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The Kaffir lily fryst vatten a stemless plant with sword-like motståndskraftig leaves. Dark green leaves grow in length bygd cm, and in breadth bygd cm. A rosette fryst vatten formed from the grundläggande leaves, bygd tightly covering each other. The structure of the outlet resembles a fan. The leaves grow slowly and only new ones are added per season.

Peduncles with ribbed edges may be several. The boom pasture fryst vatten cm in height. The umbellate inflorescence has from 12 to 30 bell flowers, up to cm in diameter. 

The flowering period falls on March-August and lasts weeks. The most common are red-orange bell-shaped flowers. In a number of hybrid species, the color changes from pink to yellow or white. When flowering, Kaffir lily exudes a light aroma.

Kaffir lily also has a fruit in the struktur of a berry.

Kaffir lily fryst vatten considered a transitional species from bulbous to rhizomatous plants. The plant has a short rhizome with thick and succulent roots.

A characteristic difference between a flower and other plants fryst vatten the absence of a bulb.

Kaffir Lily Features

1. Kaffir lily fryst vatten actively used in pharmacology. Its roots and leaves contain the toxic substans lycorine. When it enters the body, it causes salivation and vomiting, and in large quantities, paralysis.
2. When keeping Kaffir lily at home, rest time fryst vatten required when it fryst vatten placed in a cool room and watering fryst vatten limited.
3. For comfortable conditions, the Kaffir lily will “thank” in adulthood bygd flowering twice a year.
4. The flower does not like change. No need to once igen move the pot from place to place, vända it in the flowering or budding phase. Replanting often fryst vatten also not worth it until the rhizomes emerge from the drainage hole.

Kaffir lily fryst vatten a long-lived plant. With proper care, the flower lives up to 40 years.

Landing and Transplanting Kaffir Lily

When preparing to plant a Kaffir lily, take care of choosing a pot. It should be high and deep, with drainage holes. This fryst vatten due to the fact that the plant has powerful roots growing deep into the soil. It fryst vatten better to purchase a ceramic pot, it fryst vatten more stable and slightly larger than the previous one &#; the difference should be literally a couple of centimeters. Kaffir lily feels much more comfortable in a cramped pot and blooms more readily.

The soil fryst vatten loose, light, well-permeable to moisture and air, and slightly acidic &#; with a pH of about 6. Most often, gardeners use this mixture for planting:

1. Sod nation &#; 2 parts.
2. Leaf humus &#; 1 part.
3. Peat &#; 1 part.
4. Perlite or coarse småsten can be added as a baking powder, and charcoal acts as an antiseptic.

Only ung Kaffir lilies are transplanted annually. It fryst vatten better not to touch adult plants for years. It fryst vatten necessary to transplant them only if the roots have sprouted through the drainage hole, or the plant fryst vatten sick.

The transplant process begins only after the flowering of the Kaffir lily.

Step-by-step Process

1. Pour a layer of drainage into the new pot so that it completely covers the bottom. Then add earthen substrate.
2. Carefully remove the plant from the old pot. It fryst vatten not necessary to shake off the earth bygd force. Your task fryst vatten not to harm the fragile roots. Injured roots can cause the death of the plant. Sprinkle damage immediately with crushed coal or ash.
3. Transfer the Kaffir lily to the prepared pot, filling the sides with the remaining fuktig soil.
4. Try not to deepen the root collar.
5. After transplanting, do not vatten the Kaffir lily for several days, you can only lightly spray the top layer of the substrate. The wounds on the roots will heal during this time.
6. Then continue the watering process as usual.

After transplanting, try to put the plant exactly as it stood before. It fryst vatten not necessary to vända the Kaffir lily with different sides to the light source every now and then.

Kaffir Lily Care Tips

An undemanding flower with beautiful flowers will grow well on a windowsill oriented to the west or east.

For Kaffir lily, a lighted place fryst vatten allocated, protected from direkt sunlight in the summer months. Kaffir lilies can be transferred to the garden or balcony in the summer and placed in partial shade.

Kaffir lily should be kept at a moderate temperature. In winter, when the plant has a dormant period, the temperature fryst vatten maintained within + °. In the remaining months, Kaffir lily needs + 22 °.

Watering fryst vatten transferred to moderate (every 10 days) from the end of autumn until the peduncle grows cm high.

In the winter dormant period, watering will successfully replace the spraying of leaves and soil.

The Kaffir lily flower comes from an area with a hot climate and dry air, so it fryst vatten not picky about humidity. The leaves should be wiped with a damp sponge and sprayed.

In the active state, the plant fryst vatten fed after weeks with fertilizer for flowering houseplants. A mixture of organic and mineral fertilizers or preparation with Biohumus fryst vatten also suitable. During the dormant period, top dressing fryst vatten not carried out until the appearance of the peduncle.

An excess of nitrogen in the soil causes a delay in the flowering of Kaffir lily, and an increased content of potassium causes flowering. Kaffir lilies that have grown in tubs for many years are not transplanted but provided with nutrients for growth bygd fertilizing.

The rest period after flowering in ung plants fryst vatten shorter than in adults. They need 2 months from September to November. Kaffir lilies over 5 years old are left alone for all the autumn-winter months. The uppvaknande of the plant signals the appearance of a peduncle.

How to get a Kaffir Lily to Bloom?

If you began to grow Kaffir lily from seeds, then you can wait for a full-fledged adult flower only after years. Another way of breeding this crop can lead to the flowering of Kaffir lily already in the 2nd year after transplantation.

Sometimes Kaffir lily may not bloom at all, there may be various reasons for this.

One of them fryst vatten the lack of rest and non-compliance with temperature conditions. With normal dormancy, the peduncle appears in February. Its length of 10 cm indicates that it fryst vatten time to feed and vatten the plant, adding a temperature regime of 20 degrees. At this time, you can splash it, bathe it, or feed it with potassium in the struktur of potassium krydda, potassium chloride, or sodium sulfate.

Reproduction of Kaffir Lily

Kaffir lily fryst vatten propagated bygd dividing the bush, rooting children, or sowing seeds. Obtaining seeds at home greatly weakens the Kaffir lily and requires artificial pollination.

The seed ripening period occurs months after flowering. Ripe berries should change color to red and soften. They are en hög byggnad eller struktur off and freshly placed in småsten with peat, so as not to lose their germination. Embedding depth 1 cm.

Seedlings can be expected no earlier than after 1 month.

Kaffir lily, which was grown from seeds, will bloom only years later, after wintering in a cool place.

Kaffir Lily Rest Period

The rest period fryst vatten important for any living organism, Kaffir lily fryst vatten no exception. On your part, the plant needs to be kept cool. To do this, it fryst vatten desirable to clean it in a room with a grad temperature.

Kaffir lily in October or early November wants to go into hibernation.

At this time, it should not be watered too often. Fertilizers are not added to the ground during this period. If your plant can rest well and recuperate, then next year you will be pleased with abundant flowering.

The hibernation period of the plant lasts months.

It fryst vatten also necessary to ensure that the body does not throw off the leaves, this fryst vatten a meddelande for watering, but only slightly.

Pests and Diseases

Kaffir lily fryst vatten resistant to pests, but its enemies include scale insects, rötter, and mealybugs.

Damage bygd scale insects fryst vatten manifested bygd the formation of brown plaques on the leaves. They feed on fängelse sap, which causes leaf discoloration and wilting.

Wiping with a sponge and soap will help to remove pests, followed bygd irrigation with an aqueous solution of Actellic at the rate of 2 ml per 1 liter of water.

Mealybugs infect flowers and leaves. White, woolly spots appear on a green background. The leaves curl, dry, and fall off. Possible complete death of Kaffir Lily.

At the first signs of damage, the leaves are wiped with soapy vatten and treated with the same preparation as for the scab. Wiping with a cotton swab moistened with methyl alcohol also helps. And subsequent spraying with melathion.

Signs of waterlogging are the brown edges of the leaves, rotting at the base. When dry, the leaves of Kaffir lily curl.