Pandan leaves
PANDAN LEAVE PLANT
20220124 Monday 1100 hot morning
- Plant Height 52 cm
- Dark Brown Pot Diameter 17cm x Height 20 cm
- Gross Weight 1 kg
20211229 Wednesday 1600 warm afternoon
Tiny ---> mini pot for office desk.
So small ... that's my pinky finger.
20211223 Thursday 1600 warm afternoon
Overgrown.
These Pandan Leaves are my many years' collections. They used to grow in the ground. Their roots are very strong so it is easy to take care of.
It stays well and happy in the small pot at the moment. Otherwise, it could have grown as tall as > 2 meters from the ground.
They have so much overgrown hence I need to tidy them up.
TAKING CARE OF PANDAN LEAVES 🍃 PLANTS
WATER
To take care of pandan leaves plants just need to shower their soils twice daily in the morning and evening thoroughly. Usually, I count 5 seconds while doing the watering to ensure their roots get sufficient water since our weather is such warm.
Can use drip head with a recycled Mineral plastic bottle or Pepsi-Cola plastic bottle when weather is extremely hot, or when need to travel a few days for holiday or works.
Can also bury a bottle (make some tiny holes at the side and bottom of the bottle) that you can always top up the water from the cap and close up the cover well (to prevent mosquitoes bleeding) if you are growing the plant in the ground or in a big tub. Those plants would be most happy 🎶 with the continuous drip drops of water. Observe them. You can really feel their mood yeh 😃.
You can always pull out the small little buds with their roots when they are about 10 cm (safer and stronger) in height, propagate the small ones in the tiny pots and start to grow them. I use a few of them to decorate my office table beside my computer so as to feed some good greenery to rest my eyes upon staring at the computer screen for long hours.
At much earlier stages, I used to change their pots from small pots to big tubs. However, later I realize it's not really necessary at all. I notice they can stay well and happy in the 20 cm x 17 cm small pot all the way even until they reach 1.2 m in height (provided there is no very strong wind otherwise they will keep falling down when strong wind pass by).
DECORATION
They look really nice with their tall and strong "muscular" stem and roots that I like to keep the whole thing beside the sofa corner to receive guests.
Yes, my whole hall and kitchen have these fragrances.
ANTI-INSECTS HERBS / PLANTS
NATURAL INSECT REPELLENTS
Put it near the doorsteps entrance they work like 24/7 humble security guards to keep away those cockroaches from entering into the premises.
A few other types of plants with fragrances that are good and helpful to prevent insects are such as Catnip, Lavender, Lemon Thyme, Rosemary, Sage, Chrysanthemums, Pitcher Plants, Venus flytrap, Lavenders, Lemongrass, Mints, etc, they do keep away some mosquitoes somehow rather.
Not bad yah.
Move to another ground in 2012.
- Plant height 1.05 meters
- Bright Brown Pot Diameter 20 cm x Height 17 cm
- Gross Weight 3.42 kg
20211222 Wednesday 1700 hot afternoon
20211005 Tuesday 0700 good morning
20210805 Thursday 8.45 am.
香兰叶
“芳兰叶叶香”
《和邓慎思秋日同文馆诗三首》 宋代 耿南仲
槐市任花黄，赓歌且闢场。 醒心流水曲，警耳白云章。
冷竹枝枝翠，芳兰叶叶香。 满前皆俊彦，何但有三康。
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Pandan Leaves |
Pandanus Amaryllifolius Roxb.
Family Name: Pandanaceae
Synonyms: Pandanus hasskarlii, Pandanus latifolius, Pandanus latifolius var. minor, Pandanus odorus
Common Name: Pandan, Fragrant Pandan, Scented Pandan, Screwpine, Fragrant Screwpine, Indonesian Screwpine, Pandan Rampeh, Pandan Wangi, Daun Pandan, 班兰
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/2/2/2299
Shrub (Herbaceous),
Tree (Shrubby (1m-5m))
