Good afternoon, my reader. A popular indoor flower that is found in many city apartments is the spathiphyllum. This perennial is a member of the Aroid family. Its name in translation from Greek means "sheet-cover".
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The natural habitat of this plant is the humid swampy forests of East Asia, South America, Polynesia. It is represented by more than 4 dozen varieties.
Thanks to its decorative effect, spathiphyllum has won the hearts of many flower growers. For an unusual type of inflorescences-cobs, covered with an elongated pointed white veil, the plant is popularly nicknamed "White sail". Spathiphyllum has one more name - "Women's happiness". According to popular beliefs, the abundant flowering of this indoor plant promises its mistress mutual love and a happy family life.
How to properly care for a flower at home
"White Sail" is unpretentious in its content. However, if you do not care for it correctly, the plant will stop blooming and begin to hurt, wither.
In order for the decorative culture to please its owner with regular abundant flowering, favorable conditions should be created for her:
- The flower should be placed in the apartment near the window. For good growth and proper development, he needs an abundance of light. Insufficient lighting threatens spatiffillum with crumbling foliage, loss of decorativeness. However, direct sunlight and overheating are harmful to the plant. You should also protect it from drafts.
- Ornamental culture needs moderate watering. It is watered more abundantly during the flowering period. Waterlogging of the soil in the pot is unacceptable, as well as its drying out. For irrigation, you should use settled water, warmed up to room temperature.
- Spathiphyllum is a visitor from the rainforest. It does well in humid conditions. It is advisable to keep the flower indoors with a device such as a humidifier. In the absence of this device, the plant will need to be periodically sprayed with water from a spray bottle.
- Spathiphyllum needs feeding throughout the year. From spring to autumn, the culture is actively growing and developing. During this period, it is fertilized with a frequency of 1 every 2 weeks. In the remaining months, the application of fertilizer mixtures is reduced to 1 time in 30 days. As top dressing, it is preferable to use store-bought universal fertilizers for indoor plants or for aroid crops.
Why does the plant not bloom
The absence of flowering in spathiphyllum is observed in several cases:
- The pot is too big for the flower. This decorative culture feels good in cramped conditions when its roots are located tightly to each other.
- The plant has many old faded inflorescences. Experienced growers recommend removing them immediately in order to stimulate the formation of new buds.
- Lack or excess of feeding.
- Illiterate watering.
In order for the spathiphyllum to please with beautiful and abundant flowering, it is enough to strictly follow the rules for caring for this decorative crop.
Do you know how to care for spathiphyllum at home?
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