Description of the plant
Cordilina is a representative of the Asparagus family. In nature, it is found in all regions with subtropical and tropical climates.
This is a tree or shrub with thick and strong roots and lanceolate, sword-shaped or linear leaf blades.
Attention! At home, cordyline grows extremely slowly.
The annual growth is 10-15 cm. In height, as a rule, the plant does not exceed 1.5 m. With age, the lower leaves of the shrub die and fall off, as a result of which the plant becomes similar to a palm tree. Flower growers value cordilina for its spectacular foliage and unpretentiousness.
Common diseases
Lack of proper flower care causes the following problems:
- If the leaves become dark, then there is excess lighting in the room.
- If the leaves of the plant are yellow or brown, the reason is low air temperature.
- If a flower rarely blooms, it means that it does not have enough light, and also lacks the appropriate substances.
- If black or brown spots appear on the leaves, the cause is overwatering.
- If the leaves of a flower curl, this indicates an excess or lack of lighting and low air humidity.
- If the tips of the leaves begin to turn yellow, it means there are drafts and dry air in the room.
- If the leaves turn black, it means there is a large amount of calcium in the soil and hard water is present.
How does it bloom?
Flowering of the plant occurs only in nature, at the age of 8-11 years.
When grown at home, it is almost impossible to admire the extraordinary flowers of this beauty. If this happens, it will be no more often than once every three years.
Cordyline blooms with small white, cream, red or purple flowers, collected in dense paniculate inflorescences reaching a length of up to 1 m.
Red indoor flower olenadra and its photo
Oleander is grown in a large room or winter garden. In summer, fragrant flowers appear in inflorescences. It is not easy to care for an oleander when it grows - the pot has to be moved to an unheated room for the winter, and to the garden for the summer. In autumn, the shoots that bloomed are pruned. Oleander wood and sap are poisonous. Oleander leaves often resemble willow leaves.
Common oleander (Nerium oleander) may look compact in a garden center. However, as you can see in the photo above, this red indoor flower with age can turn into a spreading bush about 2 m tall. There are varieties with white, pink, red and yellow flowers.
Temperature: Moderate - minimum 7°C in winter.
Light: Choose the brightest spot you can find.
Watering: Water deeply from spring to fall. Water sparingly in winter. Use lukewarm water.
Humidity: Do not spray foliage.
Replanting: Replant if necessary in spring.
Reproduction: By stem cuttings in spring or summer.
Varieties and species with names and photos
The plant unites about 20 different species, differing in size, shape and color of the leaf plate. The following are especially popular.
Straight variety
The most unpretentious look . It reaches a height of 3 m.
It has linear or lanceolate leaf blades with slightly serrated edges, colored green or purple. Leaf length is 60 cm, width - 3 cm. It is distinguished by a high, straight stem, covered below with the remains of dying leaves.
Feels comfortable in cool rooms.
Red
Palm lily or Cordyline rubra is a valuable ornamental plant. Can grow up to 4 m.
It has leathery, slightly concave, lanceolate leaves that are dark green with a reddish tint. Leaf length 50 cm, width 4.5 cm. Blooms in summer with lilac flowers. It does not require special care.
Apical
The most popular species for home cultivation. It has a straight thin trunk, which can sometimes be slightly branched. It reaches a height of 2 m.
It has green lanceolate leaf blades with a crimson, red, pale pink border or stripes.
When kept indoors, it remains compact for a long time and does not have a trunk.
Sheet length 50 cm, width 10 cm.
Fruticosis
A plant with one or several thin trunks up to 1.5 cm in diameter. The leaves are lanceolate, veined, 50 cm long and 10 cm wide.
The length of the petiole is 15 cm. In nature it has a green or variegated color with a purple tint. Blooms with loose cream panicles .
Mix
This is not the name given to a specific variety, but to species and varieties of Cordyline collected on one pallet under one name, denoting mixing.
Australis
Incredibly spectacular, yet undemanding, the plant is especially loved by gardeners.
It has rich green or striped narrow leaves up to 3 cm wide and compact attractive bushes. Outwardly it resembles a dracaena .
Mambo with scarlet or purple leaves
The plant has a thin trunk and an unusual color range of leaf blades, which can be rich green, scarlet, bright red, burgundy or purple. At home, the height does not exceed 1.5 m.
With proper care, it can delight you with gorgeous white or red-purple flowers.
Also called king tree.
Southern dracaena
The tallest type . In its natural environment it grows up to 12 m.
It has a rigid, widening trunk and sword-shaped leathery green leaves with a wide central vein of light color. It blooms with white flowers with a pleasant aroma, collected in meter-long panicle inflorescences. Sheet length 90 cm, width 7 cm.
Terminalis
It is distinguished by large lanceolate leaves of various shades: from soft pink and green to brown or burgundy. In nature it grows up to 3 m in height.
It has erect stems, which become bare in the lower part over time, while maintaining an attractive appearance.
Tango
A variety of cordyline apex.
They are small and neat trees with lush tufts of leaves of a non-trivial brown color with white veins and scarlet edging. Moreover, with age, the plant does not lose the splendor of the rosette and its beauty.
Possible problems with pastachis
This houseplant is quite resilient, but due to improper or insufficient care, it can have serious troubles.
Therefore, you and I need to be able to help pastachis. As the saying goes: “forewarned is forearmed.”
Like any indoor plant, pachistachis can be attacked by aphids, spider mites, mealybugs, and whiteflies.
You shouldn’t be scared right away, this is of course not pleasant, but it can be easily treated with the help of special medications that can be purchased at any flower shop or department.
If one day you return home and find that there are almost no leaves left on your pastachis or they have noticeably begun to fall off, immediately water your friend.
This is a signal that you are not watering it correctly; it simply does not have enough moisture. In many of my articles, I have already written how to make soft water for watering all indoor plants. The recipe is very simple:
Regular store-bought peat should be wrapped in a gauze bag (approximately 100 grams). We place this bag in a container with 3 liters of water (settled for at least 1 day, but it can be longer).
Infuse water with peat for 1 day. All the water is ready for irrigation, peat softens the water very well, absorbs everything that the plants do not like. One bag can be used 2 - 3 times.
In addition to improper watering, pachistachis can shed its leaves due to a sharp decrease or increase in temperature, as well as due to a draft.
If none of these factors suits you. You water well, the temperature is optimal, but the flower continues to shed its foliage.
Then there is a third reason. Also, due to a lack of nitrogen, pachistachis can shed its leaves.
But, be careful with nitrogen-containing fertilizers, the main thing is not to overdo it, since an excess leads to an increase in green mass, not flowering. And problems will begin with stimulating future flowering.
In order for the plant not to get sick at all, it must have a strong immune system, just like humans.
Therefore, in the summer, open the window more often so that the pachistachis can breathe fresh air, but make sure that there is no direct sunlight.
Benefits, harms and properties
According to superstitions, cordilina has a positive effect on creativity and, being a true peacemaker, maintains a warm atmosphere in the house, helps restore the aura, neutralizes quarrels and suppresses gossip.
It is recommended to keep Cordilina in houses where strangers often come : thanks to her, the owners will never feel tired and empty after the guests leave.
In the teachings of Feng Shui, cordilina combines the energy of wood and fire. By placing it in the corner of the room, you can activate the Chi energy. In addition, the plant belongs to the Yang type and is not recommended for placement near working and sleeping places. The optimal part of the house for cordilina is the south or east side.
The meaning of anthurium in the family
The plant carries only favorable energy. In the house, the plant creates an atmosphere of stability and harmony in the family. To enhance this beneficial effect, you should purchase spathiphyllum (considered a female flower).
It is worth noting that such a plant helps young people improve their health and gives masculine strength. In addition, anthurium helps people who suffer from heart-related diseases, as well as chronic fatigue syndrome.
If the family has problems related to finances, it is recommended to purchase 3 of these flowers and monitor their care very carefully. After all, healthy and large flowers will attract money to the house.
Pruning a domestic palm tree
Removing weak and diseased shoots contributes to the rejuvenation and formation of the plant . Thanks to pruning, the lateral buds begin to grow, and the cordyline creates a dense leafy crown.
You should take a sharp and clean knife and trim the top of the bush. It is important that the cut part is no shorter than 6 cm, has leaves and is woody. Then the cut areas must be sprinkled with coal powder. After 14-20 days, fresh shoots will appear at the cutting sites.
The cut top can be rooted in water or a damp mixture of peat and sand, and after the roots appear, plant it in a small pot.
Home care
Hippeastrum should be kept in well-lit places. It is advisable that this be a southern or south-eastern window sill. In this case, the plant must be covered from direct sunlight and periodically rotated around its axis. This is necessary so that the flower maintains its compact shape.
During the growing season, the temperature should be between +17 and +25 degrees.
It is not necessary to water the plant much at the beginning of the growing season. Watering is gradually increased only after the peduncle appears. This signals the beginning of the growing season. As the peduncle grows and before flowering, watering should be plentiful, but still moderate. The substrate should be kept moist, not wet.
Every 3-4 years the plant must be replanted. The procedure is performed before or after a period of rest. An important point is the correct choice of a new pot. The distance from the edge of the bulb to the wall of the container should be about 2 cm.
Before transplanting, prepare the substrate:
- 2 parts perlite;
- 2 parts of turf land;
- 2 parts leaf soil;
- 1 part humus.
You also need to take care of the drainage layer. You can use broken bricks, crushed stone, pebbles, etc.
Planting is carried out using the transshipment method. This minimizes damage to the root system. The bulb is placed in the ground so that the upper third is above the surface.
The plant's dormant period begins in September and ends in January.
If the hippeastrum was outdoors in the summer, then at the beginning of autumn it needs to be brought indoors. In September, watering is gradually reduced, which is why the plant’s leaves begin to dry out. After the leaves have completely dried out and fallen off, the stem is cut off and the pot is transferred to a dark and dry place.
Propagation by seeds
Help : with the seed propagation method, the varietal characteristics of the parent plants are lost, so it is suitable only for species plants.
Seeds are sown in early March in turf soil mixed with sand. They sprout unevenly and germinate for quite a long time, within 1-3 months, but the grown trees are fully adapted to home conditions.
Now you have the necessary information about this chic and unpretentious plant that can decorate your home or office and create a peaceful atmosphere in it. All that remains is to choose the type of cordyline that is most attractive to you.
The soil
Freshly purchased Anthurium should be immediately transplanted into prepared soil. And this is not ordinary soil, but a special substrate . To grow it properly, use the following recipes:
- Peat , chopped moss and turf soil (proportion 2:2:1)
- Deciduous soil (humus) , chopped marsh moss and turf (proportion 2:1:1)
- Pumice pieces 1-3cm, pieces of pine bark 2-5cm in size, peat and horse manure (proportion 2:2:1:1)
- Large expanded clay , peat and pine bark in pieces of 2-3cm (proportion 1:1:1)
Substrate for plant transplantation.
You can add bone meal, moss, charcoal, and wood chips to the prepared substrates. But don’t rush to put everything in pots.
Successful flower growing is only possible with good drainage, as it absorbs excess water and does not allow the roots to rot. It can be a mixture of sand, charcoal and conifer bark. Place it on the bottom of the pot and fill it with substrate.
Metrosideros
Features of this species are flowers without a corolla, having bunches of long stamens, which can be colored orange, red, yellow, salmon or pink. Among them there are liana-like plants and shrubs.
The most readily available on sale is Metrosideros Thomas - a compact shrub whose flowers have orange or red stamens.
Metrosideros carmine is a beautiful ampelous plant that can grow on a support, clinging to it with adventitious roots. Red flowers appear at the end of winter.
There is also a variegated variety called “carousel”.
Metrosideros sparkling - the vine is slightly more powerful than the previous one, the main feature is that it blooms at unusual times: from late summer to winter; orange or red flowers. Yellow varieties are rarer.
Varieties of the main varieties of amaryllis
Breeders, developing new varieties of this plant, are trying to achieve:
- the largest inflorescences with a large volume of petals;
- different unusual colors;
- unusual peduncle shape.
Perhaps the most popular varieties of amaryllis in household use are:
- Durban is a variety with large bell-shaped inflorescences. The petals are painted bright red with whitish spots at the very base.
- The Parker variety has a delicate pink color, but with a yellow spot.
- The flowers of the Vera variety are light pink in color, slightly smaller than their “brothers”, and have a pearlescent tint to the petals.
- The Snow Queen variety will be large-flowered and white with a cream tint. The flower has an unusual glossy coating.
- The nymph is a very unusual double flower of bright pink color.
In fact, breeders have developed a large number of different varieties of amaryllis. But the most traditional is the Red Lion, a rich red color.
