Plants of this genus are tuberous herbaceous. They have leafy, curly shoots. Leaflets in plants are arranged on 3 pieces, or they can be opposite, sedentary, oblong-lanceolate. Flowers have long peduncles, they are located in the sinuses near the upper leaves.
Indoor flowers of gliroid have high decorative, if grow in heat.
Gloriosa: care
She needs light, and as brightly as possible, only at noon it should be covered from direct light. It can be grown on southern windows, but it is better, of course, if the pots with the plant will stand in the east or in the west. It should be borne in mind that the flower can not be taken out sharply in direct sunlight. The plant must be accustomed to the sun gradually.
In spring and summer days, the plant feels well if the temperature does not decrease, but keeps at a level of 20 degrees. For it, the coolness and drafts are harmful. At the gloryosis, the period of rest is clearly pronounced. When gloriosis fades, and it happens in the autumn, it is not watered, and if watered, it is not enough. The ground mass of the flower has the property of dying off, as a rule, this happens in the period from September to October. Then the tubers must be excavated and sprinkled with sand. Store the tubers at 10 degrees in an unheated, but dry place. You can store tubers in pots.
In spring and in the summer heat, the plant should be watered a lot, the water for this must be soft, managed to settle. Re-irrigation should only be after the top layers of the earth have dried. Overdry the land should not, it should always be a little wet. In winter and autumn, it is not necessary to water the ground in pots at all.
Gloriosa - flowers that need high humidity. To increase it, the pot with the plant can be placed on wet claydite, pebble or wet moss. The pot bottom must not reach the water. When spraying a flowering plant, you must be careful. On the flowers, water should not fall. From the ingress of moisture on the flowers may remain stains. This has a bad effect on the decorativeness of gloriosis.
In summer, these indoor flowers bloom very beautifully. The perianth has the ability to bend upwards, and the flower - to fall down. It attracts pollinators to the flower. It is believed that butterflies often come to the flower, they do not know how to land, they are used to drinking nectar from flowers on the fly. When the wings of the wings swing anthers, the pollen pours out on the stigma, which is carried to the side. When flowers bloom, a change in color is observed. Yellow shades slowly disappear, and reds become more saturated. Above the first flower, new buds open, while in the flowering season on one stem, even 7 inflorescences can be blossomed.
In the spring months, when shoots become relatively older, they need to be fed fertilizers for indoor flora, relying on instructions, every week until the plant ceases to bloom.
Gloriosa, being a liana, clings to the support with tendrils, which are located on the tips of the leaves. The lowest leaves may not have antennae, which is why you need to tie brittle stems to the supports in time. Despite the prevalent opinion, gloriosa does not wrap around the supports. Antennae can cling only to thin supports (wire or sticks). Thick supports are only suitable as a frame.
As a rule, active growth in gliosis is observed in May and the first days of summer. The length of its stems can be even 2 meters. It is not always necessary, so the stems must be tied up and directed down, but the stem must be bent gently.
Replant the plant every year, preferably in the spring months. The pot should be wide, preferably not very deep, with ceramics preferable to plastic. The earth in the pot should not be heavy and clay. It should be oily, consisting of a pair of pieces of leafy earth and 4 parts of humus. You can add sand or peat. The bottom of the pot should be drained.
The tuber of this plant should be planted in a horizontal position. From above it should be covered by 2 cm of earth. It should be borne in mind that at the end of the tuber is only one kidney, and its loss can not be filled. Tuber must be stored carefully, the plant can grow only from an undamaged tuber. From its piece, like many plants, glirosis does not grow. After the tuber was planted, the soil should be watered so that it is always wet. The temperature should be constant - about 20 degrees, but not below 15. The plant feels best at a temperature of about 24 degrees. When the shoots appear, the pot must be rearranged to light. From the bottom of the pot must be provided with heat. The emerged shoots must be tied to the peg. When the roots will weave the ground, the plant must be transplanted into a larger pot or open ground.
The plant can be propagated with the help of seeds. But in this case the plant develops more slowly. It will be necessary to pollinate the plant itself in order to form seeds. We take a soft brush and transfer the pollen to the stigma. With this self-fertilization, the seeds will become tied. Seeds must be planted after harvesting into the ground, which should include sod, peat land, sand. All in equal parts. Sow seeds only in a warm room at an average temperature of 23 degrees. Plants that are grown from seeds, can bloom only after three years.
Flowers of gloriosa: precautionary measures
This plant has poisonous tubers, if taken internally, so they should be kept away from children and animals.
Gloriosa: possible difficulties in growing
This plant can grow slowly and not bloom. This can happen because of insufficient light, weak or damaged tubers, incorrect storage conditions.
The plants can turn yellow or burn off the leaves at the ends. So maybe because of insufficient watering and dry air.
Young shoots may slow down growth, darken or wilt leaflets. This can happen with sudden temperature changes, so the temperature regime must be constant.
The plant leaves can become soft and sluggish. This can cause, for example, decay of tubers. To avoid this, it is necessary to provide the plant with well-arranged drainage. Water it only after the drying of the soil.
The plant can damage the scab. If agrotechnics are disturbed, powdery mildew may appear on the leaflets.