Indoor flower hymenocallis: home care

A perennial beautiful plant that sprouts from a bulb can become a real home decoration. It is an exquisite flower of the hymenocallis. Home care requires certain knowledge, but if you do not adhere to the rules, the plant simply will not survive.

Description of the plant

The genus Gimenokallis itself counts about 60 species. The preferred terrain for growing is the tropics. In Greek, the word means "beautiful film". At home, there are few species of such flowers as the hymenocallis. Cultivation and care is usually carried out only over a couple of species - Caribbean and Pleasant.

The Caribbean has a rounded bulb shape that does not exceed 10 cm in diameter. The leaves of the plant are dark, green in color and have a maximum length of 90 cm and a width of about 7 cm. The plant does not discard leaflets throughout the year. This species can bloom throughout the winter, the flowers are large, white and smell pleasant.

Pleasant, or as it is also called, Early, grows from a larger bulb. Leaves are similar in color, but narrow, their length is about 40 cm. In winter, such a leaf is discarded, and flowers will adorn the plant from the beginning of summer and until the earliest autumn. Flowers smell nice, and if properly to care for the plant, it will bloom twice a year.

How to contain the hymenocallis?

Care at home is as follows:

1. It is very important to arrange the correct lighting. For normal development, it must be scattered. Direct hit of rays is allowed only in a small amount. If the flower grows in an apartment, the best place will be the windows facing the west or east side. If the windows face south, it is better to slightly darken them. If it is a private house, the plant is best kept in the garden. In winter, the flower will require additional artificial lighting.
2. Despite the fact that the plant is tropical, it does not like heat. Ideal is the temperature range from 18 to 22 degrees. It is this regime that will allow the plant to develop normally. When it does not bloom, it is better to keep it at a temperature of about 16-18 degrees.
3. To create the optimum humidity, it is better to use a spray gun. Water should be at room temperature, and it is necessary to spray only leaves, trying not to touch the flowers with drops.
4. During flowering, you need to water abundantly with stop water, the main thing is not to overdry the flower, then it will please the eye for a very long time. After flowering, watering should be limited.
5. The plant feels better in a small pot. If the roots have a lot of space, the flowering will not be so active. In addition, it is required to provide quality drainage.
6. The soil is very demanding hymenocallis. Planting and care intensive after it are held every one or two years. If the plant is already grown, it should be transplanted every 4 years. A transplant is performed when the plant rests from flowering.

What does a flower like?

Most of all, he likes moisture, so the hymenocallis, care at home should be accompanied by copious watering, especially when the plant blooms. Once the ground in the pot is dried, it should be watered immediately. It is also recommended to pour a little water in the saucer, under the pot. The main thing is to give copious watering only when the hymenocallis dries up. Otherwise, there may be waterlogging, which leads to death. When the plant is blooming, you need to stop watering.

In addition, very fond of hymenocallis fertilizer for the soil. Gimenokallis - flower, care and feeding for which can be carried out using conventional fertilizers for other types of flowers. They are sold in specialized stores, they contain a large number of minerals. Top dressing is poured directly under the plant into the soil, once a week. When the hymenocallis does not bloom, you need to fertilize it once a month.

Germination

The transplantation is carried out with the preliminary preparation of the bulbs, for this they need to germinate. It itself resembles a pear covered in gold scales. Thanks to the preliminary preparation, the plant will develop faster, accordingly, blossom earlier.

Capacity for germination should be taken small. Put the bulb, you need to sprinkle it with half peat, but it can be replaced with sawdust made of wood. The main thing is not to allow stagnation of water, otherwise the material for planting will rot. It is recommended to do such preliminary work before landing in a room where the temperature is not higher than 15 degrees.

Planting and care

Hymenocallis, planting and care (the photo of the plant can be seen here), which is held in the first half of May, will certainly thank the gardener with a beautiful view. In the ground you need to make a small depression and put a bulb in it, it must be completely covered with earth. The first sheet will appear in 30 days. The main thing in this period is to protect the plant from frosts, because the hymenocallis does not tolerate temperature changes.

The home flower is rather whimsical, so after planting it needs more light, nutrients, enough moisture. When watering it is better that water gets into the soil at a distance from the root. It is recommended to make small depressions for this purpose, where the water will flow.

It is forbidden to feed the soil with organic fertilizers, it can ruin a flower. For this, fertilizers containing potassium, nitrogen or phosphorus are used.

Storing bulbs in winter

Gimenokallis, care at home for which you need special, decorate your white flowers and bright leaves of any interior. In addition, the flowerbed will also look very beautiful until the onset of frost. The main thing is not to miss the moment when you need to dig up the bulbs. There are amateurs who, having dug a bulb from an open ground, transplant a flower into a pot and plant it at home, on the window.

If the hymenocallis will only be applied as a flower for the garden, the bulb in autumn will need to be dried and left for a few days in a cold place. When the sheets dry, they need to be removed.

Before storing the bulbs, they must be rinsed, then dried again until the scales are characterized by crunching. Hibernate only in a place with a normal room temperature, and it is better to keep the bulbs in a plastic container, where several holes are preliminary made.

Some gardeners argue that it is better to store the bulbs in a cardboard container, and before sending the hymenocallis to winter, it is better to pour it with sand or shavings.

From time to time in winter it is necessary to check the planting material, as it can "wake up". As soon as sprouts will appear, such onion should be planted in the ground and given them proper care. In spring, the plant from the pot can be transplanted into the open ground.

Reproduction

Such a flower as hymenocallis care at home requires not only the description above. You should also know how the plant multiplies. This happens with the help of children, which appear on the bulb. For reproduction, bulbs older than 4 years can be used. Before wintering, small children should not be separated from the main root, as they will receive the necessary food throughout the winter.

If the children are very small, it is better to separate them at once, since they can not give a single leaf, which means that such onion is simply frozen in the ground. If the hymenocallis does not give children for a long time, the bulb should simply be divided into 4 parts, and then the process of reproduction will be accelerated.

For a species such as Gimenokallis, Caribbean care at home and reproduction are similar.

Problems and Diseases

The most common disease is anthracnose. If the plant is sick, dark spots begin to appear on its sheets, and in very neglected form they will be similar to brown streaks. Treatment is carried out by removing the affected leaves, and all the cut sites are treated with a fungicide. Also it will be necessary to shorten watering, and to ventilate the room.

On the bulbs can be red spots - this is a staganospora. The disease can later be transmitted to the leaflets. If you identify the disease immediately, the bulb is treated with "Fundazol".

There are other problems that can be faced:

1. Overflow of the flower, then the leaves will turn yellow. If the plant is constantly waterlogged, gray rot appears.
2. When the water is small, the flower will wither, and the color itself will disappear. The green part of the plant will turn pale.

Conclusion

Having become acquainted with the recommendations on the care, cultivation and maintenance of the plant, it will be possible to grow an excellent ornament for the garden, apartment or office, which will also smell nice. All this is a flower of the hymenocallis. Care at home (photo, demonstrates the beauty of the plant) is simple, the main thing is to follow the advice of experienced florists.