Flowers spathiphyllum and anthurium - male and female happiness together
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Spathiphyllum and anthurium are indoor plants that are popular among flower growers. These flowers are a decoration for any interior. With proper care, their flowering period can last almost all year. They take a short break in the winter, and bloom with renewed vigor in the spring. Florists love to plant spathiphyllum and anthurium together. It is believed that both flowers are endowed with a very powerful mysterious power.
What spathiphyllum and anthurium look like - how two flowers look alike
Spathiphyllum and anthurium have a lot in common:
- belong to the Aroid family;
- in nature, common in Central and South America (spathiphyllum can also be found in some European countries);
- both flowers have different life forms (epiphytes, semi-epiphytes, hemiepiphytes);
- flower shape - ear;
- the height of plants grown at home can reach 70 cm.
Spathiphyllum and anthurium
Spathiphyllum has practically no stem part. Broad, lanceolate leaves grow straight out of the ground. Long peduncles with beautiful white flowers also come out from there.
It is believed that the white part is a real flower, but in fact it is just bait for pollinating insects, which, thanks to this shell, fly to the spathiphyllum in the wild. And the flower itself is located in the central part of this beauty. It resembles an ear of corn in shape and is yellow or yellow-green in color. All this explains the origin of the name of the plant Spathiphyllum, which consists of two Greek words - Spathe (cover) and Phyllon (leaf).
Spathiphyllum
Unlike spathiphyllum, anthurium has a stem on which dense glossy leaves of a rich green color are located. The shape of the leaves depends on the type of plant. Most often, the leaves are collected in an outlet. The name Anthurium comes from two Greek words that translate as “tail” and “flower”. The plant owes this name to its flower, which has the shape of a yellow cob, around which a red sail is located.
Anthurium sail is also often mistaken for a flower. Anthurium is a plant with a wide variety of varieties. Florists more often than others grow the Anthurium Andrei variety and its hybrids.
Anthurium Andre
Signs and superstitions
Spathiphyllum and anthurium are leaders in indoor floriculture in terms of the number of signs and superstitions associated with them.
The most important and well-established opinion is that these flowers help in family affairs and provide an atmosphere of love and understanding in the house.
Spathiphyllum - "Women's happiness" and is called so thanks to one legend. She says that the goddess Astarte gave this flower to an ordinary girl at her wedding. Astarte put into him all the love and happiness that were in her on this holiday. Since then, there has been an opinion that spathiphyllum is filled with all the positive emotions of that day.
The flower will gladly convey the positive to the girl who will look after him. He will help unmarried girls find love, get married and maintain family well-being. There are other signs associated with spathiphyllum:
- it is believed that his energy helps women who cannot get pregnant for a long time;
- if a girl wants to get married, then she must acquire this plant and take care of it the way she will take care of her man - then the right person will soon appear in her life;
- in order to convince a spouse of his loyalty, he needs to let him smell the flower, and then do it himself;
- a well-groomed female spathiphyllum flower will give its owner an aura of its attractiveness;
- a man gives a girl this plant to be sure of her feelings - if it blooms, then the feelings are strong, if it withers, then there is no love;
- if you put white spathiphyllum - female happiness, at the head of the matrimonial bed, this will be a guarantee not only that the husband will not change, but also that he will become passionate in bed.
Female happiness next to the bed
Anthurium (Male happiness) is usually given to men. According to popular beliefs, he helps the stronger sex to become courageous, confident, courageous, brave and attractive to women.
The combination of anthurium and spathiphyllum will ensure harmony in the house and the attraction of partners to each other, and will also help smooth out the rough edges in family conflicts and quarrels. It is believed that in order to fully reveal all the magical properties of each flower, it is necessary to receive it as a gift. Acquired independently, it will not be able to "work" at full strength.
Is it possible to plant spathiphyllum and anthurium in one pot
Of course, female and male happiness complement each other perfectly. They are often acquired in a duet.
However, before you put them in the same pot, you should think carefully. They look great on one windowsill, but it is better that they are in different flowerpots.
Sitting together, they will not feel comfortable - the requirements for caring for it are too different. But there are times when growers manage to grow them at the same time in one pot. It must be matched correctly. In no case should the pot be too deep, since then the plants will grow the root system, and the ground part will stop developing.
Spathiphyllum and anthurium in one pot
Features of caring for spathiphyllum and anthurium at home in one pot
Conditions for caring for women's and men's happiness are different. But providing them is not difficult. Everyone will be able to cope with the cultivation of these two representatives of the Aroid family.
Temperature
The preferred temperature for anthurium and spathiphyllum is + 20-25 ° С in summer and + 15-18 ° С in winter. For flowering to come faster, you can raise the temperature level in winter to summer values. However, before that, you need to wait for the buds to be set, which will happen in a cool room.
Lighting
Spathiphyllum prefers partial shade. At the same time, you cannot keep it in strong shade, otherwise the leaves will begin to shrink, and flowering may not come. Most of all he loves the northern windows, on the south side in the summer it is imperative to shade the plant.
Anthurium loves calm, diffused lighting. Also needs shading on the south windows, prefers northwest or east sides. Does not tolerate direct sunlight.
In winter, both spathiphyllum and anthurium are best placed on the southern windows, or additionally increase the sunny day with an ultraviolet lamp.
Watering
During the growing season and flowering, spathiphyllum needs to be watered often, but do not allow moisture to stagnate in the pan. In autumn and winter, watering is gradually reduced and is carried out 1-2 times a week. The plant rests at this time and gains strength for a new flowering. Water for irrigation should be separated, at room temperature.
Anthurium is watered as needed, as soon as the topsoil dries up. The water from the sump must also be removed. In winter, the flower is watered once a week.
Spraying
Both plants prefer high humidity and therefore need regular spraying.
In hot summer weather, this procedure should be performed twice a day. The water in the spray bottle should be warm and soft. When spraying, do not get on the flowers, only on the leaves and soil.
It is forbidden to carry out the procedure in the direct rays of the scorching sun, since the leaves will instantly get burned and die.
Humidity
Air humidity is a condition that is necessary for the cultivation of both spathiphyllum and anthurium. In the summer, next to them should be a cup filled with water, which needs to be renewed periodically.
Anthurium must additionally be rinsed under a warm shower. This procedure is required for a flower in the summer once a week.
Priming
To grow these plants, you can pick up a special soil in the store, but you can make up the soil mixture yourself.
- For spathiphyllum, it should consist of a peat part, humus, turf and leafy ground in the following proportions: 2: 1: 1: 1. You can add sand, hydrogel, sphagnum.
- Anthurium requires acidic soil in combination with peat, expanded clay, sphagnum and pine bark.
In both cases, the soil should be loose, moisture and air permeable. A good drainage layer should be laid at the bottom of the pot to help prevent moisture stagnation in the soil.
Top dressing
Spathiphyllum regularly needs additional feeding during the period of flowering and active development. At this time, it must be fed once every two weeks. In winter - once a month. Top dressing is carried out with organic fertilizers, poultry manure solution, loves flowering stimulants.
Anthurium is fed with the same frequency. But it requires an alternation of mineral and organic fertilizers. Ready-made solutions are sold in flower shops.
Male and female happiness is what is needed to create a warm, full of love and mutual understanding atmosphere in the family. These plants are most commonly grown in the bedroom. It is always pleasant when the windowsill is decorated with both of these flowers, blooming most of the year. But it is especially important to know that they are able to share their special energy. And it doesn't matter whether a person believes in omens or not, this information will always find an echo in his heart.
