Streptocarpus HYBRID

The family Gesneriaceae .  Gardening form of hybrid origin .  Perennial herb with long downy leaves collected in the rosette, and a bright tubular flowers - white, red, blue, or blue .  Fruit - long twisted spiral capsule with small seeds .  It blooms from April to June, the second time - from September to November .  In winter, kept in a cool place on a bright place at a temperature no higher than 15 ° C .  Slightly pritenyayut summer, protected from direct sunlight .  In winter, watering is rarely, in the summer - more .  In March transplanted into a mixture of leaf soil, humus, peat and sand (1: 1: 1: 1) .  Fed complete mineral or organic fertilizers .  Propagation in February - March, seeds and leaves .  Small seeds sown without falling asleep, in a mixture of peat and sand (1: 1) .  As the seedlings dive twice, then planted one in small pots .  Bloom 6-7 months after planting .  The leaves rooted in the sand .

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