Why Brahma Kamal bud drops? How to increase vase life of Brahma kamal flower? Is there a best time to buy or plant this ?

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  Brahma Kamal, Saussurea obvallata,  plants with their mystic energies and fantasia tales still holds a precious part of ,my heart and my window garden.

  

  Brahma Kamal flower photo shared by a Blog fan follower

  
  

  

  My Terrace Garden Old Brahma Kamal plant
  

  
  

  

  Flower Brahma Kamal photo shared by Garden Care Simplified Blog reader
  

  
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• and I did that..DIY Brahma Kamal recycled pots home decor.
• and that too! .read- Clicked secret photo's of buds from someone's' window!
  
  
  and I did that! painted the flowers, to please Brahma Kamal! Blooms of Opulence!
  
  
  
  
  growing with a coir stick support
  
  It is believed in Hinduism culture that the Brahma Kamal plant only flowers in some homes and those are chosen to experience goodluck in form of good news, wealth and happiness. So the journey of love continues with yet waiting to see Lord Brahma blossom the creative energies in my home. The wait is I read a few years to fourteen years for this plant to begin showing its first flowers. And I still remember the first bud that fell...it was reining heavily and the plant was on our terrace garden...I didn't even know the bud and later saw its minute details, explicit beauty! things would have been so different had I seen the flower blossom at that time, so many years back, but my passion continues. I have three pots with healthy growing plants of Brahma Kamal. So the obsession became a passion of collecting plants from different places, cities,  and growing them. Many died ( I wrote this post-Am I a serial killer?)and few remain. Why my Brahma Kamal plants got angry?  But now I can write a thesis about this plant!,Saussurea obvallata, 
•   yes, there are always scientific reasons and if you have the right knowledge, and apply it,  this plant will flower! I keep reading, searching on Google for Brahma Kamal flowering time, and watch You Tube videos but no one shares the exact formula. People just make videos and share the same info. Is there a magical aspect and maybe the quote is apt-keep the hustle on! so I do. 
• Why do buds form and then fall off on this Brahma Kamal plant? Many people struggle with this. First when a new bud comes it is a miracle in itself with hope and joy and then if it falls off people get depressed. This is a plant and it needs its care trust me on that. Observe its habits, understand its growth process, and talk to your plant. There is a scientific reason why Brahma Kamal plant buds drop.
• 1) The plant is too weak. A newly planted Brahma Kamal leaf is not very strong to hold the weight of this bud. The flowers are really heavy and big in size as shared by my Blog Garden care Simplified  readers.
• Read here- How to save a dying Brahma Kamal plant?
• 2) Disease and pests in Brahma Kamal Plant. The Brahma Kamal plant is a succulent, means the leaves are fleshy and have stored water. They attract pests, beetles, bugs make tiny holes in them. Slugs feast upon them and ants too love these! I am so happy that they are MashaAllah going healthy in my window garden. and I keep a check on their health regularly. watch this You Tube video Brahma Kamal plant disease and care. BE ALERT! that is my motto! 
• 3)Watering issues .Why Brahma Kamal plant leaves go limp?
• Fantastic Photos-original in these magical posts- This Brahma Kamal flower photos shared by Garden Care Simplified Fan reader. and this one is WOW Brahma Kamal Photos by blog  Follower! 
• Video of flowering, another post with original photos, 
• This blessed home shared Brahma Kamal photos, 
• Original photos' of Brahma Kamal flowering by a fan. 
• Watering is I think most important issue for leaf and bud drop. leaves get mushy with over watering and rot. And less watering too dries the roots and the leaves or bud drops. 
• 4) feedings. how much fertilizer did you feed your plant? there is a tendency to over feed to get fast flowers but the plant has to absorb or digest this feeding and many times plants die of over dose. I have seen even other plants like mogra and roses that immediately spright up with so many tiny buds and even before they grow the buds drop off. Reason-too much fertilizer. Give less food, and more love. Too much green foliage is also harmful, where will the plant get strength to produce flowers?
• 5) Environment. Did a pet or a small child just pluck it off while observing the bud? Harsh winds and rains in outside environment can be the reason for bud drop. If it shows buds protect it. they are precious. talk to the plant before shifting it. You have to protect your plant buds from others, especially evil eye glances. the ANNOUNCEMENT is only made on the night when the flower actually blooms. You may have seen the movie Dennis the Menace and Mr Wilson struggles growing a unique plant that flowers once in life time, like fifty or sixty years,  the bud is about to open and the chaos by Dennis , no one even gets to see it and the flower closes wilts off! Better keep your plant protected! Correct way to use Salt tips to protect from evil eye.  Some people also ties a black cloth for protecting plants.

• About increasing the vase life of Brahma Kamal. In my previous posts I have rated the Brahma Kamal plants as top most in most expensive plants of the world because of tis very low shelf life. Only a single night and the flower dries off the next morning so it cannot be sold or gifted. I am sure the world is experimenting on this plant to increase its shelf life and to hold the magic for a longer period. I have not seen the flowers and maybe when i see I will try various things too! I have read people cut the flowers and keep in rich preservative added water but to no success. Some people have tried to refrigerate the blooms but still nothing. I am sure we will find a way to store it somehow in the future soon. And who knows there will be magic grow , something created with a formula of fertilizers, that will give you Brahma Kamal flowers every month and all year round! 

  Adding some nutrients may keep the cut flower fresh in water vase. Flower store owners know the magic formula. Cut flowers are offered to God in temples first and then they are placed in water. Usually let the flowers remain on the plant itself. Maybe mimicking the night may allow the flowers to remain for a longer time? try it and share! 

  When do you buy Brahma Kamal plants? is there a good time? a best time to plant them? Avoid summers, choose full moon nights to plant this auspicious plant if you have the choice. the energies are high. Never buy or plant  Brahma Kamal saplings at night. Never cut the leaves at night. Never share a cutting during afternoon twelve o'clock with anyone. you risk your plant dying! Usually I buy plants in morning or evening and bring them home before night. I plant new saplings during early hours of the day. This method allows the plant to adjust to the new home, new soil and pot for the whole day before night falls. 

  When you have a leaf of Brahma Kamal allow it to dry for a day or two and then plant them. Before ten in morning you can choose a time. make some intentions and talk to your plant while you pot it. This helps the new sapling to bond with you. 

  I think early winter is a good time when the cactus, Brahma Kamal leaf gets time to live dormant and then sprout into new shoots of leaves. 

  As my wait continues do keep sharing your happiness's! I am sure there are so many homes who are now witnessing this mystical miracle! of watching the Brahma Kamal flower blooming!

  Thank you very much for coming by Garden Care Simplified! 

  Happy gardening from Rizwana!

  Dedicated since year 2010 towards sharing passionately practical workable gardening information and flowering tips in exotic plants with original photos on my Google blog Garden Care Simplified! Not a plant seller, A Healing artist selling original reiki paintings. 

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