Unonophelo lwe-Orchid cactus

IKrismesi iyeza kwaye enye izityalo zekrisimesi ezithandwa kakhulu, Epiphyllum okanye eyaziwa ngcono njenge i-orchid cactus okanye iPluma de Santa Teresa, iqala ukuqhakaza ngendlela emangazayo. Imvelaphi yayo isuka eMexico naseArgentina, yicactus ehlala ngokubambelela emithini, ngokungathi sisityalo esinyukayo. Zimbalwa kakhulu ii-cacti eziziphatha ngoluhlobo; inyani eyenza i-orchid cactus ibaluleke ngakumbi kwaye inomdla.

Iintyatyambo zinemibala eqaqambileyo, sonwabile, kufanelekile ukunika ubomi ebusika obusondelayo, akunjalo?

Los uyakhathala yale cactus entle zezi zilandelayo:

• Kufuneka siyibeke kwindawo apho ikhoyo ilanga ngqo ngokukhethekileyo, nangona inokuhlala emthunzini omnyama okoko kukhanya kuninzi.
• Ukuba siyifumana emva kwehlobo, asisayi kuwutshintsha ufike entwasahlobo, ukuqinisekisa ukuba isityalo siqhakaza ngokuchanekileyo.
• Njengazo zonke i-cacti, ifuna i substrate eququzelela umjelo wamanzi. Siza kubeka enye ye-cacti, okanye siza kwenza lo mxube ulandelayo: i-vermiculite engama-60 okanye isanti yomlambo kunye ne-40% ye-peat emnyama. Iipesenti ziya kwahluka ngokuxhomekeke kwimozulu esihlala kuyo kwaye, ngaphezulu kwako konke, kwimvula. Okukhona kunetha, kokukhona siya kongeza ivermiculite, kwaye okomileyo kuya kuba mnyama ngakumbi.
• Siza kuhlala sinkcenkceshela ukuvumela i-substrate yome phakathi kokunkcenkceshela nokunkcenkceshela.
• Ngalo lonke ixesha lokukhula, oko kukuthi, ukusuka entwasahlobo ukuya ekwindla, sinako hlawula ngesichumiso esenziwe ngezinto eziphilayo okanye esicothayo. Sinokusebenzisa isichumisi esingamanzi kulandela iingcebiso zomenzi.

I-Epiphyllum inokuphinda iveliswe ngokulula kusetyenziswa ukusika ehlotyeni. Siza kusika amagqabi anobude obungama-20cm ubude kwaye siya kuwatyala embizeni kunye nomxube we-substrate okhankanywe ngaphambili. Kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa baya kube bebekile kwaye siya kuba sifumene iisampulu ezintsha.

Esi sityalo ifumaneka kumntu wonkeEwe, ayibizi kwaye kulula kakhulu ukuyinyamekela, awucingi?