The difference between dragon blood tree and wine bottle orchid

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1. Leaves

2. Stem

3. Flowers

4. Temperature

Leaves: The leaves of the Dracaena are wider and lack petioles. There will be fine teeth on the edge of the wine bottle orchid leaves and they will droop naturally. Stem: The stems of Dracaena are uniform in thickness. The stems near the root of the wine bottle orchid are fat, and the dragon's blood tree is shorter in comparison. Flowers: The flowers of dragon's blood are in clusters, and the flowers of wine bottle orchid are relatively small. Plants that are more than 10 years old can bloom.

1. Leaves

Their leaves are all long, in the shape of lines like needles hanging upside down, but the dragon's blood ones are wider, and there are no petioles on the leaves. Large piles of leaves grow together and look very dense. Wine bottles are different. There are fine teeth on the edges of the leaves, which hang down naturally. If the wine bottle is like a fluttering long hair, then the dragon's blood is like a chicken coop.

2. Stem

The stems of Dragon Blood seem to be basically the same thickness from top to bottom. Even if there are particularly thick places, they are bifurcated. They look no different from the stems of ordinary plants. The bottle orchid is different. The stems at its roots are particularly fat and look like a large bottle filled with champagne. This is where its name comes from. It is very easy to judge these two plants by their stems alone. Moreover, the length of the stems is also different, with Dragon Blood being generally shorter.

3. Flowers

The dragon's blood flowers are clustered together in clusters, and the wine bottle flowers are smaller. They are white and small and look very cute. And it takes a plant that has been growing for more than 10 years to produce those tiny flowers.

4. Temperature

Dragon blood likes high temperatures, a lot of water in the air, and conditions with plenty of sunshine. This is a plant introduced from a hot and rainy place, so it is not adapted to conditions that are too cold. The minimum temperature cannot be lower than 10 degrees, and it is best to raise him in an environment above 15 degrees.

When it is cold in winter, its leaves often turn yellow or brown inexplicably. This is because its roots cannot absorb enough water when it is too cold.

The wine bottle is completely different, he likes mildness. It's okay if the temperature is lower, and it can be carried if it's higher. The most suitable temperature is preferably between 16 and 28. He can completely tolerate cold weather. When winter reaches 0 degrees, ordinary flowers and plants will definitely not be able to withstand such a low temperature, and they have to be moved to a warmer place. He has no pressure at all under this temperature and can be completely safe. , still green after a long winter.

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