Livistona
Livistona, sometimes also called lataniyeyu belongs to the palm family (Palmae). There are about 30 types of decorative foliage plants.
In the most commonly grown indoors Livistona okruhlolysta (L. rotundifolia) and Chinese Livistona (L. chinensis). Chinese Livistona otdichaetsya of lyvystona southern tips of the segments fall into fan letter, it grows slower and easier to tolerate the lack of light.
Palma lyvystona undemanding in care, but for the successful cultivation of the apartment you need plenty of space around a well-lit window. It grows quickly (3-5 emails per year) is growing strongly in width.
Buying palm. Choose in-store lyvystona palm with bright green leaves and new growth. The tips of the leaves should not be brown, they should not be stains. If you purchased a plant in a small plastic pot, it is Transport packaging and must be transplanted immediately.
Plant care
Lighting. Like most members of the family Palm lyvystona - light-plant tolerate a few hours of direct sunlight (preferably in the morning or in the afternoon). Grows well near the south windows fit western and eastern windows. In the warmer months you can put on the balcony, but afternoon time required obscure from the scorching sun.
For the symmetric crown development, branch lyvystona periodically turn the various parties to the light. Chinese Livistona more tinevytryvali.
Temperature. Palma lyvystona thermophilic plant winter temperature is below 10 °C, and preferably include cold season at 14-16 °C. In spring and summer the optimum temperature for lyvystona - 16-22 °C. Too high temperature in winter is undesirable for this palm.
Irrigation. Fields which soft, warm water. Palma lyvystona - water-loving plants in the spring and summer watering as the soil drying. In winter, watering is reduced.
Humidity. Palma lyvystona normal growth and in dry air, but the tips of the leaves dry up. Likes regular spraying with warm water. Periodically, you need to wipe the dust from the leaves and small trees useful to arrange a warm shower.
Podkormka. During the period of growth from spring to fall - 2-3 times a month in the winter - once a month complex fertilizer for decorative foliage plants. With good care palm lyvystona year pryroschuye 3 new sheet (sometimes 5 pages), so as for any fast growing plants, fertilization is required. With a lack of nutrients leaves turn yellow, new not grow.
Transplantation. Transplanted in the spring, when the pot is completely filled roots. Learn this simple - the roots begin to grow through the drainage holes.
All palms painfully react to transplant the roots of anxiety, so unnecessarily roots better not to shake, not cleaned of the old substrate and surmount in a new larger pot. When forced transplant trees through root rot or pests to crop just rotten roots, and long healthy roots better not shorten, and conclude neatly into the pot.
The root system of trees deep in nature, so is more suitable high pot. It should also be quite difficult if a large palm tree to keep it from perevertalasya under their own weight. In too large for the size of the pot roots rot easily palm of stagnant water in the soil. Be sure the bottom of tanks palms should be good drainage so as not to stagnate fashioning for irrigation.
Soil. Use ready-mix for palms or prepared substrate with a heavy sod, leaf humus-peat of wooden, manure and sand in equal parts and add charcoal. Be sure the bottom of tanks palms should be good drainage so as not to stagnate fashioning for irrigation.
Crop. Cut off from the banana trees only after drying the stem, otherwise it will dry the remaining leaves. In lyvystona Chinese leaf tips dry up even with proper care, they can be cut, but quite otmershuyu message part. If the crop for a living, it will lead to the fact that the leaves will dry faster, and soon lose palm decorative look.
Reproduction. Propagated by seeds or lyvystona lateral descendants, if they appear.
Seed this palm propagated quite easily germinate from seed about three months. Seeds are sown them in February and March to a depth of about 1 cm in moist warm the earth. Some seeds can be planted first in a bowl, the roots of seedlings growing in depth, the probability of intertwining roots is minimal. As the seedlings into individual pots sit.
Pests. Destroyed all the usual palm pests: spider mites, quadraspidiotus perniciosus, mealybug. Treat treatment with soapy water, followed by warm washing and spraying insecticide.
Possible difficulties
- yellow leaves - much sun, lack of watering or lack of nutrients in the soil;
- the spots on the leaves - inadequate watering.