Anthurium Scherzer - home care
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Scherzer's anthurium is a popular houseplant, which is popularly called "male happiness". The perennial flower fascinates with its appearance. The variety is unpretentious in care and undemanding to the conditions of detention. Therefore, it has become widespread.
What does Scherzer's anthurium look like?
Compared with other anthuriums, the Scherzer variety is not high. The leaves are lanceolate, dark green in color. Inflorescences are orange. They are curved. The ears are kept for a long time. The bedspread is heart-shaped. Has a red-orange, almost burgundy color. Curved gently downward.
Scherzer's anthurium is characterized by a different color of bedspreads
Common varieties
Modern breeding has made it possible to obtain many plants with miniature sizes. They are distinguished by a wide range of colors of bedspreads. Will delight the eye of any person.
Popular are:
- Lacetti. It is used not only as a houseplant. Flowers are used for cutting into bouquets. The bedspread is pink. Frames a spiral inflorescence ear. Leaves are contrasting, dark green. The edges of the leaf plates are pointed.
- Graffiti. A distinctive characteristic of a houseplant is a white bedspread with scarlet asymmetric blotches. The structure is dense.
- Hawaii. We must not forget in mind the multicolored color of the bedspreads.
- Alexia Julia. The bedspread has a delicate sky blue color.
- Love chocolate. Differs in high decorative characteristics. Contrast. Leaves are dense, deep green. Bedspread in chocolate shade.
- Rubens. The inflorescence cobs have small flowers. They differ in a spiral shape. Wrapped in a two-ton veil: pink top, green base.
Anthurium Mix is especially popular due to the variety of colors.
Features of home care
Caring for Scherzer's anthurium at home is simple. It is important to always remember the tropical origin of the plant. Provide a warm indoor climate close to its usual growing area.
Temperature
The temperature regime changes depending on the season. The warm season is characterized by active vegetation of plants. The recommended room temperature is 18-28 degrees Celsius above zero. Scherzer can be placed outdoors.
Lighting
It is recommended to place the flower in partial shade. The best option is a windowsill in the northeast or northwest. Scattered light. It is important to avoid direct sunlight.
Watering
Irrigation water must be defended. The structure should be soft. Boil for a few minutes and cool to room temperature before watering. Add a few drops of vinegar or lemon juice.
The plant requires regular watering. It is carried out when the soil in the container with the plant dries out to a depth of 50-80 mm. Excessive moisture and excessive dryness adversely affect growth. The root system decays and dries up.
Spraying
Spraying of leaves is carried out constantly.It is important not to allow water to enter the inflorescences. Otherwise, they will become stained and fall off.
Humidity
A high humidity level is recommended - up to 90%. A pallet with moistened expanded clay is used. A flower pot is placed on it. You can cover the surface of the ground with coconut fiber or moss. During the spraying process, the liquid also gets onto the fibrous layer.
The place where the anthurium will grow is chosen carefully. Better a room with high humidity, preferably a kitchen. Although you can make a small greenhouse.
The plant is planted in a room with a high degree of humidity - in the kitchen
Priming
It is allowed to grow in hydroponics, in peeled pine bark, special soil. Ideal substrate with good water and air passage. It is presented in the form of sphagnum moss, peat, sod land in a ratio of 2: 2: 1. Chopped bark and charcoal are also added.
The land should be loose and water-permeable. Be deep fiber. Acidity in the range of 5.0 to 6.0 pH. Preference is given to slightly acidic soil.
Top dressing
Universal fertilizing for indoor vegetation is used. They are introduced into the soil during the period of active growth and development of Scherzer with a frequency of 2 times a month. Oversupply of fertilizers is strictly prohibited. It is recommended to work with less concentrated formulations than in the instructions.
Universal fertilizers for anthurium
Features of winter care: dormant period
In the winter season, a lower temperature regime is recommended for a houseplant. Within 15-17 degrees Celsius above zero. At this time, the laying of flower buds is performed. It is important to exclude drafts. Avoid sudden temperature changes.
When it blooms
The plant is able to bloom from February to November. Almost all year round, stopping only for the coldest and hottest months of the year.
Pruning
Timely pruning will rejuvenate the plant. It is recommended to do this every 4 years. Then the flower will bloom and grow longer.
How does it multiply
Reproduction is done by seed. It will begin to bloom only after three years. It is not always possible to preserve the properties of the original anthurium scherzerianum cultivar. It is better to give preference to transplanting by dividing and do it in the spring (in March or April).
For division, adult plants are chosen in the form of several bushes with separate shoots. They are planted in separate pots with a peat substrate. The soil is kept moist.
Transfer
Anthurium Shercerianum is recommended to be replanted every spring. This applies to young specimens. Then the interval increases to 3-4 years. Pay attention to the development and filling of the pot with the root system.
Anthurium is transplanted by dividing the root system
Indoor plant planting instructions:
- The capacity is chosen narrow and high. This will ensure the early flowering of the houseplant.
- A small amount of drainage or expanded clay is poured into the bottom.
- A layer of soil with a loose structure is created on top.
- The plant is placed by means of its transshipment.
- The place remaining in the pot is backfilled with fresh soil.
- The soil is slightly compacted. Watering is in progress.
Diseases and pests
If you take care of a houseplant incorrectly, it will get sick. Excessive soil moisture and stagnant water can cause rotting of the root system and flower stems. Rot can also appear if the recommended temperature is not followed. Especially if the temperature drops to a minimum. You can get rid of the disease by eliminating the cause of its appearance - to restore the normal microclimate in the room.
Drying and blackening of the tips of the foliage becomes a signal of an excess of calcium in the soil substrate. Or anthracnose begins. In the first case, it is enough to use special fertilizers by adjusting the composition of the soil. Secondly, it will be more difficult.After buying a houseplant, it is recommended to regularly spray it with fungicidal preparations as a prophylaxis. It is better to prevent diseases than to cure them later.
Compliance with simple recommendations for caring for anthurium will allow you to grow a wonderful tropical plant at home, which will become the highlight of any interior. Bright red shoots and flowers will always cheer up households.
