2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
The Amaryllis family, along with the “sprekelia” and “vallota”, undeservedly ignored by flower growers, has many varieties that have firmly settled on the windowsills of all kinds of offices and delight visitors with their flowering at a time that is not at all suitable for flowers
Clivia cinnabar
A typical representative of office windowsills, regardless of the status of the office: Clivia can be found in a small pharmacy and in a solid corporate office.
With its name, the plant "clivia" immortalized the name of Charlotte Clive, who was the governess of Lady Alexandrina Victoria, the future Queen of Great Britain, Victoria, known at least for the fact that she was in power for the longest term (63 years with a "tail") among all the kings in the world.
But we are not talking about queens and governesses, but about an evergreen stemless plant. Unlike other relatives in the family, clivia does not grow from a bulb, but has a short rhizome. Fleshy and thick roots with a weakly fibrous structure diverge from the rhizome into the soil.
Dark green vaginal belt-like leaves up to 70 centimeters long form a false stem. The shorter peduncle is crowned with an umbrella-shaped inflorescence of large orange-red flowers. The leaves remain green all year round, and the clivia flowers are pleasing twice a year. This happens in late winter or early spring and a second time in the autumn months.
Clivia requires the most basic care. She prefers lighted places, but will grow on windows facing north. In winter, a cool air temperature (12-14 degrees) is preferable for her, but the usual temperature on the windowsill is quite suitable for her. Watering clivia loves abundant, except for a period of relative dormancy, which begins at the end of December and lasts until February-March. During this period, there should be moderate watering with drying of the soil.
Clivia can be propagated by seeds, but much faster and more conveniently by separating daughter rosettes, which are formed in the fourth or fifth year of life.
Eucharis grandiflorum (Amazon lily)
More often it is called "Amazonian lily", because the largest number of eucharis species can be found in the western Amazon. Sometimes eucharis is confused with the Krinum plant, which has slightly similar flowers, but completely different leaves.
Unlike clivia, eucharis is a bulbous plant. Its leaves are not narrow, belt-shaped, but lanceolate and wide. Leaves sit on thick and long petioles, and together with the petioles are 50-60 centimeters long, half of which falls on the petiole, and half on the leaf itself. The leaves droop beautifully in different directions from the center of the pot, forming an elegant bright green bush that is beautiful even in the absence of flowers. Each plant has from two to four leaves at a time. They retain their dark green color, turning yellow and losing elasticity towards the end of their life. The obsolete leaf is replaced by a fresh one.
A high peduncle (up to 60 cm) ends with an umbrella-shaped inflorescence, collected from fragrant white flowers. Flowering occurs in December-January, sometimes eucharis blooms a second time in spring. After winter flowering, a period of relative dormancy begins, when watering is reduced. Many people compare the graceful flower with the daffodil flower. I wouldn't say that. The flowers are drooping, bloom for a short period.
In nature, eucharis grows in the lower tier of forests, where moisture and shade reign. Therefore, being a houseplant, it feels great away from window sills and loves watering during an active period of life.
The plant is propagated by seeds, but it is easier with onion children, which, in good conditions, grow quite quickly, forming a large bush in a flower pot.
For reference: on the main photo "White-flowered Gemantus".
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