CHANTRIERI NOC – The bat flower has flowers resemble the bats

Scientific name: Chanstrier Tac
Popular names: Bat flower, Bagger, orchid for bags, black flower, busty mustache
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Category: Flowers, perennial flowers
Climate: Equatorial, subtropical, tropical
Origin: Asia, China, Malaysia, Oceania, Thailand
Height: From 0.6 to 0.9 meters
Brightness: Widespread light, half shadow, shadow
Vital cycle: perennial

Sober the Chantrier Tache

Chanstrier Tac It has flowers that look like a club, both in shape and in dark colors, from which its name!

Almost exotic black appearance, almost total with «antennas» that can reach 20 cm, even blacks that give a different composition from the other ornamental species.

Chantrieri notch known as Flower Bat

The flower flower, also known as a bat flower or black flower, is the chestnut notch, of the Watercyae family, originating from Malaysia, whose main feature is its resemblance to a club, with its main colored petals between dark purple and black to seem the wings of a club in the center of the flight.

The Bagonica plant grows on the Asian soil

The black color is very rare among the flowers. The exotic chantrieri notch grows on Asian soil and became known as «bat flower».

For a while, it was thought that its dark appearance has attracted pollinating flies, looking for an organic matter in decomposition.

But this is not the case: the species lives very well on its own (car -fertilization).

These exotic flowers do not have a perfume and their «antennas» that come out of the flower can reach 20 centimeters in length.

The propagation is made by the seeds and the earth must be rich in nutrients and minerals. It can be cultivated in pots or directly on the ground, I up aside several times during the year.

The bat flower does not tolerate the sun very strong and at half light develops better and faster.

No country country a Orchid It is ideal for shaded areas in places of warm and humid climate.

However, it is much more appreciated if cultivated in pots and gardeners, adornic balconies, stays, offices, etc.

It is possible to cultivate it in temperate places, provided that it can be taken in protected environments such as interior or wet greenhouses.

Sadia plants grow by producing new plants, if the cultivation conditions are not slowly accepted.

Therefore, its cultivation is considered difficult and is not indicated for novice gardeners.

Those who intend to try to reproduce this plant from the seeds will have to arm you with great patience, since germination can occur in a period of time between 1 and 9 months, depending on the weather conditions.

The special cure and attention should be taken from the beginning of the preparation of the seeds at the first months of the seedlings, make Chantrinted notch sowing a true and unequal challenge with nature that sometimes with a little luck, you can win.

Reining every 2 or 3 years to renew the vigor of the plant.

It multiplies by seeds and separation of the plants formed around the mother plant.

The plants formed by the seeds take 2 to 3 years until the start of the flower.

It is widely used as an internal plant in well -ventilated and warm spaces.

The utmost care he needs is irrigation and maintenance of humidity.

Earth

It should be rich in organic matter, with a good water filtration capacity. AS:

Cultivation in ships: Add a first layer of clay and then mix mow with 20% substrate for acid plants.

Garden cultivation: The ground must be fertile, light, well drained and a little acid (pH between 5 and 6.5).

If yours is not so, and since it is a relatively small plant, it creates a plantation of about 50 x 50 cm, cover the sides with the shadow screen and fill with the mixture of the substrates mentioned above.