The houseplant cleavage is suitable for growing on windows facing east and west. Moreover, the leaves of the plant are also decorative, which are collected in a basal rosette and have a peculiar form - the shape of the fan. Inflorescence of the clivia have a very cheerful coloration - they are bright orange. Shading dark green leaves, the flowers look unusually beautiful. Blossom flowers usually in the winter. To date, there are a large number of plant varieties with a variety of color flowers - from light ocher to dark red. The color scheme includes all warm yellow and orange tones.
Care of the plant.
Clivia loves a diffused, but bright light. However, it should be protected from direct exposure to sunlight, shading on hot days. The plant feels best on the windows facing west and east. If the plant is located near the southern windows, it should be pritenyat. When placed on the northern side of the plant can develop slowly enough and not bloom at all. In the summer, the Cleavia feels well in the penumbra in the open air.
In the summer and in the spring, it is best to keep the enema at a temperature of 20-25 ° C, the temperature should be lowered from October to 12-14 ° C. After the plant releases a flower spike, the temperature should be raised to 18-20C. During the rest period, this indoor plant withstands high temperatures, but often this does not have the best effect on its well-being and flowering.
To water a plant it is necessary moderately and only warm settled water. The earth clod between waterings should slightly dry up. In addition, you should not allow water to remain in the pan. During the rest period, the enema can not be watered, but if it began to drop leaves, then watering should be resumed. You can water the plant abundantly after tying buds.
Klivia - a plant that does not care about the humidity of the air. But in the hot season periodically wipe the leaves of the plant with a damp cloth or sponge and spray them from the spray gun.
Clivia needs additional fertilizing. From the very first year after planting, and further annually make mineral (per liter of water 2 g) and liquid organic fertilizers, alternating every two weeks between spring and late summer.
To ensure regular flowering, the plant needs a rest period. In young clinics this period lasts about two months from the end of October to November. The older the plant, the longer the rest. In September, you should stop watering, making sure that the leaves do not fall off the plant. Otherwise, the clique needs to be watered.
After the flower arrow appears, the Cleavage should be placed in a warm place, increased watering and fertilized. Remember, in order to water, fertilize and carry the plant, the arrow should grow to 10-15 centimeters. Otherwise, you can simply "hammer" all the buds. The cleavage plant does not tolerate anxiety, so do not move the pot with the plant during flowering or tying buds. At other times after moving the pot, return it to its place in the direction of growth in which the plant developed, in order to avoid falling leaves. During the vegetative period, the plant forms about 5-10 new leaves.
Clivia flowers usually begin in February. If the care of the plant was normal, and the conditions are optimal, then one specimen can bloom to 3-4 weeks, because in the inflorescence the flowers blossom gradually. One flower stem can consist of 30 flowers. With artificial pollination, the appearance of large fruits with seeds, which also have decorative properties, is possible. Fruits are originally green, after a year they acquire an orange-red color. It is worth remembering that fructification rather exhausts the plant, so it is better to cut off the fruits immediately if they are not needed. If you want to collect the seeds of the clivia, then wait for the full ripening of the fruit - they will become soft.
Clivia can grow large enough. To obtain a large amount of foliage, it is necessary not to divide the plant and remove its offspring.
Plant transplantation.
It is often undesirable to transplant a cleavage. Do this only if the roots of the clivia get out of the pot. As a rule, adult plants need a transplant every 2-3 years, while young plants are transplanted every year. The roots of the plant during transplantation feel pretty bad, because they are very fleshy, juicy and serve as a storehouse of nutrients and water. Damaged rootlets with ease rot, especially with water overflow, so when transplanting they need to be treated with ash or pounded coal. In plants that will not be transplanted in the next year, at the end of winter it is necessary to remove the top layer of the earth (about 5 cm) and replace it with fresh one.
Clivia needs pots of this size to make the plant difficult to put. This provokes abundant and long flowering. The soil for Cleavia is weakly acidic and friable (pH approximately 6). It is best that it contains soddy land (2 hours), peat land (1 hour) and humus (1 hour). However, any weakly acidic loose soil mixtures are suitable for the plant. In the mixture it is desirable to add a small amount of superphosphate or other phosphate fertilizers (3 liters of the mixture 2 tablespoons), which have a slow effect. At the bottom of the pot, drain the drain.
Clevia are remarkable hydroponic crops.
Reproduction of cleavage.
Plant propagates vegetatively and seeds best.
Propagation by seeds. From the moment of pollination to the time of fruit ripening, usually 9-10 months pass. Each fruit contains numerous seeds. The seeds are sown almost immediately after ripening (from November to April) into the following mixture: turf ground (1 h), sand (1 h) and peat land (0.5 h). Seeds should be at a distance of 2x2 cm from each other. Seed cleavage seeds usually after 4-6 weeks. After the appearance of the first leaf of the plant must be planted in seven-centimeter pots. After a year, the plants are transferred to pots 9-10 cm in height, the third year - in pots 12-13 cm.
At home, the cleavage is best propagated by cuttings, which are separated from the plant during the transplant. Offspring should have a minimum of 4 leaves. Cuttings are planted in seven-centimeter pots, filled with sand with a temperature of 16-18C and moderately watered. After rooting, offspring is transplanted to soil consisting of soddy, greenhouse and leaf land in equal proportions.
Dangerous for the cleavage is a false-fence, aphids, scutellum and mealybug.