CLIVIA
Finest decoration-flowering plant Clivia is distinguished by its simple beauty. This flower is nothing extra. It is beautiful in any season, whether flowering or rest. Especially pleased that in the winter months, Clive blooming, transforms itself and transforms all the surrounding space abundant rich beauty of multiple large and very bright flower clusters. The impression is that Clivia envoy from a country where there is always a spring and orange-yellow mood! These gorgeous flowers Clivia has a long juicy stem, densely covered the surface of the earth, its elongated, slightly curving leaves that grow directly from the rhizome. Each year, on the same plant produces 15-20 of inflorescences. On the other hand, is a Clivia flower care which is reduced to the simplest minimum rules - not re wet plant that does not cover the sun for a long time and give the plant a rest period. Clivia - indoor plant has the rare beauty of living and good endurance. Recommend it to you to compulsory cultivation at home.
Clivia Care
Optimal Storage: keep in a period of rest as possible moderate temperature - 14-15 0C, in a period of growth 20-22 0C. Lighting: between peace Cleve set aside in place of shade, in a period of growth and flowering provide good ambient lighting. Humidity: spray is optional. Watering: Do not re wet soil as This is certainly cause root rot, moderate watering, small drying of the soil is acceptable. Fertilizer: 2 times a month, add to the water complex fertilizers for flowers. The soil: to root Clive suitable light soil - a mixture of turf and leaf soil and sand in equal amounts. Life expectancy: perennial. The complexity of development: easy to learn plant.
Clivia bloom
Flowering period Clive is in the middle-end of winter. Must precede the flowering of two-month period of rest. Clivia usually not flower because of its wrong organization. In early autumn, the plant set aside in the shade spot, stop fertilizing and watering Moderate. At the expiration of 8-12 weeks of resuming normal care and well lit, and temperature.
Clivia transplant
Try not to turn over Cleve, and if they do it, but only in extreme cases and with special care. The root system of Clive very fragile and unstable to decay in the damaged areas. Quite simply, the error for the transplant may kill the plant. For more information about the transplant can be found in replanting.
Clivia reproduction and growth
Clivia seeds - the best and safest way to its reproduction. Get seeds in two ways - in the shops, or to pollinate the already existing plant during its flowering. Germination of seeds need light soil and oblong box, in which planting the seeds (not too often, about every 6-8 cm) of watered abundantly, and the box is placed in a bag or a plastic film. After the emergence of young Clive neatly seated on a pot with good drainage and light soil mix, from then normal care. More information on the reproduction section of plant propagation (sexual reproduction of plants> seed propagation).
Clivia illness and problematic points
Due to waterlogging rhizome rot can cleave, please be careful watering, if water collects in the pan pot, be sure to immediately drain it. Clive pests - spider mite and beetle. The methods of treatment plants described in the sections: plant pests and plant diseases.
Extraordinary Clivia Photo
Clivia species
Clivia Vermilion clivia miniata - the main species grown in the home. Comes from South Africa. At the height of up to 45 cm, the leaves usually grow no longer than half a meter.
Clivia is not complicated enough to care for the plant and, with proper winter, blooms twice as much per year. To do this, in the autumn watering gradually to a condition which does not only allow the leaves wilt. The plant puts on a winter vacation in a cold room with a temperature of 12 degrees 7, where it should be a light (but not direct sunlight) and spacious. Clivia only thing that does not like, so it is - any concern: Do not move the pot during the tying buds and during flowering, do not repot the plant until the roots begin to come out of the pot (and then, only after flowering).
During the winter holiday does not cleave to feed and keep watering to a minimum. If at this time the leaves begin to dry, it is quite normal, let them wither quietly, but do not increase watering. Once the stems reach a height of 10-15 cm, and gradually increase watering during flowering, and later in the spring and summer, water the plants died, as the drying of the soil. Since the opening of flowers begin to feed Clive complete mineral fertilizer every 21 days. In the fertilizer should not be a lot of nitrogen, and when fertilizing with organic fertilizers, they throw a lot of water - excess nitrogen in the dressing inhibits second blossoming, stimulating the growth of the leaves.
Spring - summer Clive contain in diffuse light, very suitable balconies and windows of the northern and western areas and shady corner of the garden, periodically spray the leaves with water, the plant watered and fed. The plant should not be hot, the optimum temperature 18 degrees.
To re-summer flowering, in the event that she does not want Clivia bloom, it must be stimulated. Two flowering year can handle only large mature plant. Pot with a plant in late July to make a dusky room with a balcony or garden. Watering a little cut and at this time the plant was not fed. After a week or two lower leaves may begin to turn yellow, but you should see the stems.
If you do not have to comply with all the complexity of care, then do not. Clivia easy on the windows of any orientation, at any temperature, adapts to any watering, except frank Bay, and will delight you with blooms, even once a year, but in the most unpredictable season. Clivia - one of the most durable houseplants. When transplanting Clive better to take soil mixture of 8 parts sod land, 4 pieces of leaf and 1 part sand.
Rusty spots on the leaves can be a sign of improper watering or burn direct sunlight. In the first case - the water the plant only after the top layer of soil is dry, having stood in the room (not near the battery) with water from time to time wipe the leaves with a damp soft cloth and spray from a spray the underside of leaves of cold boiled water. In the second case - move the plant to the west, east or north window. And if this is not possible, the window in the house is only one, and only the southern, move the plant into the room. If the spots on the leaves look like narrow strips of rusted, then this is a sign of disease. You can lubricate the spot copper oxychloride, 3-4 g per liter of water once a week. The spots will not disappear, but must stop to grow in size and new spots should no longer appear. But we hope that your plant is suffering only because of errors care.
