Micro landscape of endive plant
By layering pebbles, sphagnum moss, soil, and moss structures in transparent containers to plant Gesneriaceae plants, the problems of monotonous ornamental value and complex operation of existing micro-landscapes have been solved, achieving a diversified ornamental effect that is low-cost and easy to maintain.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-14
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-13
AI Technical Summary
Existing plant micro-landscapes mainly consist of mosses, succulents, dendrobiums, and other plants, which suffer from problems such as limited ornamental value, high operational difficulty, high cost, and difficulty in obtaining culture media.
The structure uses a transparent container with layers of planting stones, sphagnum moss, soil, and moss, and plants of the Gesneriaceae family such as *Sedum*, *Violet*, and *Primulina* are planted. Combined with dolls and colored sand decorations, a diverse micro-landscape is formed.
It achieves high ornamental value, easy maintenance, low cost, simple operation, and can maintain its beautiful appearance for a long time, showcasing the morphological beauty of Gesneriaceae plants.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of horticulture, and in particular to a micro-landscape of Gesneriaceae plants. Background Technology
[0002] The Gesneriaceae family comprises mostly perennial herbs and rare shrubs, including over 150 genera and more than 3,700 species. my country is rich in Gesneriaceae resources, with 45 genera and approximately 800 species (including infraspecific classifications). These plants exhibit diverse flower shapes and colors, displaying vibrant hues such as purple, blue, white, yellow, and red. They have rounded or creeping forms, high ornamental value, and are highly shade-tolerant, making them low-energy and low-maintenance plants with significant potential for development and utilization. Petrocosmea is an elegant genus with beautiful rosette-shaped plants, vibrant colors, and a long flowering period, making it an ideal material for developing small horticultural potted plants and landscaping. Saintpaulia, with its diverse and exquisite flower colors and over 30,000 horticultural varieties, is one of the most commercially successful Gesneriaceae plants. Primulina is an excellent ornamental flower resource; most Primulina plants also have medicinal uses. This genus exhibits significant morphological variation, with diverse flower and leaf shapes. It possesses strong drought resistance and shade tolerance, allowing it to grow normally in dry indoor conditions with low light. Furthermore, it is rarely affected by pests and diseases, making it very easy to care for and a high-quality material for indoor decoration.
[0003] Existing plant micro-landscapes are mostly composed of mosses, succulents, and dendrobiums. Moss and succulent micro-landscapes are mainly foliage plants, which have the problems of monotonous ornamental value and insufficient overall aesthetic appeal. Dendrobium micro-landscapes are not easy to flower, or although they can flower, they require special maintenance techniques such as protocorm induction, proliferation and differentiation, high temperature stress culture, flowering promotion culture, and the addition of growth hormones. These have disadvantages such as high difficulty in operation, high professionalism, complicated procedures, high cost, and difficulty in obtaining culture media. Utility Model Content
[0004] The purpose of this invention is to provide a micro-landscape of Gesneriaceae plants to solve the problems existing in the prior art.
[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides the following solution:
[0006] This utility model provides a micro-landscape of Gesneriaceae plants, including a transparent container, and a layer of planting stone, a layer of sphagnum moss, a layer of soil, and a layer of moss arranged from bottom to top in the transparent container, with plants planted in the soil layer and extending out of the moss layer.
[0007] In one embodiment, the plant is a Gesneriaceae plant, which includes plants of the genera *Stellaria*, *Violaceae*, and *Primulina*.
[0008] In one embodiment, the transparent container is a flat-bottomed, round, transparent, slanted-mouth glass bottle, and the diameter of the transparent container is 12 cm to 25 cm.
[0009] In one embodiment, the soil layer comprises perlite, vermiculite, and peat moss.
[0010] In one embodiment, the volume ratio of the perlite, the vermiculite, and the peat moss is 1:1:1.
[0011] In one embodiment, the thickness of the gold-planting stone layer is at least 2 cm, the gold-planting stone layer covers at least the bottom and sidewalls of the transparent container, and the coverage area of the gold-planting stone layer is not less than the coverage area of the sphagnum moss layer and the soil layer.
[0012] In one embodiment, the thickness of the sphagnum moss layer is at least 2 centimeters.
[0013] In one embodiment, the thickness of the soil layer is 2 cm to 4 cm.
[0014] In one embodiment, the flowering height of the Gesneriaceae plant is no more than 18 cm.
[0015] The present invention achieves the following technical advantages over the prior art:
[0016] 1. The plant layer consists of Gesneriaceae plants, including species from the genera *Echeveria*, *Viola*, and *Primulina* with smaller plant sizes (flowering height ≤ 18 cm). These species can bloom in transparent containers without special care, and their round or creeping shapes are very elegant. They have diverse flower shapes and colors, including purple, blue, white, yellow, and red, making them highly ornamental. They also have high shade tolerance and drought resistance, are easy to care for, have a high survival rate, and can maintain their ornamental state for a long time.
[0017] 2. The materials used are transparent containers, planting stones, sphagnum moss, perlite, vermiculite, peat moss, sphagnum moss, and Gesneriaceae plants, which are inexpensive and readily available.
[0018] 3. The planting method of laying the pumice layer, sphagnum moss layer, soil layer, and moss layer in sequence is simple to operate and can ensure the normal growth and flowering of Gesneriaceae plants, maintaining their good ornamental condition for a long time.
[0019] 4. When Gesneriaceae plants are paired with mosses, pebbles, and figurines, they create a harmonious and aesthetically pleasing arrangement, allowing for the design of a variety of miniature landscapes featuring Gesneriaceae plants. These landscapes are highly attractive and showcase the beauty of the plants' forms to the fullest extent. Attached Figure Description
[0020] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this utility model or the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of this utility model. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.
[0021] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of a Gesneriaceae plant micro-landscape in an embodiment of this utility model.
[0022] Among them, 1. Plants; 2. Moss layer; 3. Soil layer; 4. Sphagnum moss layer; 5. Porcelain layer; 6. Dolls; 7. Colored sand; 8. Transparent container. Detailed Implementation
[0023] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present utility model from the content disclosed in this specification. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.
[0024] It should be understood that the structures, proportions, sizes, etc., depicted in the accompanying drawings are merely for illustrative purposes to aid those skilled in the art and to facilitate understanding. They are not intended to limit the implementation of this utility model and therefore have no substantial technical significance. Any modifications to the structure, changes in proportions, or adjustments to size, without affecting the effectiveness and purpose of this utility model, should still fall within the scope of the technical content disclosed herein. In the description of this utility model, it should be understood that the terms "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," and "outer," etc., indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. They are merely for the convenience of describing this utility model and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, they should not be construed as limitations on this utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third," etc., are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance. Therefore, features specified with "first," "second," etc., may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of those features. In the description of this utility model, unless otherwise stated, "multiple" means two or more.
[0025] It should also be noted that in the embodiments of this application, the same reference numerals are used to denote the same component or the same part.
[0026] The purpose of this utility model is to provide a micro-landscape of Gesneriaceae plants to solve the problems existing in the prior art. This makes the micro-landscape diverse in form, low in production cost, simple and easy to operate in the production process, easy to maintain, and has a high survival rate. It can maintain a good ornamental state for a long time and can maximize the morphological beauty of Gesneriaceae plants.
[0027] To make the above-mentioned objectives, features and advantages of this utility model more apparent and understandable, the utility model will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
[0028] like Figure 1 As shown, this utility model provides a micro-landscape of Gesneriaceae plants, including a transparent container 8. From bottom to top, the transparent container 8 is arranged with a layer of planting stone 5, a layer of sphagnum moss 4, a soil layer 3, and a moss layer 2. Plant 1 is planted in the soil layer 3 and extends out of the moss layer 2.
[0029] like Figure 1 As shown, in one embodiment, the transparent container 8 is a flat-bottomed, round, transparent, slanted-mouth glass bottle, and the diameter of the transparent container 8 is 12 cm to 25 cm.
[0030] In one embodiment, plant 1 is a Gesneriaceae plant, including species of the genera *Echeveria*, *Viola*, and *Primulina* with smaller plant sizes (flowering height ≤ 18 cm). These species can flower in a transparent container 8. *Echeveria* plants have elegant plant shapes, beautiful rosette forms, vibrant flower colors, and long flowering periods, making them ideal for developing small horticultural potted plants and landscaping. *Viola* plants have diverse and exquisite flower colors, with over 30,000 horticultural varieties, making them the most commercially successful Gesneriaceae species. *Primulina* plants are excellent ornamental flower resources, and most *Primulina* plants also have medicinal uses. This genus exhibits significant morphological differences, with varied flower and leaf shapes, strong drought resistance and shade tolerance, allowing them to grow normally in dry indoor conditions with low light. They are also rarely affected by pests and diseases, making them very easy to care for and high-quality indoor decorative flower materials.
[0031] In one embodiment, the flowering height of the Gesneriaceae plant is no more than 18 cm. Flowering height refers to the maximum overall height of the Gesneriaceae plant when it is in bloom. Normally, the flowers of Gesneriaceae plants are located at the top of the plant, and the plant height of flowering Gesneriaceae plants is higher than at other times. Therefore, the flowering height is used as the maximum height of the Gesneriaceae plant.
[0032] In one embodiment, the moss layer 2 is placed on the soil layer 3 to maintain the moisture of the soil layer 3. The moisture of the moss reduces evaporation, and the gaps between the moss particles facilitate air circulation, preventing the roots of the plant 1 in the soil layer 3 from being unable to breathe properly. In addition, the moss can also cover the soil layer 3 to enhance its aesthetics.
[0033] In one embodiment, the thickness of soil layer 3 is 2 cm to 4 cm. Soil layer 3 comprises perlite, vermiculite, and peat moss in a volume ratio of 1:1:1. Perlite is lightweight, porous, and has strong water absorption capacity, providing excellent water retention. Vermiculite effectively promotes the growth of plant roots and the stable development of seedlings, providing the necessary nutrients for plant growth over a long period, ensuring that plant 1 receives sufficient water and minerals from the early stages of growth, thus promoting rapid growth. Peat moss refers to soil formed in certain river and lake sedimentary plains and mountain valleys where, due to long-term water accumulation and dense aquatic vegetation, a large amount of incompletely decomposed plant remains accumulate under anaerobic conditions, forming a peat layer. Peat moss is rich in nutrients and is a natural high-quality nutrient source. Soil layer 3, formed by the mixture of perlite, vermiculite, and peat moss, has excellent moisture retention, aeration, and nutrient supply properties.
[0034] In one embodiment, the sphagnum moss layer 4 is at least 2 cm thick. Sphagnum moss has good water retention and air permeability, which can help maintain the root system of plant 1. By placing the sphagnum moss layer 4 below the soil layer 3, the roots of the Gesneriaceae plant can grow downward into the sphagnum moss layer 4 and continue to maintain good growth.
[0035] In one embodiment, the thickness of the planting stone layer 5 is at least 2 cm, and the planting stone layer 5 covers at least the bottom of the transparent container 8. The planting stone layer 5 can be composed of multiple layers of single-layer planting stones stacked together. When the planting stone layer 5 covers both the bottom and the side walls of the transparent container 8, the thickness of the planting stone layer 5 covering the side walls is greater than that covering the bottom and can block the sphagnum moss layer 4 and the soil layer 3.
[0036] like Figure 1 As shown, in one embodiment, the transparent container 8 is also provided with a doll 6 and colored sand 7 to enhance the viewing effect, and decorative items such as absorbent stones can also be placed inside the transparent container 8.
[0037] This utility model also provides a method for creating a micro-landscape of Gesneriaceae plants, including the following steps:
[0038] (1) Select healthy seedlings of Gesneriaceae plants;
[0039] (2) Clean the transparent container 8, prepare the mixed soil for laying the soil layer 3, and soak the sphagnum moss;
[0040] (3) Lay 1 to 2 single-layer gold-planting stones at the bottom of the transparent container 8 and lay 3 to 5 single-layer gold-planting stones on the side wall of the transparent container 8.
[0041] (4) A moss layer 4 is formed by laying sphagnum moss on the gold-planting stone layer 5 at the bottom of the transparent container 8.
[0042] (5) Lay mixed soil on the sphagnum moss layer 4 to form soil layer 3;
[0043] (6) Plant the seedlings of Gesneriaceae in soil layer 3;
[0044] (7) Lay moss layer 2 and decorations including dolls 6 and colored sand 7 on soil layer 3.
[0045] (8) Continue to lay gold-planting stones on the side wall of the transparent container 8 as needed. The coverage area of the gold-planting stone layer 5 shall not be less than the coverage area of the sphagnum moss layer 4 and the soil layer 3, so as to ensure that the gold-planting stone layer 5 can completely cover the sphagnum moss layer 4 and the soil layer 3. When users view it from the outside, they will not see the sphagnum moss and soil, thus maintaining the aesthetic appeal.
[0046] This utility model also provides a method for maintaining a micro-landscape planted with Gesneriaceae plants, including:
[0047] (1) Water once every 1 to 2 weeks, and pay attention to watering immediately when the moss in the transparent container 8 begins to dry;
[0048] (2) Place the micro-landscape planted with Gesneriaceae plants in a place with shade or diffused light. The suitable temperature is 15 degrees Celsius to 30 degrees Celsius, with 25 degrees Celsius being the best. The suitable humidity is 30% to 80%, with 60% being the best.
[0049] (3) Trim dead leaves.
[0050] In the description of this application, it should be noted that, unless otherwise expressly specified and limited, the terms "installation," "connection," and "linking" should be interpreted broadly. For example, they can refer to fixed connections, detachable connections, or integral connections; they can refer to mechanical connections or electrical connections; they can refer to direct connections or indirect connections through an intermediate medium; and they can refer to the internal communication between two components. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above terms in this application based on the specific circumstances.
[0051] If this utility model discloses or relates to mutually fixedly connected parts or structural components, then, unless otherwise stated, a fixed connection can be understood as: a detachable fixed connection (e.g., using bolts or screws), or a non-detachable fixed connection (e.g., riveting, welding). Of course, mutually fixed connections can also be replaced by an integral structure (e.g., manufactured using a casting process) (except where it is obviously impossible to use an integral forming process).
[0052] In addition, unless otherwise stated, the terms used to indicate positional relationships or shapes in any of the technical solutions disclosed in this utility model above include states or shapes that are similar to, close to, or approximate with them.
[0053] Any component provided by this utility model can be assembled from multiple individual components, or it can be a single component manufactured by a one-piece molding process.
[0054] Any adaptive changes made according to actual needs are within the protection scope of this utility model.
[0055] It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, it is obvious that this utility model is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, and that it can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of this utility model. Therefore, the embodiments should be considered exemplary and non-limiting in all respects, and the scope of this utility model is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description. Thus, it is intended that all variations falling within the meaning and scope of equivalents of the claims be included within this utility model. No reference numerals in the claims should be construed as limiting the scope of the claims.
[0056] This utility model uses specific examples to illustrate its principles and implementation methods. The above description of the embodiments is only for the purpose of helping to understand the method and core idea of this utility model. At the same time, for those skilled in the art, there will be changes in the specific implementation methods and application scope based on the idea of this utility model. In summary, the content of this specification should not be construed as a limitation of this utility model.
Claims
1. A Gesneria-ceae plant micro landscape, characterized in that: The transparent container (8) is a flat-bottomed round transparent oblique glass bottle, and the diameter of the transparent container (8) is 12-25 cm.
2. The Gesneria-ceae plant micro-landscape according to claim 1, characterized in that: The plant (1) is a Gesneraceae plant, and the Gesneraceae plant comprises a genus of stone orchid, a genus of African violet and a genus of primula.
3. The Gesneriaid micro-landscape of claim 1, wherein: The transparent container (8) is a flat-bottomed round transparent oblique glass bottle, and the diameter of the transparent container (8) is 12-25 cm.
4. The Gesneriaid micro-landscape of claim 1, wherein: The thickness of the stone layer (5) is at least 2 cm, the stone layer (5) covers at least the bottom and the sidewall of the transparent container (8), and the coverage range of the stone layer (5) is not less than that of the water moss layer (4) and the soil layer (3).
5. The Gesneriaid microhabitat plant of claim 1, wherein: The thickness of the water moss layer (4) is at least 2 cm.
6. The Gesneriaid micro-landscape of claim 1, wherein: The thickness of the soil layer (3) is 2-4 cm.
7. The Gesneriaid micro-landscape of claim 2, wherein: The Gesneraceae plant has a flower height of not more than 18 cm.