Anthurium Scherzer - home care
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The unique indoor flower Scherzerianum attracts with its luxurious pointed leaves and bright red or pink flowers. Below are the features of Scherzer's anthurium, home care for this flower, its diseases and possible pests.
What does Scherzer's anthurium look like?
Scherzer's anthurium flower is small and low. The leaves are large, pointed in shape, they are collected in a rosette and are distinguished by a dark green color. The plant is highly prized for its unusual fruits, which are heart-shaped and red, sometimes burgundy. Anthurium inflorescences are curved yellow-orange, resembling a male organ.
Spectacular view of Scherzer's anthurium
Today, many varieties and hybrids have been bred, differing in the color of the bedspread. There are anthurium white, orange, red, blue and even a two-color exotic flower.
The most popular hybrid plant varieties are described below.
Blooming anthurium of Scherzer
Anthurium Scherzer Lacetti has a very effective inflorescence, which is often used for bouquets. A delicate pink blanket surrounds the spiral inflorescence, creating a graceful harmony.
Lacetti
Scherzer's Anthurium Graffiti is a beautiful flower with a wide veil of white tone. It is distinguished by bright red specks on the shell.
Graffiti
Anthurium Scherzer Alexy Blue has an unusually beautiful blue veil. Inflorescences look luxurious in bouquets.
Alexia Blue
Anthurium Scherzer Rubens is a mix that consists of small flowers with a two-color (pink and green) veil. This mix is very popular with flower growers. It looks unique and impressive.
Rubens
Features of home care
Growing a Scherzer anthurium flower at home is not difficult. In an area with a warm climate, you need to monitor the humidity of the air, but drafts should not be allowed.
Temperature
For good development of anthurium, the air in the room should be slightly cool. It is better to grow these flowers in winter at a temperature of 15-17 ° C, during the rest period, 15 ° C will be optimal. In the spring-summer season, when the active phase of growth and development of foliage occurs, the temperature should be in the range of 18-23 ° C.
Lighting
The plant likes a little diffused lighting. Direct sunlight can cause unsightly rusty spots on the leaves.
Watering
A tropical bright flower needs abundant, but not over-watering. The water should be soft, warm, and settled. It is necessary to add a little lemon juice.
Spraying
If the air humidity is low, then the leaves should be constantly sprayed with warm water. This will help keep humidity levels high.
Humidity
The plant is native to the tropics, so it loves high humidity in the air and soil, needs good watering in any season of the year.Therefore, it is necessary to regularly check that the substrate does not dry out, especially in summer when the air temperature is high. You can maintain humidity by constantly wetting the expanded clay in the pallet. You can cover the soil with moss, which holds moisture well.
Priming
The soil for the pot should be a peat mixture with a pH of 5-6. You can use hydroponics or a special mixture that consists of several components:
- sphagnum moss;
- peat;
- sod soil;
- chopped pine bark;
- charcoal.
Top dressing
In the spring-summer season, it is necessary to feed the flower with liquid fertilizer in the amount of 10 g per 10 liters of warm water once a month. In winter, this is done less often.
Features of winter care during the rest period
In the autumn-winter season, the plant does not need special care. You just need to reduce watering, but so that this does not affect the moisture level.
Pruning
When young leaves appear, the old ones begin to dry out and die off, the plant loses its splendor and beauty. Therefore, you need to constantly trim the tops of the plant and remove the dried leaves at the bottom.
When and how it blooms
The tropical flower Anthurium Shercerianum, as it is also called, is able to bloom from February to November. Blooming does not occur only in winter.
Flowers are stored in a bouquet for a long time, they can stand in a vase for a whole month.
Subject to a harmonious balance of temperature, humidity or lighting, Scherzer will delight with its unusual colors almost the entire calendar year.
How does it multiply
The flower can multiply by seed, but then the flowering time will come later. In addition, there is a risk of non-preservation of the unique color of the inflorescences. Therefore, it is recommended to use the method of dividing the bush for reproduction. It is better to carry out the procedure in the spring.
To do this, you need to take an adult plant, pull it out of the pot and divide the roots into parts. The separated parts of the bush are planted in small pots of peat.
You can propagate the plant by stem, lateral or apical cuttings, which are placed in water for rooting.
Flower cuttings
Transfer
A young flower must be transplanted every year into a new pot corresponding to the size of the roots. When the flower turns 3-4 years old, then the transplant is carried out every 2 years.
Diseases and pests
The most dangerous flower pests are:
- mites that can cause spots or yellow leaves. Marbling first becomes yellowish and then blackens. To avoid this problem, it is necessary to monitor the high humidity in the room. When the leaves are already severely affected, acaricides can be used as a treatment;
- worms and aphids that damage the leaves. If parasites are noticed, they can be removed with a cotton swab or a brush slightly moistened with alcohol.
Common problems with growing this flower are:
- necrotic spots. If the Scherzer is exposed to unfavorable conditions of excessive light or cooling, it can turn yellow, after which various spots appear on the leaves. For treatment, you need to reduce lighting or increase the temperature in the room;
- Root rot is a serious problem, which can occur when the cuttings are transplanted into heavy or poorly drained soil. To avoid this problem, you need to take only peat for planting. Continuous watering is recommended, but not too abundant;
- fungal diseases - anthracnose or septoria - lead to staining. They are treated with fungicides;
- if the flower is affected by fusarium, it is no longer possible to cure it, you will have to throw it away.
Anthurium is an unusual tropical plant that can become the highlight of any home collection of a florist. The flower is not very whimsical. He will thank him for his care with luxurious exotic flowers, which, in the opinion of men, have healing masculine power.
