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Aroid flower Aliconian Amazon is a hybrid of Lowe and Sander species, and often sold as Sander. Attracts flower growers with decorative leaves that grow even in captivity up to half a meter long. A small stem, up to 15 cm, makes the bush compact and decorative. Difference amazon is the color of the cuttings of leaves, it is pink. Like all other types of alokazy, the Australian is poisonous, but not used for treatment. Among begonias, violets, Spathiphyllums, Anthuriums, Hippeastrum, Pelargoniums and other plants, Alocasia is distinguished by beautiful foliage and neat shape.
Requirements for the maintenance and care of
As an ornamental plant, Amazonian alokaziya is valued for its beautiful large leaves. They are arrow-shaped, metallic luster and skeleton, which consists of streaks, painted white. In the dark, the sheet looks scary. The root represents the tuber in which babies are formed and displayed on the surface. The inflorescence is an ear with an intoxicating scent covered with a spathe. But the plant blooms very rarely, only with perfect content.
As a result of the flowering of Alozia Amazonian in nature, red berries ripen. Inside the pulp are seeds ready to germinate. The berry that has not had time to dry is sown, and a sprout will appear in a month. Other methods of reproduction are the use of children, grafting from stem buds and leaves.
Alokaziya care at home is to meet the requirements for each type of house plants:
- content;
- temperature and humidity;
- watering and dressing;
- requirements for the ground and the timing of transplantation;
- pest and disease control.
Due to the fact that all parts of the plant are poisonous, care for them must be worn with gloves and set the container out of the reach of children and animals.
A plant is usually installed in a bright room with a diffused sunny color. Direct rays burn leaves, depriving them of their decorative effect. In cramped among other inhabitants of the window alokazii uncomfortable. Therefore, for her make a stand near the light source. In office space, the plant is loved for its large spreading leaves.
At home, the best place for alokazii is the kitchen or bathroom. The plant feels great with a humidity of 80% and a temperature of 21 - 27 in summer, in winter it is possible to lower the temperature to 18. To create a comfortable zone in a dry room, the pot with alokaziya can be placed on a tray with moss or expanded clay, so that evaporation will occur. Humidity is created by a small spray from the spray gun over the plant, often wiping the leaves with a damp sponge.
Watering alokaziya loves moderate, but without drying out a lump of earth. A signal of a lack of water will be a slightly wilted leaf blade. In the summertime, water with settled soft water is required every other day, in the winter once a week, and the ground should dry out above. If watering is done in the bottom way, then after an hour the rest of the water is drained from the pallet. Roots love moist soil saturated with oxygen.
A light, friable and slightly acidic composition based on peat and leafy ground should be filled with air. Therefore, the composition adds chopped sphagnum moss, crushed porous charcoal and sand. It will be useful to mix the crumb of red brick and vermiculite. Each of the minerals gives elements in the form of dissolved salts that nourish the plant.
During the growing season, the plant needs fertilizer once every three weeks with special fertilizers based on nitrogen and potassium. In winter, fertilizing is halved. Phosphoric salts in the form of soluble monophosphates should be added for young plants.
Dislikes Amazonian Alokaziya drafts. Therefore, you need to install it in a deaf place for air flow. The plant itself absorbs harmful substances from the air, recycles them, eliminates odors and air pollution from industrial emissions.
Diseases and pests of alokaziya amazonskoy
If the plant receives careful care, it is protected from disease. But with dry air, rare processing under the shower can appear on the plant pests:
- spider mite;
- shield;
- aphid.
To combat them, soap and tobacco solutions, alcohol rubbing for flaps and biological preparations are used. If there are many pests, insecticides are used - Fitoverm, Aktara, Ikonfidor.
Useful for the prevention of Amazon alokaziya diseases, a newly acquired plant instance should be kept in quarantine for at least 2 weeks. Diseases and pests will manifest themselves during this time, and the rest of the plants will be protected from contamination.
Improper watering of alokaziya can lead to rotting of the roots and leaves. But it is a non-infectious disease involving a single plant. If the maintenance of tropical plants is carried out in a cold damp corner, then Amazonian alokaziya diseases are associated with the settlement of spores and the growth of mycelium phytophthora or powdery mildew. Spores doze in the soil for the time being, they are brought in with untreated soil during transplantation. In this case, only fungicides will help to not lose the green garden of the house.
