Garden flowers - perennials of Nerine blossom in September-October. They have a long (up to half a meter) stable flower spike, on the top of which there is an umbellate inflorescence. The flower-bud is born along with the narrow leaves of dark green color. The inflorescence of this plant has several funnel-shaped charming flowers, the color of which can be pink, white, red, raspberry, orange. Cut flowers can stand in water for up to 20 days.
Kinds.
Bowden nerine is a perennial bulbous plant. Homeland of this species is South Africa. Bulb elongated, more part is above the ground, in length it can be up to 5 centimeters. External dry flakes have a light brown color. Leaf vagina elongated closed form a small false stem, which reaches up to 5 cm in length. The leaf plates are belt-shaped, linear, in the dinum reach up to 30 cm, widths up to 2.5 cm, closer to the tip gradually narrowed, shiny, slightly grooved, have many veins.
On the leafless peduncle there is an umbelliform inflorescence, at the base of which there is a color leaf, as it ages, it begins to turn pink. The flowers can be from 6 to 12, the leaves of the perianth pink, twisted, have a dark longitudinal line. Blooming occurs in October month at the same time with the appearance of leaves or before the appearance. Cultivated in 1904.
Winding Nerine - flowers are very rare. Flowering occurs in the autumn. Inflorescences are formed from pink or white flowers-bells, which have wavy petals on the top of long peduncles.
The curved-leafed Nerine. The homeland of this species is the island of Cape Verde. The plant has ribbon-linear leaves, which after flowering fully grow.
Flowers are lily-shaped, large, with long stamens, concentrated in an umbellate inflorescence of 10-12 flowers. Peduncles grow to 35-40 centimeters. The petals are shiny, red.
Sarnean Nerine. This plant species has orange, red, white flowers with twisted narrow petals, located on the top of the peduncle. Many red hybrids were removed from this species.
Care of the plant.
The flowering of this plant begins in the autumn. At the end of flowering, if the plant is placed in a room and kept in bright light at 7-10 degrees, the bulbs and leaves will continue to grow until the onset of spring. Watering should be limited. All these conditions are important for the formation of flower buds in bulbs. Closer to the spring, watering should be reduced, and then completely stopped and restarted as soon as the bulbs germinate.
The rest period of bulbs is in May-August. In summer bulbs should be kept in a dry place, at room temperature. The optimum temperature is 25 ° C. The new outbreak of the plant begins in early August.
Awakening of the bulb can be determined by the appearance of a shiny or bronze shade on the neck of the bulb. After that, on top of the bulbs, the old earth is removed and a new earth is filled. You should start watering the plant.
Perfect substratum for Nerine: in equal parts compost land, bone meal, coarse sand or old clay, sand and humus. 25 grams of bone meal, 25 grams of horny shavings, 7 grams of potassium sulfate and 25 grams of superphosphate are added to the bucket of the mixture. A little chalk is added to ensure that the land is not sour. Liquid complex fertilizer can be added to water, and water once every 14 days.
When diving, bulbs are planted in pots (11-13 cm) with a maximum of 2 pieces. In the pots the bulbs are planted closely, the head must be above the ground.
After planting in about 4 weeks (during this time, the bulbs take root and give healthy peduncles), buds begin to appear. If the bulb fails to take root well, the flowers sometimes do not open.
The flowers of Nerina reproduce by seeds, which are collected immediately after aging. Seeds are sown in boxes or bowls. It is advisable to use moist vermiculite.
The sown seeds are placed in a room with an air temperature of 22 degrees. The first shoots are observed after two or three weeks. Transplanted into the ground seedlings put on the lighted place, while the air temperature should be at least 15 degrees. Seedlings are not recommended for direct sun rays. Cultivated from seeds, young plants of Nerine have been cultivated for three years without a period of rest.
Feeding is carried out until the end of April with liquid fertilizer once every two weeks once. In the summer during rest, these garden flowers are not fed. During flowering, fertilizing takes place once a week.
Precautions: work with the plant is better in gloves, because all parts contain poisonous substances.
Possible difficulties.
Just planted bulbs should be watered carefully, otherwise the plant may rot.
Damaged: aphids.