What is the reason why the palace lantern longevity flower does not grow flower buds? (The palace lantern longevity flower grows too long but does not grow flower buds)

The Kalanchoe family is large, with hundreds of family members. In the past two years, the Paris Kalanchoe with double petals, large flowers and gradient colors has always been the leader. However, this year the style suddenly changed, and the retro and court-like Lantern Kalanchoe has quietly become popular!

About the Palace Lantern Kalanchoe:

The palace lantern kalanchoe is also called red lantern and climbing bell crabapple. The flowers are tubular inflorescences. From a distance, they look like small lanterns and swaying bells. The flowers are also divided into single petals and double petals. Single petals are simple and double petals are retro.

The similarities are that the edges of the petals are inlaid with a circle of tender yellow lace, which is very fresh and clean. The flower colors are mainly purple and pink. The flowering period is basically the same as that of the general Kalanchoe. The peak flowering period is roughly around November to April, and the flowering period lasts for half a year.

3 reasons why the palace lantern kalanchoe does not bloom

①Lighting conditions:

Although Kalanchoe is a short-day plant, it needs sufficient light during the flower bud differentiation and bud formation periods. The cultivation environment has about 4 hours of scattered sunlight, which helps prevent excessive growth, keep the plant shape compact and continue to bloom.

The sunshine time required for the royal lantern longevity to bloom is 8 to 9 hours. If the sunshine time exceeds 12 hours, the royal lantern longevity will stop blooming.

Like the Kalanchoe kalanchoe, the Kalanchoe kalanchoe may have a short dormant period during the high temperatures in summer. During this short dormant period, the Kalanchoe kalanchoe will not bloom.

②Temperature conditions:

If the local ambient temperature remains below 10℃ for a long time in winter, it is not conducive to the differentiation of flower buds of Kalanchoe. In areas where the ambient temperature cannot be reached, the Kalanchoe can be moved indoors to a diffuse light environment for maintenance, which is conducive to raising the ambient temperature and promoting the formation of flower buds.

③Nutrient supply:

In addition to repotting and changing the soil once a year, Kalanchoe also needs to be heavily pruned after each flowering to cut off the dead flowers and the overgrown, weak and diseased branches. This helps prevent aging and promote nutrient return.

In addition, autumn and winter are the flower bud differentiation period of Kalanchoe. Supplementing some phosphorus and potassium fertilizers in appropriate amounts can also help promote flower bud differentiation and improve flowering quality.

What to do if the palace lanterns don't grow flower buds?

The Palace Lantern Kalanchoe is a kind of ornamental flowering plant that relatively likes fertilizer. Because its flowering period is very long, during the vigorous growth period of the Palace Lantern Kalanchoe, flower lovers can apply a thin liquid fertilizer to it once every 10 days or so.

We can also spray one thousandth of potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution on the leaves of the lantern plant at the same time. However, after spraying the potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution, the lantern plant must be ventilated, otherwise water will accumulate on the leaves and stems, which can easily cause stem and leaf rot.