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The most skillful artist is nature itself. She creates such masterpieces in front of which a person simply freezes with delight. One of her many works is an evergreen plant called Maranta, which was born in the American tropics. Today, its amazingly colored leaves adorn our homes, delighting with the brightness and variety of patterns
Family Marantovye
In the name of the family, the name of the 16th century botanist and physician Bartolomeo Maranta is immortalized.
Like any family, arrowroots have several genera. In flower shops under the name "Maranta" you can be offered both plants of the genus "Maranta" and plants of the genera: "Stromanta", "Ktenanta", "Calathea". The latter is the largest genus of this amazing family.
All representatives of the Marantovaya family are valued for their picturesque leaves. They rarely please with flowering, and not all species bloom at home.
Rod Maranta
As a houseplant, only
Arrowroot white-necked (Maranta leuconeura), which arrived in our harsh lands from warm Brazil. She has varieties and varieties that differ in the size and color of the leaves.
Arrowroot arrowroot is a rather compact plant, growing up to 20 cm in height and up to 30 cm in width. Its large emerald-green leaves are decorated with purple-brown spots along the lateral veins.
Variety "Mensangiana" has smaller leaves. The dark color of the central part of the leaves brightens towards the edge, becoming pale green. The veins on the leaves are ivory colored.
Variety "Three-color" is distinguished by fifteen-centimeter elongated leaves with creamy veins. The center of the leaves is dark green and the edges are yellowish green.
Rod of Stromant
This genus includes a popular and valuable species with the name
Stromanta blood red (Stromanthe sanguinea).
Stromanta blood red - the most unpretentious indoor beauty of the family. Its oval-lanceolate long leaves (up to 30 cm long) are distinguished by a special brightness of the central veins. In addition to beautiful leaves, it gives flower growers no less beautiful flowering.
Ktenant's clan
The most famous representative of this genus is
Ktenanta bristly (Ctenanthe setosa) or
Oppenheim (Ctenanthe oppenhemiana).
Ktenanta bristly has long leaves (up to 45 cm long) with very striking patterns on the surface. Drawings on leaves of all kinds of colors: gray-green, yellow, dark purple. It also pleases with its flowering.
Rod of Calathea
The most numerous genus of the Amaranth family will be discussed in a separate article.
Growing
Unlike many indoor plants, which gladly migrate to the open air in the summer, plants of the Marantovy family are avid couch potatoes, growing only in indoor conditions.
The size of the flower pot is selected in proportion to the size of the plants. Arrowroots love high humidity, and therefore they feel good in the vicinity of other indoor plants, since such a community contributes to the emergence of air humidity. In addition, the spectacular appearance of the leaves gives the flower arrangement a special charm.
Arrowroots do not like direct sunlight, preferring soft diffused light. They are very demanding on the ambient temperature. In summer, preferably plus 20-22 degrees, and in winter - not lower than plus 10 degrees. The optimal winter temperature for growth is 12-14 degrees.
Watering in the spring-summer period is abundant, in the rest of the year, moderate watering is sufficient. During the active growing season, spraying of the leaves is required. Spraying is carried out with warm, preferably rain (soft) water, creating "indoor tropics" for their beauties.
Reproduction and transplantation
Plants are propagated by dividing rhizomes or cuttings.
Rhizomes are divided in May-June into parts, each of which has several well-developed healthy roots and two or three leaves. They are placed in small pots filled with a mixture of sand and peat (in equal amounts). For seedlings, a humid microclimate is maintained with a temperature of 20-22 degrees.
Grown plants are transplanted into large containers in April, trying not to damage the roots during transplantation.
Diseases and pests
It is affected by aphids, mites, nematodes, fungi.
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