Kana paine akanaka uye anoshamisa ekushongedza maruva, aya pasina mubvunzo ndeaya eiyo orchids. Uye ivo vanoda kwazvo kuziva; zvakanyanya zvekuti kune mamwe ane zvimiro zvemhuka, asi kune zvimwe zvinotiyeuchidza nezvechimwe chinhu chatinopfeka zuva rega rega, semateki.
A orchid Venus Slipper chirimwa chinoshamisa. Izvo zvakanaka kuve nemukati memba, chero bedzi iine mwenje wakawandisa uye ichichengetedzwa kubva kune madhirezi Tevere ini ndichakuratidza zvakavanzika zvaro zvese kwauri.
Iyi orchid yekuda kuziva ndeyeye botanical genus Paphiopedilum iyo inosanganisira makumi manomwe emarudzi, uye inowanikwa munzvimbo dzinopisa dzeAsia. Kusiyana nePhalaenopsis, ndeyepanyika, ndiko kuti, inokura pasi. Maruva ayo anokwezva kutarisisa kwakawanda, uye ichi ndicho chinhu chakachiisa munjodzi yekutsakatika.
Iine mashizha akareba akareba, anenge 30cm kureba uye anenge 3cm upamhi. Maruva akakomberedza 15cm uye inosvika pakureba ingangoita 35-40cm.
Kurima kwaro kuri nyore kwazvo, kuchizvidyara pachako mu substrate inoumbwa neparati nhema, paini bark (ivhu reorchid) uye jecha muzvikamu zvakaenzana. Kuti uvandudze drainaira, zvakakosha kuwedzera dura rekutanga revhu rinoputika; nenzira iyi, tichadzivisa kuwanda kwemvura.
Kudiridza kunofanirwa kuve kazhinji, nekudaro kuchengetedza ivhu semi-nyorovera. Shandisa isina-lime mvura yeiyi, senge mvura inonaya kana mamineral mvura. Munguva yemwaka wemaruva unogona kuibhadharira neimwe fotereza yeorchid, uchitevera rairo dzakatarwa papakeji.
Kunyangwe chiri chirimwa chinoramba kwazvo, chengetedzo chaiyo inofanirwa kutorwa nekudiridza kwakanyanya, sezvo zvichikonzera fungal zvirwere. Muchiitiko chaunoona kuti mashizha awo anotanga kuora, chengetedza chirwere chakakura uye fungidziro.
Iyi orchid yakanaka kwazvo inotaridzika kutonhora uye chando, asi chokwadi mumba mako munotaridzika zvakanaka 🙂.