past the stems and flowers, right? ?
Misha: Hehehe, here’s where it gets interesting.
12/10 Blooming!
Hachibee: What happened! ? ?
Misha: That little pineapple, or should I say, a bud that looked like a firework ball, suddenly sprouted a stem and then bloomed into a flower.
Hachibee: It’s completely different from last week! It was so fast that I couldn’t keep up with how it turned into a flower!
Misha: The cracker just popped! It felt like it exploded!
12/17 Full bloom!
Hachibee: This is another strange flower shape. It’s like a space creature.
Misha: It may not have come from outer space, but there is no doubt that this flower is quite unique, including its shape, color, and even the way it blooms.
12/24 Flower color changes
Hachibee: Oh? It seems like the jade color is slowly fading away…
12/31 Flower color changes further
Hachibee: It has turned into a white flower with a pink tip!
Misha: Rather than withering, it’s definitely a color change.
1/7 Flowers begin to wither
Hachibee: It’s starting to wrinkle little by little.
1/14 Flowers wither
Misha: It’s time to pick the flower patterns.
Hachibee: But the leaves still seem to be full of energy.
1/21 Flowers end
Hachibee: Looks like that jade color has completely disappeared. Oh, it’s like I’ve lost my soul.
Misha: Lachenaria, which scatters its flowers before spring, is aptly named the Queen of Winter. Even the healthy leaves wither and fall before the hot season and go to sleep until the end of summer.
~One word! Lachenaria viridiflora cultivation points
Cultivation difficulty：★★★☆☆
Grows rapidly from autumn to winter
Flowers decorate the garden in the middle of winter
It is weakly cold resistant, so grow it in a pot.
On days when the temperature is below freezing
It’s good to keep it in your house and take care of it.
