Scheffler: care and content

Scheffler refers to the floral family of Aral. It comes from, perhaps, one of the most exotic places on Earth - the tropics. The genus of this plant is extensive: it is represented by 200 kinds of flowers, which differ in beautiful leaves. It is because of their unusual beauty that the Scheffler became a "guest" in many houses of different continents: people have learned to create favorable conditions for this plant to grow in their dwelling.

Named this plant in honor of the German botanist I.Kh. Scheffler.

There are several varieties:

• Tree-like;
• Effulgent;
• Eight-point.

As we can see, varieties are distinguished by their hardwood form. In nature, the plant reaches a relatively high altitude - 40 meters. Therefore, if the sheffler is kept in the garden, before creating the necessary conditions for growth, it will become a beautiful element of the exterior. House plants in the height of the Sheffler can reach 2 meters.

Outwardly, the leaves look like a palm shape with spaced fingers and are divided into 4-12 lobes. Because of this form in some countries, the plant is called an umbrella, because its spokes come out from one point and open like the leaves of the sheffler.

Scheffler: home care

Before planting a plant at home, please note that it blooms very rarely in the room. The lighting should be very bright, but scattered, so if the room is dark enough, you will need to install an additional lamp at 1.5-2 meters from the flower. If the situation is reversed, and the room with the plant goes to the south side, which makes it almost always brightly lit, care should be taken to ensure that direct sunlight does not fall on it.

If the window goes to the north side, then it is better to choose green varieties that need less light.

This plant needs moist air, so it must often be sprayed with water from the spray gun.

In summer, the sheffler needs fertilizing: 2 times a month fertilize the soil with a universal remedy for domestic plants.

Scheffler: reproduction at home

Unfortunately, it is very difficult to propagate the sheffler at home. For this, it is necessary to withstand half-aged cuttings in water or raw sand, which must be constantly moistened. In order for the plant to take root, phytohormones are used together with the heating of the soil. In addition to the cuttings, the plant is propagated with seeds, but for this, almost ideal conditions of maintenance are needed, which is very difficult to achieve in our latitudes.

Scheffler: care and maintenance on the street

In countries where the seasons differ sharply with temperature data, the plant is taken out to the streets only in the summer. In the autumn-winter period the sheffler should be placed in a winter garden or a living room.

When it is in the open space, it also requires additional air humidification - spraying from the spray gun. At the same time, the flower is still fertilized.

Place it preferably not in a draft, the ideal place - an open terrace. When rainy weather is outdoors, the flower can be carried out under the open sky, but in strong winds and downpours it is not recommended.

Scheffler: care in the autumn-winter time

In winter, the plant needs to be provided with a bright room. If the room temperature can drop below 18 ° C, then several additional fluorescent lights should be installed , which will warm up the air next to the flower. The minimum temperature, which is admissible - 12 ° C, and if it is below this parameter, then the plant will begin to wilt. Together with this, care for the plant in the autumn-winter period is complicated by the fact that it can not be placed next to the heating devices. Watering at this time can be done several times a week in moderate amounts.

Here is a whimsical plant of the Sheffler: care for him is accompanied by some difficulties, but the beauty that it gives to the locality in which it grows can not be compared to anything.