2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
For exotic lovers, a liana has settled in the tropics of Brazil, its large bright flowers adorn the world for a long period. In our climate, it can be grown as a houseplant, with the possibility of creating high humidity around the plant
Rod of Allamand
One and a half dozen vigorous climbing plants have united into a genus
Allamanda (Allamanda), decorating the rainforests with magnificent bright flowers, the corolla diameter of which reaches 12 cm.
Although the "veins" of Allamands flow
poisonous juices, the flower growers were captivated by the beauty and duration of the flowering of the plant, and therefore the especially desperate tried to tame the Brazilian beauty in order to decorate their life in this world.
The leaves of Allamanda, like many tropical plants, are dark green, leathery, shiny or dull.
Varieties
* Allamanda laxative (Allamanda cathartica) is a powerful evergreen with glossy or matte oval-lanceolate leaves and large flowers that are colored in different ways, from white and pink to orange and purple, but more often they are yellow funnel-shaped flowers exuding a delicate fruity aroma.
Under natural conditions, it grows up to 3.5 meters in height, choosing places where it is sunny and humid. For her, shade, alkaline and salty soils, low soil and air temperatures (below plus 18 degrees) are destructive.
Spiky seed capsules rarely form under growing conditions in culture, therefore, the plant is propagated by cuttings, which take root very easily and quickly.
* Allamanda oleandroliferous (Allamanda neriifolia) is an evergreen shrub, along the stem of which 3 to 5 pale green leaves are born in whorls. Like many tropical leaves, they are leathery, elliptical in shape. The "neck" of tubular-bell-shaped flowers with a golden-yellow corolla is decorated with orange-red stripes.
* Allamanda purple (Allamanda violacea) - differs in lilac-pink flowers that bloom in autumn. Compared to other species, it is a fairly resistant plant.
* Allamanda noble (Allamanda nobilis) - Prefers sandy or loamy moist soils and a location open to sunlight. Its evergreen leaves are simple, and the funnel-shaped flowers are yellow.
* Allamanda Shotta (Allamanda schottii) - unlike most relatives, this is not a liana, but a shrub, although it is almost as tall as them, growing up to 1, 5, or even up to 2, 5 meters. Leaves are elliptical to obovate. Large yellow flowers bloom more often in spring, but in natural conditions they can decorate a bush, almost all year round.
In general, sometimes very similar plants are hidden under different names. It is possible that one plant has its own names in different countries.
Growing
If suddenly there is a desire to acquire a beautifully flowering Allamanda,
remember the plant is toxic
In addition, the inhabitant of the humid tropics loves moisture everywhere: in the soil, in the air. In nature, Allamanda prefers to be located near water bodies, and in an apartment it would be best suited for her a bathroom, which has powerful lighting, because the plant also loves the sun. Or a place at the French door, generously letting sunlight through its doors.
The soil is prepared from a mixture of sod land, which forms the basis of the mixture (40 percent), with leaf humus, sand and peat, taken in equal quantities (that is, 20 percent each). In addition, the soil needs mineral supplements, for which they use extended-release mineral fertilizers. Plus, in the spring-summer period, liquid fertilizer is added to the water for irrigation once a week.
The appearance is maintained by removing wilted flowers, dried or damaged shoots, trimming overgrown branches.
Reproduction
In indoor conditions, propagate by spring cuttings.
Enemies
Dry air contributes to the invasion of spider mites.
The plant can be precipitated by whiteflies.
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