ESKHIIAITUS OKRATNOKONMCHESKY

The family Gesneriaceae .  Motherland - the tropical rainforests of the Malay Archipelago .  A perennial evergreen with long shoots, leathery oval leaves 8-10 cm long and flowers with a bright red curved rim .  Fruit - an elongated box .  Grow as a basket plant .  It blooms all year round, especially intensively - in winter .  Contained in a bright room in hanging pots or baskets of light at a temperature of 18-20 ° C .  Watering is rarely .  In the summer regularly sprayed .  Spring clip plant and transplanted into a mixture of leaf soil, peat, sphagnum moss and sand (1: 1: 0, 5: 0: 5) .  At the bottom of the container makes good drainage .  Feed plant in spring and summer full of mineral or organic fertilizers .  Propagation is by seed in spring, obtained by artificial pollination, and cuttings .  Small seeds are sown on the sand or a mixture of peat and sand (1: 1), not falling asleep .  Crops are regularly sprayed and aired .  Seedlings bloom in the third year, and sometimes in the second .  On the cuttings take old shoots .  Rooted plants are planted for 3-4 pieces in small pots .

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