From Latin, "crinis" translates as hair. And in fact, the leaves of the krynum are as long and hanging like hair.
The leaves of the crinules are easy to recognize, since they are folded into a tube unlike other plants. The bulbs have a long neck, which reaches a length of 60-90 cm, and a diameter of 25 cm. The leaves look like a xiphoid and reach a length of 1.8 meters. Flowers are usually pink or white. Inflorescences very large and beautiful in the form of umbrellas. They can multiply, they can be seeds without moisture, since there is a water supply in their endosperm.
Krinum is very useful for medical purposes. Its crushed leaves are used in the treatment of many diseases, for example, such as headaches, various tumors, as a compress to reduce the heat. As it is used and inside with bronchitis as an expectorant. A good source of krinium is in external use in the treatment of hemorrhoids and skin inflammations!
In a fresh form, bulbs can not be used because they are poisonous. But if you cook the decoction correctly from the leaves of this plant, you will get a good laxative. A decoction is good in the treatment of cancer, as well as cure carbuncles.
Beautiful will look like a crin when decorating the interior. Ideal for a winter garden. Room flowers krnum perfectly decorate your living room. They also use them to decorate cinemas and concert halls. Remarkably the plants will look in the hall or lobby. The crinum can reach large sizes, but there are also varieties that will look good in small rooms. There are certain varieties of krнуnum that can be grown in aquariums.
Care of the plant.
A favorable environment for the Krinum is a brightly lit sunlit room, without a shadow. The sun has a good effect on the growth of the krynum. To avoid burns of the leaves after the winter period, the crinum is gradually accustomed to sunlight. Also, when acquiring a plant, it is better to accustom it to a new environment gradually.
It is best to arrange these indoor flowers on a southern window with a minimum amount of shadow, but do not touch the window with a crinus, since a burn can occur at the points of contact. In summer, open air is favorable. You can take out on a balcony or garden, but you should protect the plant from heavy rainfall. If you do not have such an opportunity, you need to ventilate the room, where the crinum grows. In winter and summer, Krinum needs special care. He needs a maximum of light and a ventilated room. In winter, the crinum intensively resets the lower leaves, but new shoots also grow, so that the leaves do not completely disappear. It can be used to illuminate a fluorescent lamp, when illuminated, there is also an intensive growth.
During blooming, it is best to water it with warm water as often as possible, while ensuring that the top crust of the substrate does not dry out. After the flowering is over, watering should be reduced, but it is not recommended to completely stop. During the rest period, the crinum enters winter. In winter it should be kept in a cool room and rarely watered. Watering can not be completely stopped, as its fleshy roots develop year round. Do not overdry the ground.
Watering can adjust the flowering time of the krunums. You can do it so that the crinum will blossom in winter, not much shifting the rest period to the end of summer or the beginning of autumn, drying out the earth's cover. As soon as the arrow appears with the inflorescence, watering can be resumed. To stimulate flowering, it is necessary to stop watering for about two weeks and after the resumption of watering, an escape from a bulb with a peduncle can form.
Occasionally, the leaves of the plant can be sprayed or wiped with a damp cloth, but humidity does not play a significant role.
The plant needs also in mineral and organic fertilizers. In the period of growth, you need to feed about every two weeks. Top dressing is important when there are flowering shoots. The best feed is a solution of processed cow dung. Krinum - flowers that need constant feeding.
When selecting a vase for planting a krill, it should be taken into account that the root system develops very quickly. Therefore, suitable dishes of large sizes. Already grown plants need to be transplanted every three four years. Remove only the damaged roots, and carefully clean the old earth. To plant it is necessary so that the most part of a bulb was above a ground surface. To prepare the soil, you need to use a mixture of peat, soil, sand of turf or hardwood soil with the addition of a dried barn. You also need to use good drainage. It is best to use expanded clay or an ionic substrate.
Reproduction of plants.
Flowers krunum multiply by seeds, but more often bulbous shoots. Since seeds are formed only by artificial pollination of flowers.
When separating the shoot bulbs, rush is useless, since they stimulate good flowering in Krinum. This way of division is called vegetative. As a rule, flowering in young plants of children begins two four years after landing in the ground. A pot for a young plant is chosen not large about nine to eleven centimeters deep. A year later they need to be transplanted into a larger vase. The earth must be properly fertilized, so that the plant does not lose the intensity of growth. Even then, adult krunums are transplanted every three to four years, but they blossom every year.
A special variety of the plant is the water crinum.
There are such species of krynums that are suitable only for growing in an aquatic environment. To these species is the magenta purple and the crinum floating. Leaves in both species can reach up to a meter in length. Very rarely you can meet Thai Thai. The main thing when keeping such plants is water, it should not contain calcium. They, like other kinds of krunums like sunlight, and the optimal temperature in the summer is 25 degrees, in winter it is necessary to reduce to 18. The water level is preferably not high!