What kind of flower is the smiling flower? . .

The smile flower is a relatively common woody flowering shrub that warms the ground. Because the smile flower is not cold-tolerant, you need to pay attention to cold protection during the artificial planting process. If the outdoor environment temperature is relatively low, you need to pay attention to moving it indoors. The floral fragrance of the smiling flower is quiet and orchid-like, and is very popular among people.

The smiling flower

The smiling flower is 2-3 meters high, with gray-brown bark and dense branches; the buds, twigs, petioles and pedicels are all densely covered with yellow-brown hairs. The leaves are leathery, narrowly elliptical or obovate-elliptical, 4-10 cm long and 1.8-4.5 cm wide, with a blunt short-pointed apex and a wedge-shaped or broadly wedge-shaped base. The upper surface is shiny and hairless, and there are brown flat hairs on the midrib below. , the remainder is hairless, the petiole is 2-4 mm long, and the stipule mark reaches the top of the petiole.

Chinese name: Michelia figo

Latin scientific name: Michelia figo (Lour.) Spreng.

Alternate names: Michelia figo, Hanxiaomei, Shanjiezi, White orchids, orange trees, banana flowers, banana shrubs

Binary name: Michelia figo

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum: Angiosperms

Class: Dicotyledons

Order: Magnoliales

Family: Magnoliaceae

Genus: Miriam

Species ：Hanxiaohua

Distribution area: Originated in Guangdong and Fujian, now cultivated in the Yangtze River Basin to Jiangnan, Taiwan and other places

Flowering period: March to May

Soil PH value: slightly acidic soil of 5.0-5.5

Propagation: cuttings, high pressure method and grafting method