Gemanthus: home care, transplant, flowering, photo

Plant gemantus, care at home for him and other information interested in many lovers of exotic flora. This flower is quite different from others by the feature of its flowers, which do not look like any other kind of plant.

We present to your attention the facts concerning the flower hemanthus - care at home, a photo of this plant and everything that may interest the future or the real owner of this beauty. We hope that our recommendations will help you grow beautiful specimens of this plant.

Gemanthus: home care, flowering

To begin with, let's look at what a hemanthus is. It is immediately evident that this is a representative of the flora, having long, thick leaves. They are able to change once in a couple of years, with not only a leaf changing, but also buds.

The plant itself has a height of about 30 cm, and the flowers are located at the very top. Each of them resembles small umbrellas, which are gathered together in one bundle. The stamens are characterized by a larger size than the petals, and protrude against the background of the flower. The pollen is located at the end of the stamen. The bright color of this part of the flower attracts insects with a special shade. By the way, there is also a second name, under which some flower growers know it, - "reindeer tongue".

Kinds

There are several species of this plant. White-flowered gemanthus, home care for which we describe in the article, is considered the most popular and widespread plant. In general, such variations are known:

1. A plant with white flowers. It is loved by the flower growers because it can decorate the room for a very long time. The plant develops about 5 flowers, which have a soft white tone with yellow pollen. When the leaves fall, orange berries appear in the place of flowers. So it costs a very long time, what attracts lovers of beautiful design of premises.
2. A flower in pomegranate colors. This plant came to us from the South American continent. A special shape of the leaves distinguishes it against the background of other species: thin leaves from below, and along the edges are ribbed. Their color has a light green tone, and bright red buds with yellow pollen perfectly blend with any environment.
3. "Katin gemantus" - this name has a representative from the African continent. Its stalk with specks distinguishes it from others. Beautiful red flowers with orange pollen have a huge size and can reach twenty-five centimeters.
4. Multicolor. This kind of flower is typical of the tropics. 6-7 leaves up to thirty centimeters long have a large bright flower. In general, the plant can reach about eighty centimeters.
5. The last species we wanted to mention is the brindle. Already by the name you can understand that the coloring of the plant resembles a tiger skin. The leaves of the red shade with specks and fringe along the edge have a slightly flattened shape.

All kinds of plants are beautiful in their own way, and any of them will decorate your home and will be a reason for envy of your guests.

Basic care

Exotic flower hemanthus, care at home for which is not so complicated, will please you with its appearance for a very long time. For everything to be correct, follow these tips:

1. Take care of the lighting of the place where the flower is. Do not put it under direct rays, but you do not need to create a shadow either. Medium illumination is what hemanthus needs.
2. Speaking about the temperature in the room, where the plant is located, it is necessary to remember its average parameters. In the winter, do not reduce the degrees below 12, and in the summer, you can not raise the temperature more than 20.

Separately, we need to talk about the regime of watering the flower. There are two different approaches. One - in the period of rest, and the second - in the flowering period. When the flower rests (autumn - winter), it is not necessary to water it often - it is important to remove the dying elements of leaves in time. In the summer, on the contrary, it is necessary to increase watering and water every time when they notice that the earth has dried up. Irrigate gemanthus is not necessary.

Transfer

As you can see, it is not at all difficult to organize care for the plant in the home at the plant. The transplantation requires certain knowledge. It is recommended to do it at the very beginning of the spring period. It is enough to do this every 3 years. To transplant a flower, you need:

• Choose for the plant a container that will be shallow, but wide at the same time;
• Provide an excellent drainage at the bottom of the tank, otherwise the flower will be uncomfortable to grow;
• So that the flower is properly developed, you need to pick the right ground - an ideal combination for the gemanthus is considered turf, peat, sand and leaves. This composition provides good looseness and gives air free access to the root system;
• Bulbs of the flower should be placed in the soil, while watching the depth of planting - you need to leave half the bulb above the ground.

Reproduction

Continue to describe the haemanthus (care at home) and proceed to reproduction. This topic is interesting, because many people want to have this miracle of nature. Seeing someone in the house of such a flower, people are immediately asked to share the appendage. And in order for the breeding process to go well, you need to know the rules.

So, the plant can be multiplied by means of a cuttings, seeds or onions:

1. If you use the bulb, you will not get flowers until four years later.
2. Seeds are sown at once, as soon as you have collected them. And you need to do this carefully, imitating the natural process, that is, scatter them on the surface of the earth and wait for them to sprout.
3. Cuttings are the easiest way. You just need to cut off the top and dry it for a few hours, then prikopat stalk into the soil and expect the result.

Possible problems

Naturally, talking about how to properly grow gemanthus - care at home and other nuances - you need to mention separately the problems that can appear in the florist. In fact, the plant rarely suffers from pest attacks, but still it happens. Here is what the flower can do:

• fungus;
• mite;
• Burns of leaves;
• Rotting of the root.

The first two problems are solved with special medications, and burns and rotten roots do not threaten you if you take care of the flower and prevent the appearance of a problem. To add strength to the plant, we recommend feeding it with mineral and organic fertilizer.

Skadokus

Discussing the haemanthus (care at home), we can not help mentioning such a plant as a scadocus. Why? Yes, because many florists confuse these two flowers. And it happens because they are very similar. But nevertheless there are a number of differences:

• The scadocus has a deceptive stem;
• The type of leaves in plants is different. Chereskovy - in skadokusa, and sitting - at hemanthus;
• The scadocus has spiral leaves, while in the hemanthus they are arranged like a ladder;
• The structure of the sheet is also different. Skin type in scadocus, and fleshy - in hemanthus;
• If the edge of the leaves has a wavy shape, then you are dealing with a scadocus.

If you look closely at these features, you will never confuse these two flowers.