2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
Alcoholic drinks are not the only ones that can turn your head. Ornamental leaves and elegant cones from the bracts of Indoor hops will swirl with their beauty and originality, delighting and delighting, relieving stress and urban negativity
Rod Beloperone
Such a beautiful botanical name "Beloperone" ("Beloperone") is often replaced by the name "Indoor hops" for the similarity of plant inflorescences with cones of home-grown hops. The cone is formed from bright bracts, behind which, as if behind reliable armor, small white flowers are hidden. The life of flowers is short, but the "armor" keeps on an evergreen plant almost all year round, creating its attractive image.
Beloperone leaves are decorative and short-peaked, which have an ovoid shape and are colored green all year round. As a rule, the leaves are slightly pubescent.
Beloperone is native to tropical forests, so in our harsh climate they are grown as indoor plants that prefer humid air.
Varieties
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Beloperone drip (Beloperone guttata) - drip beloperone, growing up to half a meter (less often up to one meter) in height, has gained the greatest popularity in culture. Small elongated oval leaves are covered with a light downy and are located oppositely on the branches of the plant. Spike-shaped dense inflorescences are collected from small two-lipped flowers of white shades.
The "highlight" of the plant is the large bracts that change their color from green to red, orange or yellow. Growing in length up to 15 cm, they, practically, all year round decorate the bush with hanging garlands of hop-like cones, hanging catchy garlands. Small white flowers with dark stamens hide under the leaves of the bracts, sometimes slyly looking out of their shelters.
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Beloperone violet (Beloperone violacea) - differs from beloperone in drip color of flowers. They are purple or reddish. Bracts of white perone are purple, bright red. The height of the bush, like that of a drip, reaches 1 meter.
Growing
The heat-loving inhabitant of the tropics is grown in greenhouses, offices and apartments, choosing places for her that are lit, but without direct sunlight. At temperatures below seven degrees, the plant dies. He does not like beloperone and intense heat, exceeding 28 degrees. Its leaves begin to dry out, reducing the nutrient medium of the plant, which ultimately leads to the death of the plant.
The soil is prepared by mixing leaf, sod, peat soils with the addition of humus and sand. Frequent summer watering is combined once a month with mineral feeding. In winter, water as needed, preventing the earthen coma from drying out too much.
Beloperone loves frequent spraying, which brings back memories of her humid native tropics. In summer, flower pots can be taken out into the open air, choosing shaded cool places. With such care, the bracts decorate the bush with their bright outfit for longer.
To give the bush a compact look at the end of winter, the plant is pruned or pinched.
Reproduction
Propagated by spring stem cuttings, identifying them for rooting in a peat sand mixture. Containers with cuttings are kept in a room with a temperature of 18-20 degrees.
In order for the beloperone to always be blooming and young, flower growers recommend growing it from cuttings every time.
Diseases and pests
It is important to observe the humidity regime, otherwise the flowers will not linger on the plant.
The development of a plant is strongly influenced by insufficient lighting and a very high air temperature, leading to lignification of the stems and drying out of the leaves..
Aphid and red mite attacks also cause leaves to dry out.
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