Bamboo palm, mountain palm, salon palm, Hamedorea Graceful, Chamaedorea elegans or indoor palm - these are the names of this unpretentious beauty that is popular in room gardening.
She fell in love with gardeners not only for the decorative appearance and ease of care.
Scientists have shown that a tropical guest is able to purify the air in a dwelling by filtering harmful substances.
Further in the article we will describe in more detail about the plant Hamedorea Elegans: home care, photos, pests and diseases.
Plant description
In the wild, Hamedorea is elegant grows in mixed tropical forests in the east and west of Mexico, in Guatemala and partly in Honduras.
Plant refers to the shrub type, because of the many shoots formed from the creeping trunk. The shoots are thin, erect, similar to bamboo. Have one point of growth, do not branch. Hamedorea in height reaches 1.5-2 meters, and in nature it occupies the lower tier, so it is completely undemanding to light.
Krona make 7-8 feathery leaves of dark green color. Each such leaf consists of smaller lanceolate leaflets, assembled in pairs on a tubular petiole.
With good care and sufficient light in the axils of the leaves of the tropical guest appear inflorescences, similar to panicles. Flowers small, spherical, light yellow. Appearance resemble mimosa.
A photo
Hamedorea Elegance: a photo of a beautiful plant.
Growing at home
Flower Hamedorea Elegance - how to care Hamedorea Graceful? Care at home for this plant is not so complicated.
Features care after purchase
Having bought a plant, it is necessary give him time to acclimatize. Put the pot apart from other flowers. It is also necessary in order not to infect your old-timers with diseases or parasites, if the acquisition turns out to be unhealthy.
During the quarantine period, hamedoree graceful will require moderate watering and illumination. It is possible to replant in another substrate a flower in two weeks.
Choosing a location
Hamedorea does not require bright lightingtherefore, it will grow beautifully on the eastern and western, and even on the northern windows.
In bright sunny rooms, a guest from the tropics can be placed in the far corner.
Bloom
With proper care, hamedorea will delight you with flowering. Some experts consider, that the flowers greatly weaken the plant and recommend to remove them. But if you want to get seeds, do not forget to support the vitality of the plant with top dressing.
Hamedorea blooms at any time of the year, forming several branched panicles. It blooms for the first time for 3-4 year of life, having managed to grow to this time up to 30 - 40 cm.
Temperature conditions
During the growing season for good growth and development of your pet it is good to maintain the air temperature in the range from 16 to 22 degrees. The plant tolerates a higher temperature, but in this case it is necessary to increase the watering and increase the humidity.
Palm likes fresh air: in the warm season, it can be taken out on the balcony or in the garden, protected from the bright midday sun.
During the rest period It is advisable to provide Hamedoree Elegance to a cool wintering. The temperature of the soil should be 15-18 degrees. At lower temperatures, the plant begins to hurt.
Remember, mountain palm does not like drafts and sharp fluctuations in temperature.
Watering and humidity
Hamedorea is from a country with a subtropical climate, so she needs air humidity high. It is possible to provide it with the necessary level of humidity by sprinkling the plant twice a day with water at room temperature. Well, if you put a humidifier near the plant.
Do not put in any way a pot with a palm tree next to hot central heating radiators, since the air there is very dry.
Guest from the tropics does not tolerate dry soilbut excess water is harmful to her. Waterlogging of the soil is fraught with root rot and death of the plant.
In the period of growth provide Hamedoree abundant watering and spraying. Once a fortnight, arrange a warm shower for your sweetheart, or wipe the leaves with a damp sponge.
During the rest period It is necessary to water moderately, only with warm water (about 30 degrees). Spraying needs to be stopped, and a shower to arrange 1 time per month.
Transfer
Transplanting plants in a larger pot is carried out in April-May method of transshipment. This should be done very carefully, as damage to the root system can lead to the death of the entire plant.
Young seedlings are transplanted only once a year, adult plants as they are woven over the roots of an earthy coma. If the roots of the palm tree look out of the drain hole - it's time to change the pot. Large specimens do not need to be transplanted more often 1 time in 3-4 years.
Between transplants at least 1 time it is necessary to replace the top layer of soil. To do this, gently loosen the ground, remove the top layer, and in return pour fresh soil mixture.
Landing rules:
- The pot is chosen a little more than the previous one.
- At the bottom, a layer of claydite or pebble is necessarily laid down.
- The soil is needed dense. Take 1 part of turf land, add a portion of sand, peat and sheet soil. Or buy a ready substrate for palm trees.
- When planting in a pot, try not to bury the plant.
Top dressing
Mountain palm is one of those plants that nutrient demanding.
Hamedorea is fed both with special fertilizers for palm trees and complex fertilizers.
In the period of growth, feeding is carried out every week, in the period of rest - once a month.
Breeding
Mountain palms are propagated by basal shoots, dividing the bush and seeds.
Radical shoots separated from the maternal shrub, when there will be several of its own roots. This is best done in the spring, before the beginning of the growth period. For rooting shoots are planted in a pot, sprayed and pritenyayut from the world.
Dividing bush Hamedorea is rarely propagated, as in the conditions of an apartment its root does not grow by the length necessary for dividing. In this way, only very large, overgrown specimens are propagated. However, if a palm tree is bought in a store, you can try to divide it. Often, in order for the plant to have the appearance of a beautiful lush bush, several pieces are planted in one pot.
Seed propagation requires certain skills and patience. Seeds can be obtained independently by manual pollination. For this, a cotton swab or a soft brush is necessary to collect pollen from a female plant and transfer it to male flowers.
Sprouted seedlings are transplanted into adult soil when the first leaf grows to 4 cm.
Pests and diseases
When the content of Hamedorei in a warm and dry room may be infected spider mite and flail. To kill the pests, spray the plant with an actellic.
By the palm tree dry tips of leaves? The reason - the dry content. Increase watering and moisten the air.
Brown spots on leaves appear if the plant is standing in a draft.
The leaves are gray, withered and fall. - to blame for the excess water, and you need to temporarily stop watering.
But if only yellow leaves fall and fall, and the upper ones grow, you should not worry, this is a natural process.
Human benefits
Hamedorea Elegance: the benefits and harm?
Elegance serves home filter - absorbs ammonia, formaldehyde and xylene from air.
Harm from this plant is not noticed.
Hamedorea graceful is not a plant that should be given increased attention.
Taking note of this information, you will be able to care for your pet, without spending a lot of time, and it will grow well, and delight you with beauty and grace.
