2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Nerine belongs to the Amaryllidaceae family, and, like most of its genus, has a very beautiful flower shape, as well as a wide variety of shades of petals. Exotic in its natural habitat can only be found in the wild in South Africa, but it is grown as a cultivated indoor perennial flower in almost every corner of the earth
Structural features of nerine
Nerina cannot be called a small flower. It takes up a fairly large space on the windowsill, both in height and in width. Its peduncle often exceeds the length of 35 cm. The growth of the plant is added by an umbrella of large flowers - up to 12 pieces per inflorescence.
Nerine with lilac-pink petals is more common. But there are also varieties with white, red, yellow, orange, crimson petals. The shape of the petal is rather unusual - it is strongly curved, and the edges are both even and terry, as if framed with lace fringe. Another feature of the flower is the long, thin stamens, which, even on drooping buds, still continue to stretch towards the sunny bloom.
Nerine's leaves are long, ribbon-like-linear, rich in dark green color. They gain their maximum mass during the flowering period and bend to the edges of the pot under their own weight.
Reproduction methods of an exotic plant
Nerine is a perennial bulbous plant, and the available breeding methods at home are the separation of children and sowing seeds. In the summer, the bulbs are dormant. Plants are kept in rooms well lit by sunlight. Since the last decade of July, they begin to plant the bulbs in separate 11-centimeter pots. This size of the pot is an important condition for the bulb to grow, because in large volumes it refuses to grow in size.
A nutrient medium for planting bulbs is prepared from the following ingredients:
• compost soil;
• bone flour;
• sand.
The following composition of the soil mixture will also be good:
• humus;
• old clay;
• sand.
All components are mixed in a 1: 1: 1 ratio. It is also useful to add 30 g of horn shavings and superphosphate, 7 g of potassium sulfate to a bucket of such a composition. To deoxidize the earth, add a little crushed chalk.
The bulbs are immersed in the substrate for two thirds. When a bronze tint becomes visible on the neck of the planting material, this signals the awakening of the bulb. A month after planting the nerine, the bulb should already take root well and discard the peduncles with leaves. Buds should also be set. But if the bud does not want to bloom, this indicates problems with the rooting of the flower.
It is also easy to propagate nerine at home with seeds. Sowing can be done in bowls with wet sand or fine vermiculite. Containers with crops are kept in a warm room, the temperature of which is maintained at + 22 ° C. Nerine seedlings become visible after about 3 weeks, sometimes earlier. Seedlings dive into the nutrient mixture and place in a well-lit place. During this period, the temperature regime must be maintained within the range of about + 15 … + 18 ° С.
In autumn, closer to winter, the amount of watering is reduced and gradually reduced to nothing. While the bulbs are dormant, they are given a place in a dry room. By spring, nerina will have a large deciduous mass, and flower buds will be laid. The flowering period lasts from March to April. To extend this time, you can go for such a trick as feeding with liquid fertilizers. They are held in April, twice, with an interval of two weeks.
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