Calatea small leaves. Calatea at home

Calatea flower is one of the brightest representatives of tropical plants that can be grown in room conditions. The culture of the Marantic family is distinguished by bright and unusual patterns of leaves. In Brazil, in the Motherland of Calatei, the plant is used to create wrapping paper. From foliage make gift caspets and baskets. It's not easy to care for the plant, this is a real call for an advanced level. The main thing is to study all the features and requirements of a whimsical exotic flower.

Calatei - exotic plant From the tropics.

There are more than 130 plant species. Several species are grown in room conditions.

"Lanxifolia"

Calatea "Lanxifolia".

Calathea Insignis is also known as the "wonderful" category. Especially popular. Culture foliage - wave-like elongated shape. There are representatives with light green and dark small stains. Bottom part The leaves are painted in the Punchy shade.

"Saffron"

Calatea "Safranny" ("Crocat").

Calathea Crocata is distinguished by dark leaves and pronounced aluminum flowers on long legs. The reverse side of the leaves of Kalatei "Crokati" is usually a purple shade. One of the few blooming representatives. Calate "Saffron" does not need additional lighting.

Sanderina

Calatea "Sanderina".

Calathea Ornata Sanderiana has wide dark leaves with white stripes.

"Mix"

Calathea Mix is \u200b\u200ba bright cultural representative with bright patterns on a gray leaf background.

"Dotti"

Calathea Dottie is very capricious and demanding. The plant has the original and spectacular structure of the leaves. Substitution is often confused with marrants.

Home care

Requirements for the microclimate of the room

For Calatei, you need to create ideal conditions:

1. In the closed room, the temperature should be about +22 degrees.
2. Humidity ranging from 50 to 70%.
3. In winter, air should be warm up to + 16 degrees.
4. You can not allow sharp changes and temperature drops. It can cause a plant wilment.
5. Drafts or an open fortnight next to the flower will destroy settlement.

Optimal lighting

Despite the fact that the Calatea refers to shadowable plants, keep it in a dark place is not recommended. Insufficient lighting can cause flexibility of leaves, and culture will cease to develop. Straight sunlight are also destructive for the plant of the Calate. The optimal place for the location of the vase is half.

Watering and spraying

High calcium and magnesium water is detaching for Calathea. For good growth, plants can be:

Watering is desirable to carry out liquid not lower than room temperature. In the summer, the plant needs a frequent soil moisture. In winter - it is necessary to reduce the amount of irrigation. If water is going on the tray under the pot, you need to remove it. Otherwise, the root system will suffer.

Humidity

Provide proper care for the settlements at home without auxiliary means is extremely difficult. Plant prefers a high level of humidity of air - about 90%. Therefore, you need to buy a bottle garden (flurarium), aquarium or glass terrarium.

On the windowsill, the plants quickly lose moisture, so they must be sprayed from the sprayer every day, to periodically wipe off with a wet washcloth.

During water spraying, it is necessary to observe maximum caution, the main thing is to moisten the square next to the plant. Calathea should get a minimum of water drops.

If you do not comply with the rules - dark marks may appear on the leaves. Velvet Tropical Calathea Representatives You can create suitable conditions using a flower pot stand:

1. It is necessary to buy gravel and mossoid plants.
2. It is also permissible to use porous clay (building material).
3. Pour the material into the tray and pour some water.
4. The main rule - the bottom of the flower pot should not touch the liquid.

Thus, it is possible to ensure the necessary surrounding environment of high humidity for the plant.

Podkord

Fertilizers for decorative Calathea can be not more than once every two weeks. Separate subspecies, for example, "Saffron Calate" can be picked by complex compounds for indoor crops. The exotic representative has a high sensitivity to organic and mineral components. Therefore, excessive use of various stimulants can harm Calathea.

Furuska Calatei fertilizers.

Transfer

Until the three-year-old reaches, the plant must be replanted annually in early spring. In the future, to maintain growth, it is possible to carry out a procedure every two years.

To ensure air access and optimal water drain, you will need a flower pot drainage. It is best to use crushed stone. Sand foam is suitable.

Capacity should be selected relatively shameless and wide. It is impossible to thoroughly rub the land after planning. This can lead to rotting root system. The main part of the roots should be placed on the middle layer of the Earth. The space between the root and drainage should be about two centimeters.

When transplanting the acquired plants, it is desirable to remove the soil with roots intended for transportation. It is undesirable to apply force so as not to damage the vegetative organ. It is necessary to straighten the roots and land a settlement in the soil treated with steam. It is not recommended to deeply place the neck of the roots.

If the Calatea thickened side shoots (collises), the culture does not require frequent irrigation. A developed root system provides a plant sufficient supply of nutrient components and moisture. If you crop such processes may suffer rhizome.

After planning, you can spray the working solution of the fertilizer "Zirkon" (enough four drops per liter of water). Polycarbonate (heat-resistant construction material) can be used to guarantee the observing of the plant. Thus, it is possible to create greenhouse conditions.

It is necessary to observe the moderate humidity of the soil after transplantation. Therefore, it is necessary to pour a flower only in a few days, after drying the upper layer of the soil. Behind the state of the plant should be observed regularly - the lack of moisture leads to the twisting of the leaves.

Growing and care in open soil

Dilute the tropical plant in open areas is extremely risky. Culture prefers high humidity and does not endure drafts. The content of thermo-loving plant in unsuitable climatic conditions will lead to the death of Calatei. Can be taken out of the Vase for the summer period open terrace. At the same time, extreme caution should be observed - a sharp decrease or temperature difference will cause the root system disease. It is almost impossible to reanimate the plant.

Basics of culture culture

Soil for category can be prepared independently or purchase a ready-made mixture. For a plant, a soil is suitable for a bedroom plant Azalea.

The complex is carried out very easily. It will be needed in equal parts:

• sheet humus;
• peat briquettes;
• fertile land;
• sand.

You can use the soil substitute - hydroponics (growing in haystacks, clay, crubbish, vermiculite).

For Calatei, you can purchase a reliable device with automatic feed water. Comfortable pot or kashpo:

• will help save time;
• will provide regular soil moisturizing;
• will decorate the interior (created a large number of Vasons various shapes and styles).

It is very easy to use the auto oppression. Enough:

1. Select a container designed specifically for tropical crops.
2. Sprinkle a plant.
3. Fill the reservoir with water.

The built-in liquid feed indicator will report the need to replenish the container. It is desirable to use filtered water. Depending on the model and consumption of moisture, the supply of water on average is calculated for 3 months.

To find out the peculiarities of the cultivation of Calatei at home can be from the video:

Characteristic problems and diseases

The lack of proper care leads to various problems:

1. Drafts or wind (in the case of an open area) can cause lethargy of leaves and further twisting.
2. The reduced air humidity is the cause of darkening and formation of dry spots on the plant.
3. The yellowness occurs due to various factors - low temperature, dry air, the abuse of feeding, excessive irrigation or dried earth coma.
4. Pulling the leaves occurs due to lack of sunlight. You need to change the location of the vase. To save the stems you will need a support.
5. The reasons for the appearance of a pronounced spotted surface of foliage can be recognized by shades. Brown spots caused, as a rule, excessive spraying of water. Yellow - burns from direct sunlight.

How to care for settlements at home, if the plant is affected by the disease?

Calatei disease.

To ensure the correct care can be based on the symptoms of infection:

1. Film in the form of soot on the top of the leaves and shoots appears on the site of the secretions of various insects - Tly, Cherwell, shields. Sight mushroom can disrupt the photosynthesis process, since the plant has a tissue respiratory dysfunction. It is very easy to fight with fungus - it is enough to wash the affected seats with soapy.
2. Thin cobweb on the lower leaves indicates the appearance custom tick. The pest is powered by the juice of the leaves, which leads to their yellowing and falling. See the most dangerous petty insect for all indoor crops is very hard. It should be remembered that the appearance of a fragmental indicates a dry and warm air indoors. As prophylaxis, you can moisten the environment and periodically air the room. Treat the affected plant should be severe insecticides.
3. Fluscy and dry leaves causes a shield. In the culture there are half-rigid insects with a protective shell, which sucks vital juice from the plant. It is possible to fight with a pest with the help of household soap or two-component drugs.
4. The combination of hot air with low humidity (less than 45%) leads to the appearance of trips. On the upper side, the sheet is clearly seen white dots from the colonies of the baked tillers. After some time, the leaves will acquire brown color. You need to exterminate insects immediately. The foliage needs to be processed chemical preparation. In the soil in a week, fertilizer should be made.

Families blossom

Only individual cultural varieties are disseminated. Calatei flowers have a different color:

• orange-red;
• lactic;
• bright yellow;
• purple.

Despite the fact that most of the representatives of the family of marranths there are no packs of foliage and colors, some types of settlements, for example, Safranny Calatea are able to cause allergic rhinitis. Cases were noted when the cultivation of Calatei in the room led to difficulty breathing and rapid heartbeat. It is possible to determine individual intolerance with allergic samples.

Reproduction

You can grow a plant in several ways.

Division

The most common breeding method tropical Plant. Carefully divided rhizome it is recommended directly during the re-examination of the culture. The room temperature should be at least + 23 degrees.

The division of the rhizoma of Calatei.

The diameter of the vase for young representatives of Calatei needs to be selected within 7-9 cm. For cultivation, you should take in equal shares peat, greenhouse land and sand.

After rooting, you can change the container for a larger pot. The subsequent transplant should double the amount of sand. Terms of content for grown boats include:

1. Mandatory finding in the warm room - not lower than + 21 degrees.
2. Permanent watering and spraying of water.
3. Fertilizer - no more than once a month.
4. A year later, you can transplanted by Calate and care according to the requirements for an adult tropical representative.

Calatea from seeds

Very ineffective way of reproduction of Calatei. Practically not used due to low percent germination germination.

For growing it will take a mixture of sheet soil and sand. The temperature during planting should be about +24 degrees. If the landing is successful and sprouts will appear, you can dive shootouts into separate containers with a diameter of about 8 cm. In the future, it is possible to care for the sprouts obtained from the division of the Calatei.

Shining

Overhead stem must be carefully separated from the settlement and place in a small container with moistened soil. It is advisable to use a polyethylene film to create a greenhouse effect.

The planting material needs to be disconnected in such a way that the tops of the escapes remain on the mother culture and on the cutken. When the stem is rooted, you can remove the film.

No blossom

If in April and July, the Calatea does not dissolve buds to check:

1. Belonging a variety to flowering plants.
2. Compliance with the conditions of high humidity and temperature regime.
3. A sufficient amount of solar lighting. You can use lamps daylight To improve the development of culture.
4. Compliance with the soil with the requirements of the flower. You can change the soil to the weakness, intended for marrantov.

How to choose a decorative plant

Despite the high exoticity of the tropical representative, most stores implement various varieties Calatei in the form of trimmed flowers. The price is calculated individually for each subspecies depending on the variety, size and container:

1. Calatea "Vashevichi" - 2250 rubles.
2. Calatea "Zebrina" - 2250 rubles.
3. Calate "Mix" - 740 rubles.
4. Calate "Saffron" - 1850 rubles.
5. Calatea "Lanxifolia" - 1300 rubles.

For sale and auctions you can purchase cheaper options.

Calatea is one of the most tender representatives of the flora. Culture needs careful and proper care. Despite the high demands, a decorative flower of an unusual shape and coloring will help to plunge into the amazing world of exotic.

Calatea - indoor plant, extremely valued flowers for the attractiveness of leaves and colors. From her species you can make a whole collection. Although the newcomer to grow similar exotic at home is quite difficult, experienced flowerflowers Boldly acquire Calatei, despite possible difficulties of care. They can be understood by looking at this plant in bloom. Such unusual beauty takes the inconvenience and demanding flower.

Description of type

Calatea is a perennial herbaceous plant from the Valley of the Amazon River in South America. In the family of marrantov, this is the most numerous genus. Currently, about 130 types of events are known, not counting the hybrids derived by the selection. From other types of plants included in this family, known to the decorativeness of the leaves of all its representatives, the Calatea is also distinguished by the presence of colors.

The leaves of the settlements of different species differ very much

The name of the species comes from the Greek Calathos - basket. From the leaves of Calatei, American aborigines still fly baskets. But this is not the only application. For example, in Brazil, freshly spoken fish wrap in them so that it does not spoil longer, and bags and hats are made in Colombia.

The plant is low (65-75 cm), so it is well suited for growing at home. As a house plant of Calatea is valued mainly for the appearance of the leaves. They are large (25-30 cm long), elongated, oval shape. Most species have petioles, although lanceal options are found. Leaves are collected in a socket. Their number varies: some events with the most beautiful colors have one sheet in the outlet - this is the norm.

There are no leaves green colourBut most of the events they are covered with patterns from chaotic spots and strips of almost white, silver, yellow, light orange, pink, reddish or brick color.

Why the flower raises the leaves in the evening and lowers them in the morning

The characteristic feature of the Calatei is that its leaves are always drawn behind the sunshine. Therefore, if you do not want your plant to grow in a pot of crooked, it needs to turn it from time to time. In the evenings, the leaves rise almost vertically upwards, opening the lower side, it is lowered back to the morning. Raised up the leaves are very reminiscent of hand prayer. For this feature, Calatei received its second name - "prayer flower". The first, "crown of Incs" is associated with the area of \u200b\u200bits distribution and the appearance of colors. A lot of wild species of Calatei was opened on the territory of Peru.

During the day, looking at it, you can see that the leaves of the Calatei are finely pop up.

Leaves live for about a year, then die and replaced with new sockets.It is almost impossible to shoot shoots - they are almost completely located under the ground, forming rhizomes. Only a vertical process of 2-3 cm long comes to the surface, on which the outlet made of leaves is formed.

How blooms "Crown Incov"

When complying with the proper departure, the Calatea blooms from the end of May and until mid-August. Her inflorescences resemble a spike, collected from three spikelers smaller. They are formed on the tops of the shoots or in the sinuses of the leaves.

Color color is distinguished by significant variety: they can be white, yellow, orange, lilac and not only.

The buildings of the Calatea flowers are very unusual, so their pollination in nature looks pretty funny. The bee, dropping onto the flower, trying to reach the trunk to nectar, but it is impossible, since there is an obstacle, very reminiscent of the shaped cuer of the pistol. When the insect pushes it, this grow out sharply straightens, flapping onto the beel. As a result, the pollen of this plant is transferred to it. At the same time, the bee strongly shudders, thus shaking off the pollen of another flower.

Kalatei roots are covered with frequent small spherical growths that botany are called columns. It is in them that the plant keeps about the supply of water and the necessary nutrients.

Scientifically proven that Calatea has a positive effect on the air in the room. Its leaves are intensively absorb and destroy formaldehyde, which cause depression, apathy and chronic fatigue. These substances are also a common cause of allergic reactions. And in the conditions of large cities, where the level of formaldehyde in the air is regularly rising due to exhaust gases, they can provoke the development of tumors, including malignant.

Video: Capricious Sleeping Calate

Popular varieties

Most often in flower shops, you can purchase the following types of events. Among them there is like natural speciesand the hybrids created by the breeders.

Calatea Bachema

The plant is low, about 35 cm. Leaves - lancing, without a pet, are not too narrow (7-8) cm and long (15-20 cm), they are dramatically narrowed. The top side of the leaf plate is light green with a noticeable silver tide, the lower - lime colors. A pattern of dark-green spots, which goes along the central vein is characteristic. Flowers are quite large (5-6 cm) are located on short bluers.

Basic decorative feature Calatei Bachema - Silver Leaf Single

Kalatei Vashevich

The leaves of this type are dark green, and from the bottom magenta, with cutters, to the touch of velvety. From above on the leaves pattern of stains and strips of a lighter shade, going along the central vein. Flowers plants with white, cream or pinkish flowers.

Calatei Vashevich is very beautiful and leaves, and flowers

Waich Calatea

Sometimes it is mistakenly called "Vicha's" Calatei ". This is one of the highest representatives of the form (75-90 cm). The leaves are large, 25-30 cm long and 12-15 cm wide. The color of the outer surface of the sheet is dark green, with a glossy gloss and a pattern of yellowish-green stripes. From below, they look no less effectively - light green, with a reddish tide and a pattern of white-yellow stripes. Flowers are located on very long (18-22 cm) blooms.

Waic Calatea even without flowers looks very effectively

Wonderful, or Lanzatoliste (Lanxifolia)

Leaves of this category are long (25 cm), but narrow (3-5 cm), with a slightly wavy edge. On top they are light green, with a geometrically correct pattern of dark green oval different size, and below ink purple.

The characteristic feature of the Calatea is wonderful - waviness around the edge of the leaf plate

Striped (zebrina)

Leaves from a zebrid settlement are long (30-35 cm) and wide (15-20 cm), without cuffs. From above - bright green, with a pattern of lanes resembling feathers, from below - reddish-green. Inflorescences in the form almost round or egg-shaped, color, short, flowers - white or pale purple.

Of all the Zebrid Kalate, perhaps best matches its name

Leopard

The height of this plant is about 40 cm. Leaves without stuffs, short (9-12 cm) and narrow (2-4 cm). The upper part of the leaf plate is light-green, with stains in the form of ellipses, which diverge from the central vein. Flowers bright yellow.

Calatea leopard very beautifully blooms yellow flowers

Calatea Litza

This is the average plant (55-60 cm). Leaves on stiffs, about 15 cm long and 6-8 cm wide, slightly wavy around the edge. They are bright green, with glossy, almost metallic glitter and wide strips of a more dark shade, and the bottom of reddish-purple. Flowers snow - white.

Leaves at Calatei Litz are not the most attractive, but white flowers look amazing

Calatea Makoya

Plant is low (40-50 cm). Leaves are long and wide (respectively 15-20 cm and 10-12 cm). From above on a bright green plate is a pattern of dark-green strips diverging from central veins, and reddish spots. Bottom leaves pale-green, almost transparent.

Macou Calate has a spectacular coloring of leaves

Colored

The leaves of this category are about 20 cm long. From above, they are dark green, the central vein is always brighter, like a solid strip around the edge of the sheet plate.

Pattern on the leaves of the collar collar resembles brush strokes

Decorated (Sandurian)

This is a low plant (25-30 cm). Leaves on long (8-12 cm) stiffs, a length of 17-20 cm and a width of 7-8 cm, lime colors, with a pattern of silver and pinkish strips. Bottom they are purple-purple. Sociality 7-8 cm long, white or lilac-violet color on a very long (25-30 cm) blooming.

Unlike the rest of the events, in decorated very long bloomrs

Saffron (Crokat)

The leaves of this popular flower on top of the dark green, and on the bottom side - brown-brown. Flowers yellow-orange, saffron colors, hence and name. Unlike the rest of the species, the Calatea Saffron Flowers in Winter (in January or February).

Calatea Safranne stands out among other varieties of beautiful bright colors

Video: Care for saffron settlements

Kalatei Rufibarba

Literally name means "redhead". It is associated with the presence of a light yellow-orange gun on the underside of a sheet plate and stiff. The leaves themselves are slightly wavy around the edge, bright green, without a pattern. Flowers Yellow or Orange.

Rufibarba Calatea differs from the rest of the presence of a slight "gun" on the leaves

Calatea Burle Marx, or "Blue Loda"

Leaves are light green, with a noticeable bluish tide. Snow-white flowers, with barely noticeable shade of blue.

Calatea "Blue Loda" blooms amazing bluish flowers

Calatea Lubbers

Unlike most other events, whose patterns on the leaves are more or less symmetrical, Lubbers, is lemon and pale yellow chaotic stains on a bright green sheet. The leaves themselves are almost the right ellipse, sharpening to the top. They are located on long stiffs. From the bottom of the leaves a little lighter than from above.

Bright lemon spots on the leaves of Lubbers Calatei look very festively

Mosaic (Network)

The leaves of the Calatee of this type of a very light green shade, seemed translucent on the light. The alkali of bright green or linous color shall them into small quadricles. This explains the name - the leaves seem folded from the pieces of glass of different shades.

Calatei leaves mosaic as if collected from thousands of smallest fragments of translucent glass

Pink-wide (Roseopic), or "Medallion"

This is a spectacular flower about 35-40 cm in height. Bottom sheet plate ink purple, top-green with wide streaks of various shades (bright green, light green, silver, pinkish), diverging from the central vein. On the edge of the leaf there is an unintently white border.

It is difficult to believe that the rosewood is the creation of nature, and not the fruit of the artist

Transplanting plants after purchase and as they grow

Optimal Time for Transplanting Calatei - early spring. This procedure is vital. But it is not worth transplanting the Calate at the wrong time. Therefore, new specimens in their collection need to be bought at the end of winter or at the beginning of spring. Plants aged 1 to 3 years are transplanted annually, hereinafter - once every 2-3 years (depending on the state of the flower).

Kalatei roots are highlighted in the soil specific toxins, which can cause her death. For the same reason, it is recommended to immediately transplant the plant acquired in the store, because it is reliably unknown by his age and how much it is already in this pot.

Before you start a transplant, you need to take care of suitable soil and pot. Purchase a special soil intended for plants from the Marantic family. If it is not, the soil is suitable for growing azaleas or rhododendrons. Experienced flowers prefer to prepare the soil on their own, mixing in proportions 2: 1: 1: 1 fertile land from its own garden, humus, peat and large river sand. Another option is to mix in an equal proportion of land, humid and peat. The prerequisite is a weakness or neutral indicator of acid-alkaline balance. At the same time, it is possible to deoxine the soil only wood ash.

Previously, the soil is better sterilized, pamping it in the oven, shed boiling water or hooked in the sieve over a ferry of 15 minutes.

The pot for the Calatei should be low, but wide and remind of a form of a bowl. This is due to the fact that the root system is suitable very close to the surface. As for the material, it is better to give preference to the inconspicuous ceramics. This will provide oxygen access to roots in the required volume.

The most suitable pot of the pot is similar to a pelvis or a bowl.

The transplant occurs as follows:

1. Preparing for transplant, in 1-1.5 hours, plenty of the plant. So it will be much easier to extract from the old pot.
2. Before falling down in the pot of the soil, take care of drainage. The thickness of the layer must be at least a quarter of the height of the tank. As a drainage, clamzit, river pebbles, fine crushed stone, brick crumb, small ceramic shards, and even egg shell are used. It is useful to judge the drainage thin layer Grinding in powder of wood or activated carbon. This is an additional prophylaxis of root rot.
   

   Nice drainage is extremely important for the aeration of the roots of Calatei

3. Drainage can be filled with soil. The thickness of the layer should not exceed 2-3 cm. You do not need to the ramp.
   

   Soil pour into a pot gradron and do not even tamper

4. Carefully remove the settlement from the old pot, so as not to damage the roots. You do not need to try to pull one plant - remove the whole earth com.
   

   Turn the pot with a plant on the side and carefully remove the earth

5. Root rinse under the jet of cool water and carefully inspect. All the roots with traces of rot, mold and other damage should be trimmed strictly perpendicular to the sharp knife. Sections of sections are disinfected by a pink solution of potassium permanganate and fall asleep with pushed wood coal or sifted wood ash. Also cut all the old dry leaves.
6. Plant on the soil. Root gently straighten. Be sure to hold the hand by hand, constantly following the growth point be over the surface of the substrate and did not shift away from the center of the pot.
   

   Growth point must be above ground

7. The soil in the pot is poured neatly, in small portions, stopping, when the pot will remain 1.5-2 cm. It is slightly adjusted, but not tampering. The remaining roots are an inevitable ambulance of Calatei.
   

   Consider also the fact that after the first irrigation of the soil ascends a little.

8. Then the transplanted settlement is abundantly watered and removed for 2-3 days in a cool place, defending against direct sunlight. It is necessary to minimize transplant effects.
   

   The next time the transplanted plant watered no earlier than in 8-10 days.

Required care at home

Natural conditions in which the Calatea feels in the best way, at home is quite problematic. However, a significant plus, which made all the plants of the marrine family extremely popular for home flower growing, is the absence of a rest period. Once by creating the conditions, they will not have to be regularly changed.

Calatei feel perfectly next to any other indoor plants. Moreover, other flowers support the vital air humidity of this tropical skewer.

Lighting

Calatei do not like a bright hot sun. It can cause burns on the leaves in the form of light spots, fading with bright color and reduce sheet plate. It is easily explained if you remember how tropical forests look like, in which the upper branches of high trees, intertwining, form a practically impermeable canopy. These plants need scattered light. Therefore, if you grow them on the windowsill, where the straight sun rays fall, Calatei must definitely be dialed in the daytime (from 11:00 to 15:00).

The most suitable place for Calatei is a windowsill window emerging to the east, southeast or west.

Another option - artificial lighting. Calatei grow perfectly under luminescent lamps if the light falls on them within 14-18 hours a day. The same lamps must be included from November to March, when the light day is not so long.

Temperature mode

During the period of active growth and flowering (from the beginning of March to the end of August), the optimal temperature for the Calatea is 24-28º. In winter, the temperature needs to be maintained at 17-22º. If it decreases to 15º, the plant will inevitably die.

Calatea does not like sharp temperature differences, cold drafts and shifts of places. Therefore, determine the flower with a suitable place with a constant temperature in advance. Any deviations lead to the fact that the leaves rot and wither.

Air humidity

High humidity (at the level of 90-95%) is one of the necessary conditions for normal development and regular blossoms of Calatei. Therefore, the daily spraying is extremely important for the flower. In winter, when the air in the room because of the heating batteries is becoming land, the Calate is sprayed twice a day. At the same time, it is impossible to allow leaves to whistle from the window sill, almost touching the batteries.

Pick up such a sprayer that gives the smallest drops. Excessively large, falling on the leaves, provoke the development of dark spots and rot.

To enhance the humidity, place an air humidifier in the room, and next to the settlements, put the capacity with water, wet moss, peat, clay, sand or pebbles. It is forbidden to pour water directly into the pallet pot. Another option of care - for the night to hermetically close plants with polyethylene packages or glass caps.

Movement and driving for events are detrimental. In both cases, the plant simply turns and resets the leaves.

If the leaves leathery and dense, they can be regularly wiped with a wet sponge. Water in this case, as well as for spraying, use warm (25-27ºС).

How to water

Watering Calatee needs a rich, but also to fill the plant. Especially suffering from the conjunction of the Macoa Calatea. Watering only when the top layer of the soil snacks. The settlement is watered with an interval of 3-4 days (in summer more often), consumed on one adult plant about 0.5-0.7 liters of water.

For irrigation, heat-out warm water (25-27ºС) is used. In no case should it be a rigid, too chlorinated or high with a high content of fluorine. To soften the water, lower the peat tight into the cotton or linen fabric. Enough pair of grievances. Ideally, you need to use talua or rainwater. Too cold fluid leads to the rapid development of root rot.

In winter, watering is reduced by approximately half, and the interval between the two procedures increases to 4-5 days.

The frequency of watering is directly related to the level of humidity. If the humidity exceeds 75-80%, one watering is enough at 3-4 days, if it is low (35-40%), it is necessary to water more often.

Remember that frequent watering does not compensate for dry air.

When and what you can feed

In the feeding of Calatei needs only in the period of intensive growth and flowering (from March to September). Once in 12-15 days in the ground makes fertilizer for marrantovy or universal flower fertilizer for decorative cultures.

Calatee fit fertilizers for decorative indoor plants

It is important not to overdo the fertilizer. Therefore, carefully learn the instructions and follow the manufacturer's instructions. Especially negatively, the Calatea responds to an excessive amount of nitrogen and calcium.

The optimal time for making feeding is 10-15 minutes after watering, when the moisture is fully absorbed into the ground. The cristed soil is urged urgently not recommended.

In winter, if you are satisfied with the condition of the plant, you can refuse to feed or spend it every 1.5 months.

Video: How to care for settlements

How to save the flower from pests

Despite the fact that the Calatea is quite capricious, it relatively rarely suffers from diseases and pests, if you create appropriate conditions. The most common problems is a mildew, a web tick, a shield and a whitehead.

Mealybug

What is called mildewing, in fact, is the result of the activity of the pest called the torment Cherver. They will be populated with whole colonies under the leaves. You can observe small rollers, as if from dirty wool, sweeping leaves, their petioles and flowers. Cherweans suck from plants juice. As a result, the more the Calatea suffers, the more its growth is inhibited, they are deformed, dried and fall leaves.

For the prevention, regularly inspect the plants regularly, at least once every 15-20 days, wipe the leaves with a wet sponge, cut off all the yellowed, faded, dried leaves. The earlier you find the problem and start to fight it, the easier it is to get rid of the worm.

Measures of struggle:

1. At an early stage, it is enough to wipe the leaves with a piece of bandage or a cotton disk, moistened in the foam of the household soap, and then three times a week to spray the potassium solution green soap (teaspoon of small chips per liter of water).
2. Another option - rub the leaves of 7-10% ethyl alcohol or diluted to the same concentration of alcohol tincture of calendula colors. A more concentrated solution can burn the leaves.
3. In severe cases, use Inseccides - Aktellik, Phytodeterm, Inta-Vir, Nurell-D, carbofos. Before use, be sure to learn the instructions and manufacturer's recommendations. The victims of the victims of the Calatei spray weekly to the complete destruction of the pest.
   

   If one of the drugs did not give visible results, use the other until you select the most effective chemical.

4. Those who prefer natural means, They can fight with a torment cherver with the help of inferchacial arrows, onion husks, a crust of any citrus. 50-70 g of chopped raw materials are poured with a liter of boiling water, covered tightly with a lid and removed for 2-3 days in a warm dark place. Ready to use infusion is filtered. Processing is carried out every 3-4 days in the evenings, alternating means. A cotton swab in the infusion, periodically changing it, wipes the leaves and flowers.

Cobed tick

A web tick is a pest that is powered by vegetable juices, it is a carrier of many pathogenic viruses, fungi and bacteria. On the settlement hit by a spider tick, you can see thin threads, the flourishing leaves or their petioles, as well as small whiten points on the bottom of the sheet plate. If the process has entered too far, the plant is literally hidden under a thick layer of white mass resembling a web.

The web tick perfectly feels in insufficiently moistened air, so for the prevention regularly spray the leaves of the Calatei. Conduct a sanitary trim in a timely manner - clean the floating flowers, old dried leaves.

It is not necessary to extremely zealous with moisturizes - the liquid accumulating in the sinuses, especially in winter, will very quickly lead to a dropping of a flower. Also, you should not hope to drown pests, periodically immersing the plant in the whole. Ticks are able to form a shell of air bubble, effectively protecting them.

Measures of struggle:

1. The fight against a spider tick is beginning with rubbing the leaves with a solution of household soap or liquid for washing dishes in warm water.
   

   Do not limit yourself to surface spraying. The web tick prefers secluded places, such as the sinuses of the leaves. It is also useful to treat pots, stands for them and windowsill.

2. If the pest has not yet hit the settlement of massively, abundantly (0.5 liters of water) spin the plant and cover it from above with a plastic bag for 2-3 days, hermetically attaching it on a pot. Due to high humidity, pests inside the package will die. All this time, follow the settlements (especially in summer) so that there are no sun burns on the leaves.
3. In the launched cases, the flower spraying with solutions of carboofos drugs, inta-Vir, phytodeterm, as well as means, which includes wood oil. Simultaneously in the soil, template or aldicarba granules can be made.
4. In addition to high humidity, these pests do not like ultraviolet. That is why they prefer to settle on the underside of the sheet plate. If you have a luminescent lamp, irradiate the leaves it.
5. The following folk remedies can be tried:
   • Onion infusion. 10-15 g of finely chopped onions or 2 times fewer husks are poured with a liter of water in room temperature and insist 8-10 hours. Before use, the infusion is filtered.
   • Infusion of dandelion roots. Tablespoon of finely chopped raw materials poured a liter warm water And insist 2-3 hours.
   • Garlic infusion. Cashitz from purified teeth (12-15 pieces) is poured with a liter of water and insist 4-5 days. Then it is thoroughly mixed and taken to spray a teaspoon of liquid, again spreading it in a liter of water.
     

Shield

On the leafy transparent raids affected by this pest, a well-visible on the sun due to the characteristic shine. The shields feed on floral juice, and their excrement create a light and airtight film, negatively affecting the normal flow of photosynthesis and the cellular respiration of the plant. Calatea practically ceases to grow, the leaves are deformed, yellow and dry.

For prevention, regularly examine the plants not the object of the presence of characteristic dark brown almost flat growths on the bottom of the leaves, on the cutters and the roots. At least once every 2-3 weeks, wipe the mockery moistened with a soft cloth moistened in warm water.

Measures of struggle:

1. If the pest is affected literally all the plant, it is easier to destroy it, a pot and pallet - to disinfect, and the windowsill and the window are thoroughly wash with hot water.
2. When the problem has not yet passed into the chronic stage, take a warm flower (about 45 ° C) with water from watering or soul. Then wipe it with a rut dipped in 70% ethyl alcohol. Make sure to distribute the alcohol with a thin layer - so it will quickly evaporate. 1-1.5 hours after wiping with alcohol, the settlement is treated with thick foam of economic soap. Foam processing is repeated in a day, and then after 3-4 days (only 7-10 times) until the permit is completely destroyed. The second and subsequent processing of foam can be replaced by a thorough spraying of inta-Vir drug solutions, Aktar, Aktellik, Fufanon, Fury, Bazudin. It is important that the leaves before the procedure are completely dry.
   

   Since some of the listed funds are pretty toxic, carefully study the label and follow the security measures described by the manufacturer. It is best to carry out processing on the balcony, loggia or outdoors.

Bellenka

The smallest insects with whitish wings appear on the underside of the leaves of Calatei. If a slightly shake the plant, you can see how they rise into the air. On the leaves starting from the lowest shiny sticky raids. The whitebird loves heat and high humidity. Therefore, in winter for prevention, it is useful to hold the category 3-4 weeks at a temperature of about 18ºС.

Measures of struggle:

1. From the chemicals to combat pests, it is possible to apply with an interval of 7-10 days verticillin and pegasus (no more than two treatments), Aktellik (up to 4 treatments in 4-6 days), confident, Mospilan, Fufanon (one procedure).
2. Folk remedies for combating the blonde:
   • Traps. Slices of cardboard, plywood, glass are painted in bright colors and placed near the flower pots, pre-lubricating a mixture of vaseline or rosin with honey, jam or sugar syrup. White fillings stick to the trap attracted bright color. Homemade traps successfully replace special sticky tapes designed for fishing.
   • Nasty yarrow. 3 tablespoons of leaves and stems are finely cut and poured a liter of boiling water. Answer day. Before spraying, leaves are filtering.
   • Garlic infusion. A teaspoon of finely chopped arrows or cassea of \u200b\u200b2-3 cloves is poured with a liter of water and insist during the day.
     

     However, any folk remedies are effective only when the problem has been identified in a timely manner and until the pests are not very much.

Photo Gallery: Calatei pests

Small whiteflies are easy to see, just shaking the settlement Shield, reminiscent of natural growths, initially not to notice, but it is a very dangerous pest Do not notice the web ticks, especially when they were broken in a set, simply impossible - the settlement is literally hidden under the web Large colonies of milders in the literal sense are able to suck all juices from the settlement

Flower breeding

Calate at home is breeding three basic ways. Less than all time and strength requires the reproduction of division.

Decision roots

Adult plants over 3-5 years old forms several almost separated roots, which are easy to finally divide during transplantation. Usually from one plant you can get 3-4 new catelatles.

Adult Calatea successfully breeds the division of the bush, but this method is not suitable for all types

Procedure:

1. The main thing when divided is not to damage the roots. To do this, they are cut into a sharp knife, disinfected in a saturated-purple solution of potassium permanganate.
2. All sections sprinkle with an impaired activated carbon.
3. New plants plant in small pots filled with peat, mixed with large river sand in the proportion of 2: 1.
4. The ground after the transplant is abundantly watered with cool water. The next watering is only after the soil finally dried.
5. The pots are placed in plastic bags that are loosely tied. Another option is to make several holes in them.
6. Capacities are placed in a warm place (25-28ºС) until 1-2 new sheets appear.
7. The plant is then transplanted into a slightly larger pot in the diameter (literally by 2-3 cm) and put on a permanent place. The composition of the soil is the same, but with the addition of humus in equal amounts with peat.
8. A year later, Kalatei is again transplanted and care for adults.

Shining

A slightly more time-consuming way - shilling. A healthy leaf or part of escape is neatly separated from the flower, taking care that it was a point of growth. The correct cutlets should be a length of at least 12-15 cm long and have a minimum of 3-4 sheets.

For the subsequent landing, it is important to choose the right cuttings

The cuttings are placed in the prepared pot with the same soil, which is prepared for settlements, prolonged division, and are covered with polyethylene film. It is removed only when the plant leaves 3-4 roots.

Landing seeds

Reproduction of seeds is a process with an unpredictable result. In this case, subsidiaries almost with 100% probability will not retain their varietal signs. But the result of a personally spent selection to wait very interesting.

Calatei seeds look like small yellowish balls

Seeds are collected in the fall, waiting for the settletons of the Calatei completely dried. They are dried outdoors during a pair of clock and planted in shallow tanks filled with a mixture of fertile land with river sand in a 2: 1 proportion. Optimal temperature Calatei seeds - 22-25ºС. As soon as the first pair of leaflets appears, the plants are seated along a small potted pots (7-9 cm with a diameter), filled with the same soil.

Even in ideal conditions Not more than half of the seeds will take up.

Care Difficulties and Errors

Create ideal for category conditions at home on the windowsill is quite difficult. Therefore, it is important to know what is the reason for the most common problems with the plant.

Table: Common problems and their causes

Symptom	Cause
Leaf tips will be removed or dried.	Low air humidity.
Yellow or brownish, but not dry the tips of the leaves.	Wrong feeding or excess fertilizer. This is especially true of fertilizers with nitrogen content. Another option is cold drafts.
The leaves are twisted into the tube, covered with stains, lighter than the main tone of the leaf plate.	Not enough wet soil. The plant needs more frequent watering.
Weeping from the base of the petiole or the base of the leaves. Under your own severity, the leaves simply fall.	There is no high temperature in the room and excessively high humidity.
Leaves fall.	Insufficient air humidity too abundant watering, washed soil.
Leaves dry.	Perhaps this is due natural cycle development. Calatea changes the foliage about once a year. If at the same time the growth of the plant slows down, the symptom means an insufficient watering and a shortage of nutrients.
Light spots appear on the leaves.	Hit on the leaf plate of direct sunlight. Either these are sunburns formed in those places where large droplets of water remained on the plant after spraying, which played the role of lenses.
The leaves are deformed, become lighter, thin and excessively stretch	The plant lacks light.
Small white crystals on the underside of the leaves.	If there are no webs that indicate the defeat by the bypass tick, it is completely normal. On the backs of the back there are points to isolating the cell juice frozen outdoors.

Video: Secrets of the beauty of the Beauty-Calatee

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This attractive view, a relative of Maranta (Maranta), Stromanthe (Stromanthe) and Ktenants (Ctenanthe), recently appeared on sale of flower shops. The name of the plant "Calatei" has a Greek origin from the word "kalathos", which means "basket". Initially, its leaves are local residents of Brazil used for the manufacture of baskets, which explains so unusual name. Today, such a flower is more aesthetic decoration than production raw materials. Its appearance fascinates not only the admirers of beautiful, but also experienced flowerflowers who have seen not one dozen attractive ornamental plants.

Homemade varieties of Calatei flower stand out among the room "oasis" with their motley and majestic foliage. In turn, inflorescences with bright orange-yellow flowers luxuriously look on the background of dark green leaves with a red-brown underside. Flowers hold long. The flowering period most often falls at a spring-summer time interval. The height of this wonderful green "pet" can be 80-90 cm, while its oval leaves reaches length about 35 cm. For the year when proper care May please their owners by the appearance of 5-6 new sheets.

Room types of plants of Calatei decorate the premises over the years, but for normal development require periodic transplantation. Among professional flower flowering, there is a comic nickname for this flower - "prayer". This is explained by the feature of the placement of leaves in the evening. They raise and, unfolding to each other, resemble the palm closed in prayer., Charm and beauty of this home Plants in a flower shop will definitely attract special attention Buyer.

Varieties and varieties of room plants Calatea: photo, titles and description

The family of Marantovy, whose representative is Calate, pleases its diversity and abundance of all sorts of interpretations of paints, inflorescences and forms. According to modern breeders, in nature there are many types of catelaties and more than a hundred varieties. But not all of them are cultivated and can grow at home.

For more detailed familiarization with the existing types of "home" Calatei, take a look at the photos with the specified names and read the brief description.

Saffa view (Crocata) flower It is considered the most decorative representative among his home relatives. The usual habitat is considered the Amazon coast. Oval leaves with corrugated edges have a saturated green tint with a bright brown "involve". The inflorescences are located on elongated stems and attract with motley orange paints. This feature fastened the nickname "Eternal Flame." Attractive flames blooms bloom in winter and make eyes more than 4 months.

Especially refined is the amazing view of the plant of Calatei, called a medallion. The relatively low representative of his family, whose height barely reaches 40 cm. Distinctive features are its oval leaves, where saturated silver spots are visible on a dark green background, creating a unique and unique ornament. The purple reverse side of the deciduous plate becomes noticeable in the evening, when they gently rotate, preparing to "sleep".

The decorated settlement, presented in the photo, is a type of plant, whose name confirms the presence of an elegant drawing on the deciduous plates:

Contrast white bodies on juicy green leaves give them special brightness and attractiveness.

At home, experienced floweries cultivate one of the most beautiful varieties of this type of Calatei - Sanderian. Such amazing flower It reaches more than 50 cm in height with wide oblong leaves, which are located characteristic white and pale pink strips from the central vein to the edges of the deciduous plate. The back side of the leaflet is painted into a noble burgundy color.

Another variety of this type of Calatei received the name of Roseolynet due to the smooth transition of shades on the sheets from bright pink to the silver-white. Such motley strips, located in pairs from the central vein to the edges of the sheet plates, look very carefully and exquisitely.

Lancelistic variety of flower of Calatei is rightfully considered the most attractive representative of a kind. That is why the people will make another one name - wonderful. The height of this plant in wildlife It reaches 70 cm, however, for rooms of its varieties, the maximum value of this parameter is 45-50 cm. The foliage is characterized by a lanceal structure, wavy edges and slightly convex vest in the center. The color of the deciduous plate is the main advantage of this type. Dark green stripes in combination with bright ovals create a unique ornament that fascinates and attracts eyes.

A rather rare view of the category was called Lanxifolia. Even at home, this plant can reach 80 cm in height. The leaves of the flower elongated with distinctive light green color, on which dark spots are placed along the inner central vein. The gentle inflorescences of white or pale pink colors are compactly located on low legs, creating a luxurious lush bouquet.

Exceptional sophistication is the Calatea of \u200b\u200bWarvestic, which will easily decorate any room. High plant reaching 90-120 cm, has beautiful wavy leaves with velvet surface in dark green color gamma and brighter middle. Flowers of this type of category externally resemble spikelets of white with barely bent petals.

Tropical view of Calatei - Striped or Zebrina.. A bright representative of his family, for which the wide leaves of oval shapes are characterized with a length of about 40 cm and clearly shown strips. Inflorescences are placed on short legs and depending on the variety are white or with a lilac case.

Admire this kind of Calatei, looking at the photos of her varieties:

Macou Calate is interesting for flowerflowers exclusively with its abstractly "painted" sheets, since the plant is not typical of blossom.

According to its external parameters, which confirms the proposed photo, this type of catelatie refers to the number of compact plants, the height of which does not exceed 30-40 cm:

Sheet plates have a silver surface with dark green stripes and stains, creating original drawings and ornaments in their combination. Long purple leaf stuffs have a small durability. The reverse side of the sheet plate duplicates the pattern with the "face" side, but in the darker tones of brown-purple color.

For greater clarity of the above description, take a look at the photos of Calatei species and their varieties with the specified names:

This beautiful plant fascinates with its diversity drawings, shades and shapes of elegant leaves.

Room Flower Care Conditions

Growing a plant of Calatea is quite difficult and difficult to perform the task. Any experienced flower water will confirm the capriciousness and the demanding of this home flower. Therefore, provide the necessary conditions for normal life activity decorative shrub Under power is not everyone. It is necessary to pay attention to the proper air humidity, the stability of the temperature regime, sufficient lighting.

• Location: Female detection, which does not provide for direct sunlight.
• Temperature: Elevated all year round, even in winter at least 16 ° C. It is important to ensure the stability of the temperature regime, which in the warm season would be + 21 ... + 25 ° C, and even harsh winter was at least + 16 ... + 19 ° C. The absence of drafts - a prerequisite for normal growth of domestic distrect beauties.
• Air humidity: High - 80-90%. Good conditions creates a closed display case for indoor plants, which provides the necessary lighting, supports constant temperature and humidity. Regularly needed to spray softened water or ensure high air humidity by a non-contact path.
• Substrate: Floral soil, which can be purchased in any specialized flower shop.

The specified list of vital conditions for the normal development of this home shrub is far from exhaustive. Therefore, it is necessary to deal in detail in detail how to properly care for the graceful room flower of Calatei before you decorate your home. But all efforts and efforts will be rewarded with extraordinary beauty and attractiveness!

How to properly care for the room flower of the Calate at home

The fortitude of the Calatei flower strengthens the requirements for the care of it at home. And despite the fact that the "whims" of this decorative shrub will be shown impossible for many, it is still possible to achieve the desired result. A healthy brilliance of wide colorful leaves with unique patterns and pronounced stripes is that for what efforts and efforts are worth.

For many novice amateur flower the highest level Mastery is considered to grow the growing flower of Calatei, because, what should be care for him, it is not clear to everyone.

And if an amazing shrub brought from a flower shop is pleased and attracts gaze, then after a couple of weeks, many reasons arise for anxiety. Dry leaves, yellow color of their tips, fading - not the entire list of those problems that beginners may encounter.

Watering and feeding when leaving settlements (with video)

• Watering: Use soft well purified room temperature water. All year round watering moderately, taking care of the soil always slightly moistened. The excessive moisture that flows into the pallets, it is necessary to immediately delete, so that the soil is not reloaded and fungi did not form. It is important to regularly spray the surface of the leaf plates of water temperature to achieve a healthy shine and saturated shades.
• Feeding: Summer times every 2 weeks in small doses. As a fertilizer, it is better to give preference to mineral complexes that are designed for deciduous home plants. For better care of the room shrubs of Calatei in the presence of colors, it is advisable to apply feeding for flowering plants.

In winter, to create a necessary level of humidity in the air, it is advisable to resort to the help of special devices - air humidifiers. A positive effect on the state and growth of the decorative shrub has periodic flavors of the soil, which is enriched with vital for rhizoma oxygen.

For a more detailed description of the basic principles of Calatee's care, browse the video where experienced flowers will demonstrate all the most important subtleties:

Why are the Calatei yellow and dry the tips of the leaves, what to do in this case

From the description of the varieties of Calatei, the fact of their attractiveness and solarness to habitability remains indisputable. And as soon as the slightest "requirement" is not fulfilled, the plant makes it necessary to know in the form of disease. That is why newcomers in flower growing are often docking with distressed situations when the Calatea the tips of the leaves begin to shut and dry. But in order to eliminate the disease such an unpleasant "symptom", it is necessary to deal with its causes.

Leaf plates for this decorative plant May acquire a yellowish tint at different levels. If the lower sheets begin to shut up, there is no reason for concern, as this indicates the passage of the usual processes of natural rejuvenation. However, if the yellow color acquires most of Deflecting shrub crown, then it is worth dealing with the main prerequisites for such an unsafe phenomenon.

Most professional flowerflowers are on the question why homemade Calatei begin to shut down the leaves, give an explanation in the form of the following reasons:

1. Watering incorrectly: excess or lack of moisture.
2. Used non-quality water For soil irrigation: crude, chlorinated or cold.
3. Insufficient air humidity.
4. Overreal with fertilizers.
5. Cold temperature.

And if it was established, which led to the situation when the leaves began to shove the leaves, the question of what to do would disappear by themselves. After all, the elimination of the causes of the disease is a recipe for her treatment! So, normalizing the volume and composition of the fluid during irrigation can avoid unpleasant "Unhealthy leaves" syndrome. Creation of the necessary stable air temperature and its humidity - an important step On the way to a healthy brilliance of the deciduous crown of an exquisite decorative shrub at home.

WHY Calatei is twisted and dried around the edges of the leaves

A widespread disease for leaves of Calatei is their twisting. The reason for this illness lies mainly in the atmosphere:

• Reduced air humidity.
• Changeable temperature media with a predominance of coolness.
• The presence of drafts in the habitats of a home flower.

After examining the conditions in which the plant grows in the house, it is easy to understand why the leaves begin to curries. And this is already greater than enough, to determine, in the same steps, a solution is hidden and exit from this situation.

Requirement to living conditions in the capricious green "beauty" is significant, but certainly fulfilled. And as soon as you violate basic rules Care, immediately this can be determined, because the subtle tips of the elegant leaves of the Calatei dries. At the same time, to eliminate such a consequence, it is worth understanding the root causes.

If the drying edges are dominated by a yellow, then the plant is on the sunny side of the room, and the straight rays burn it to the foliage.

In the case when the leaves at the Calatee are gradually dried around the edges, with the advent of dark spots, it is worth reduce the volume of spraying or to revise the temperature and composition of the water used for these purposes.

Pests causing leaf diseases from Calatei

Among the main pests that cause diseases from Calatei, allocate:

• Slopers.
• Red spider tick.
• TRIPS.

More detailed description of the damage that insect data is given below.

Tripses Appear under excessive irrigation, and their presence is given white spots on the surface of the leaves, which subsequently increase, dry and turn into holes.

Therefore, the question why the wonderful settlements are twisted and dried the tips of the leaves, the answer may be at the presence of harmful insects.

• At firstThe main task in treatment is to isolate the "focal" of the defeat on time, since all insects multiply and spread at a huge speed.
• Secondly, increased humidity - Condition in which pests die, so such a step is no less important, as the subsequent spraying.
• ThirdlyIt is possible to eliminate the flapping and trips using an insecticidal preparation, but to improve the effectiveness of such a procedure, it is predetermined to treat the affected leaves with a concentrated soap solution.
• FourthThe most difficult task is to eliminate the red spider tick using one procedure, which is easily adapted to most chemical preparations.

Often, Calatei is striking, except pests, fungal disease risoctonyosis, the cause of which is excessive moisture in the soil. It is she who leads to the direction of the root and creates favorable conditions for the development of rhizoconiosis. Recipe for treatments from such fungus - the use of fungicides as spraying drugs.

Beautiful and healthy decorative bush of Calatei requires compliance with all the conditions of its normal life. In this case, as a sign of gratitude, he will delight his owners with beautiful lifeline crowns with a motley shiny coloring and amazing blossom.

Transplantation when caring for settlements at home: how to transplant flower

Necessary requirement home care For Kalatei is its transplant, which should be carried out immediately after the acquisition or to achieve a certain age and size. Periodic transplant is performed as spring.

To begin with, pick up a pot that should be wide and shallow, in order to avoid the accumulation of excessive moisture. The base layer in the transplant capacity is drainage from the ceramisit, which will allow not to allow unwanted overwhelming of the soil. The width of the ceramisite layer is determined by the calculation of the height of the pot and the magnitude of the rhizome, since the distance between the roots of the plant and the drainage should be at least 2 cm.

The transplant plant is worth cleaning from excessive land on rhizomes, straighten the roots and carefully placed in the prepared soil. It is not worth the ground around the "seedling", let the roots independently adapt to the new "place of residence" and have access to oxygen.

To maintain a moderate humidity of the soil, it is worth not overdoing with watering and the first irrigation procedure to make 2-3 days after a transplant.

During the period incubation period Special attention should be paid to the soil looser and light spraying from a finely dispersed sprayer, so that the moisture is barely referred to the deciduous plates in the form of a cloud. The beneficial to the state of the newly distributed flower can affect the spraying of the zircon solution.

Flowers use several types of breeding of Calatei at normal home conditions: the division of large plants in September or the top cuttings in the spring, when the earth warms up to 20 ° C. Each is possible methods, has its own characteristics, nuances and advantages.

According to many specialists in this field, the most effective technique provides for reproduction using the division of an adult shrub. This procedure should take into account the important points and features of the procedure.

Correctly split the flower only during resettlement when the structure of the root and leaves is clearly visible. Temperature regime during resetting should not be lower than + 20 ... + 22 ° C.

The selected pot for the "young" process must correspond to its size, not exceeding the diameter of 7-9 cm. The substrate is obliged to include in its composition three components: sand, leafy ground and peat. Place this process is necessary in a warm place with the desired level of air humidity.

However, it is worth remembering about the capriciousness of this plant and it is not necessary to expect quick root.

Another way to multiply homemade settlements is with the help of sheets, that is, the shilling. The sequence of this process consists of well-built steps.

• At firstA suitable cutter can be an overhead process with several healthy sheets.
• Secondly, carefully separated cuttings should be planted in a pre-prepared wet soil and cover with a film.
• Thirdly, the duration of such an artificially created "greenhouse" depends on how the sprout is quickly roaming.
• Fourth, the cuttings with the thrust peasons are transplanted into a small pot and make it possible to grasp it, after which it is worth repeating a transplant into a large capacity.

Such a procedure for only professionals who know exactly all the features of the shilling and can create the necessary greenhouse effect for young processes.

How to multiply the campaign seeds

For those who want to comprehensively explore the question as to how the room settlement is breeding, it is worth remembering about another alternative admission - with the help of seeds. It is very rare in life, because along with significant efforts to get the expected result, it is possible not to every experienced flower. The technology of this method of reproduction covers several uncomplicated procedures.

Thoroughly prepare the soil, by mixing the leaf land with sand in the proportion of 2: 1. To the moistened substrate to plant seeds. It is important to observe the temperature regime - 22-24 ° C heat and air humidity at least 80%.

Gusto sprouted sprouts to send, giving them the opportunity to develop and strengthen.

Young rooted sprouts put in pots with a diameter of no more than 7 cm and carefully care for them to achieve more "mature" state, after which the procedure with a transplant is repeated.

Such a process of reproduction may take more than six months, so many initially prompt the possibility of its use in practice.

You probably saw this flower with large wide leaves of an unusually beautiful coloring. Calatea luxuriously looks on the window, and anywhere in the room, it will serve as a real decoration of the house. It seems that it is an upcoming and unpretentious, but it is not at all as follows: Calatea is demanding of care, so only experienced flowers are successfully engaged in the cultivation and breeding of this plant at home. If you are still new to breeding room colors, but Calatea has already taken a place in your heart and in the apartment, this article is for you.

This herbaceous plant belongs to the family of marrantov. Its underground shoots form the root of the soil surface, on which the rosettes of leaves are located, growing strictly vertically. Since in natural conditions, the Calatea grows in the tropical forests of South America, mainly on the shores of the reservoirs, is very demanding of humidity. This plant loves a regular abundant watering, but its excess can become destructive . It is these "whims" and the search for compromises are becoming the greatest difficulty in growing categories at home.

It has long been on the homeland of Calatei, it was not used at all to decorate the house, but in completely banal domestic purposes: from her leaves spilled basket (from the word Kalathos - a basket - and the name of the flower happened), they did the mattresses, they wrapped the fish.

There are about 130 types of catelatles. The height of some of them reaches 80 cm. A distinctive feature of each type is the form and color of the sheet. They are united by the fact that they are large, about 30 cm in length and grow from the roasting outlet.

There are many types of Calatei, and each of them can be decoration of your home.

Flowers of Calatei are also slightly different depending on the type (mostly color), and the common in them is round or cooled inflorescences. Not only the external beauty of the leaves is attractive in the Calatee. They have one feature: in the evenings, the plant raises the leaves up, and in the morning again lowers them down. Calatea as if he believes evening prayer. It was for this feature that she got another name - a prayer flower.

A small feature in the structure of flowers, because of which, in natural conditions, the Calate can pollize only the smallest types of bees. Inside the flower is a hooked grout, which blocks the path to pollen. The process of pollination looks like this: the bee sits on the chosen flower, introduces the trumps into it and stumbles into this process, pushing it. The hook straightens, clapping with a stall on the bee, thereby leaving pollen from its surface on it. The insect shudders from such cotton, shaking off the pollen, taken on another flower.

Video about the content of Calatei at home

Plant varieties

Each type of category is unique and does not look like the rest. This also applies to leaves, and flowers. To achieve the maximum decorative effect, you can create a mix of several varieties of catelatles.

Each grade of Calatei Original, unique leaves

1. Calatea Medallion, or Roseopicta (Calathea Roseopicta).One of the most common types of Calatei. Leaves up to 20 cm long, 10-15 cm wide. In the coloring a bright clear drawing of several shades of green color. The inner side of the leaf purple.
2. Saffron Calatea, or Croata (Calathea Crocata). Plant with a dark-green top of the leaves and almost brown bottom. The feature of Calatei Safranna is that it regularly blooms. When maintaining proper lighting and temperature regime, you can get the first bright yellow inflorescences in February.
3. Rufibarba Calatea (Calathea Rufibarba). Calate's redhead, as they are called in the people because of a light gun on the stiff and leaves. The form of the leaves of this type is oblong, elongated, along the edges of waving. Coloring without a picture, from light-green to dark green.
4. Calatea Warsweich (Calathea Warscewiczii). The plant with the leaves of the oval shape, the dark green basic color is mixed with a light pattern diverging from the central vein. Purple bottom side. The surface is velvety. Inflorescences of accommodation, white, cream or pink.
5. Flower with long narrow leaves that can reach a height of 90 cm on the base of the cutting. Coloring - a few contrasting each other tones of green, from light to dark.
6. Calatea ornament (decorated). Its varieties - Roseolynet and Sanderian. A low-spirited plant rarely reaches a height of more than 15 cm. Leaves in the form of an ellipse, 20 cm long and 6 width. The bottom side of the purple sheet, the top - yellow-green, with a silver and pink pattern. White or purple flowers.
7. Zebrina Calatea, or Striped (Calathea Zebrina). Right from Brazil. Elliptic leaves, reach 40 cm long and 15 cm wide. On the green outer surface of the leaf, the luminous light stripes, the inner side is reddish. Inflorescences are cooled, white or purple.
8. Calathealubbersii CalateAlubbersii. main feature - Unusual coloring. In other types of Calatei, the drawing sheet is strictly symmetric, in the same yellow spots Chaotically arranged on a green surface. The lower side of the leaf is green, not purple or reddish.
9. Waich Calathea (Calathea Veitchiana). The plant height up to 80-90 cm with oval leaves reaching 30 cm long and 10 cm in width, dense, smooth-glossy. Color of the top of the sheet - yellow patterns on a green background, lower - yellow on red. Cole-shaped inflorescences are usually white.
10. Leopard Calathea (Calathea Leopardina). A small plant, reaching a height of no more than 50 cm. Lancel leaves 15 and 5 cm long and a width of 5 cm on top of painted alternately light green and dark-green spots diverge from the central vein. Yellow flowers are collected in the ear.
11. Calathea Lietzei (Calathea Lietzei). Growing in the natural environment - the tropical forests of Brazil, forms thick thickets reaching 60 cm in height. Elliptical leaves, small - only 6 cm in width and 15 cm long, slightly wavy. From the top side, the color of the sheet is bright green with a silver reflections, from the bottom - reddish-lilac. Inflorescences short, accositous, white.
12. Calatea painted (Calathea Picturata). Leaves are oblong, reach 20 cm long. Interesting multi-level color: symmetric dark stripes, surrounded by a light strip, diverge from a light central vein.
13. Network, or Mosaic Calathea (Calathea Musaica Network). White, a translucent plate is drawn by bright green streaks on small rectangles, which makes the impression that the surface of the plant is indeed composed of mosaic.

Variety of Calatei species in the photo

Calatea saffronic is distinguished by regular abundant blossom

Sanderiana Calatea - subspecies of Calatei decorated
Calatea Rufibarba Modets reach up to 90 cm in height
Roseolynet Calatea with Original Leaf Color
Ornah Calatea - Another subspecies of Calatei decorated
Calatei leaves Nastywork her painting resemble a mosaic
Calatea Medallion - Perhaps the most common variety
Lubers Calatea has an asymmetrical leaves color


Lanxifolia Calatea reaches 60 cm in height
Blooming Calateia Zebrina
Interesting contrast color Waic Calatei
Blooming Calatea Warhevich

Landing and transplanting

Calatea does not very well tolerate transplants, but they are necessary due to the rapid development of the root system. Therefore, you will have to translate it every 2-4 years, and the new plant transplant will be needed every year to provide greater space for growth.

1. The pot must be wide and low, since the root system is superficial. Do not take too much capacity in the hope that the plant will have a stock of space for the future: the soil will quickly scatter and will become destructive for the roots. For one cutlery there will be enough pot in a diameter of 7-9 cm, in the following transplants, take the dishes by 3-5 cm wider.

   Calatei choose low wide pots

2. It is very important to provide a powerful drainage layer for Calatei. At the bottom of the pot to a third of his height, pour clairzit, small gravel, broken shards, pebbles.

   Be sure to provide good drainage for a flower

3. For a good growth, Calatee needs a weakly acidified substrate, loose and well-driving air. You can independently prepare it from 2 parts of peat, 2 parts of the leaf land and 1 part of the sand. Useful will add crushed pine Corre., COFOGRANT, Charcoal, sphagnum, the more - the better. You can mix the prepared substrate with these loosening components in a 1: 1 ratio.

   It is important to choose a suitable substrate

4. If you decide to use the store Substrate for landing of Calatei, add coarse sand to it (1 part of the sand to 2 parts of the soil).
5. Pereplain plant you need spring, in April, when warming up. Prepare a pot, put on the bottom of the drainage, pour a little substrate. If you sat down a young cutter, carefully straighten it the roots and fill the pot to the top of the substrate, a slightly primary, but not sealing.
6. Replanting the old plant, you may find that the root system has grown and overlook the entire car of the soil. Do not try to unravel the roots and extract the earth. Just take a pot more so that the entire bush with an earthen room placed in him and space remains about 1-2 cm to the wall of the dishes.
7. After the transplant is over, paint the plant with a zircon solution (4 drops per 1 liter of water).

   Zircon will help the settlement to adapt after transplantation

How to transplant category - video

Like any plant, the settlement requires proper care. Any errors and incorrect actions can lead to problems with a flower - it will begin to be covered by stains, dry and eventually dies.

Watering

In the spring and summer, in a hot sun, the settlement needs a rich watering, in winter - moderate. For watering you need to use only a soft, estimated for at least a day water.

The frequency of watering can be determined to the touch. Turn the top layer of the soil: it should dry at least 2 cm from the surface, and better - the pot on the top one third. To make sure that, pour the soil with a wooden stick, it will remain wet soil, you can easily determine its depth.

Proper watering - the key to the spectacular view of the Calatei

At a room in the room below +20 ° C, the Earth must dry through the upper half of the pot. Otherwise, you need to wait a few more days before the next irrigation. Do not forget that frequent watering does not compensate for the insufficient humidity of the air, on the contrary, by moving around with water in the soil, you risk losing a settlement, because its young roots will begin to rot.

Lighting

Although Calatea came to us from hot tropics, she does not like direct sunlight. Provide a good flower, but scattered lighting around and light halftime directly nearby.

If the light is not enough, the leaves will begin to lose its contrast painting, becoming gradually evenly green. Too intense lighting will lead to the fact that the leaves will become red-brown and packed with burns.

Provide category good lightingBy choosing a Western or Eastern window

The best place for this flower will be windows witheastern or Western side. The Calatea moves the shadow well, but good lighting needs to be heard: without him it will not become a big and thick. So in winter, when the day day is very short, and the sun is very lacking, secure a pet additional lighting With luminescent or LED lamps.

Air temperature and humidity level

Calatea refers to thermal-loving plants, in addition, it does not endure drafts and large temperature differences. Summer flower will feel great at the usual ambient temperature in the fresh air, for example, on the balcony or veranda. But the heat tolerates the plant with difficulty. If the street is on the street or indoors above +28 ° C, move the settlement to the floor, and even better - place in pallets with water.

In winter, provide a flower temperature not lower than +16 ° C, optimally - +18 ... + 22 ° C. Calatea with time can be adapted and hardened, so it will be able to transfer the night temperature about +13 ° C if there are no drafts.

Moisturize the settlement from the spray gun, only if its leaves are smooth and glossy

Calatee, as a resident of the tropics, is simply necessary for high air humidity, about 60-70%. Unfortunately, in the context of the apartment with central heating This indicator is very difficult to achieve: in winter it does not rise above 20%, and in the summer in dry weather it is no more than 45%. You can use in one of the following ways:

1. As often as possible spray the leaves of the vehicle from the spray gun. True, this occupation is quite time consuming: you will have to repeat the action every 2 hours.
2. Put a pot with settlements on the pallet with wet pebbles or wet moss sphagnum. Naturally, in the bottom, the pot must be holes. You will need only from time to time to moisten the filler of the pallet.
3. Get an air humidifier. This is the best way out for those who hold in the apartment any flowers of the Marramov family.

You can also wipe with a wet sponge leaves of the plant on both sides. But remember: it is permissible only for those grants of Calatei, which leaves are smooth and glossy. A thin velvety surface suggests that water from entering it is excluded because it can cause burns. For the same reason, the settlements of such varieties can not be sprayed from the sprayer.

Undercaming and fertilizer

As in the whole rest of the rest, the Calatei is also quite demanding in matters and needs a strict balance. The plant should receive the required number of fertilizers, but in no case cannot be allowed to be excess.

From April to August, we feed the Calate every 2 weeks with complex fertilizers for decorative-deciduous plants. At the same time, try to reduce the dosage indicated by the manufacturer, twice. If fertilizers are not enough, the Calatea will give you this to understand, and this situation will be much easier to correct than rotting the roots from the overaction of feeding.

Calatei, which bloom more often than other species (Saffron and Calatea, Warvestic), better feed fertilizers for decorative-flowering plants.

Feed the settlement with special fertilizers for marranth or decorative and deciduous plants

In winter, feeding should be cut: it will be enough to 1 times in 5-6 weeks. Do not forget that the settlement does not tolerate the excess of nitrogen and calcium in the soil.

Fertilizer's schedule - Table

Name of the drug	Dosage	How to enter
Etisso liquid fertilizer	10 ml (1 dispenser) dissolve 1.5 liters of water	From March to September - 1 time per week, from October to February - 1 time per month
Master for decorative deciduous plants	5 g (1 teaspoon) on 2 liters of water	Water under the root every 10-14 days during active growth
Gileing for decorative deciduous plants	1 cap on 1 l of water	Water every two weeks in the spring-summer period, in winter to reduce the concentration of fertilizer twice (1 cap on 2 liters of water)
Agricola for flowering plants	5 g (1 teaspoon) powder on 2 liters of water	Water flowering species Calati in the period of bootonization and flowering every 7-10 days

Flowering period

Almost all Calatei varieties bloom on average once a year, usually in summer. The bloom is modest, with the exception of saffron boat, whose colors are not inferior to exotic luxurious leaves. This species with proper care begins to bloom in January-February, flowering continues for several months.

During the flowering period, the Calatea requires the same care as the rest of the time. Control the soil drying in the pot, so as not to miss watering and not overcoach the land. Support air humidity - during flowering this is especially important. Cutting fertilizers for flowering plants.

Care errors: how to notice and fix it in time?

If in the winter in the apartment too dry air, it can cause drying of the leaves. Try to increase the humidity of the air, spraying the plant and the space around it, cover the radiators with wet towels.

It is possible to get a more enduring, adapted to the apartment, repaid it. It should be cut off with a sharp knife a small part of the root with leaves. Scroll Process Grinding wood coal Or a ground cinnamon. Excellence drop into a small container with a substrate and put in place with scattered light. As often as possible, spray the plant, applying epin for this. A month later, young stands will go into growth, and you can transplant her in a big pot.

Education on leaves brown spots - evidence of the plant sun burns Or moistening soil. In the first case, rearrange the flower in such a place where it will not be access to direct sunlight. In the second - change the scheme of watering, check the soil for drying.

Spots on the leaves, dry edges - evidence of the wrong watering

The edges of the leaves became brown and dry? So, or in the apartment, dry air, or the plant is not irrigated enough, or you use too hard water. To save the Calate, carefully cut dry tips, leaving the drive and not assigate live fabric. Provide air humidity, check before the next irrigation, as far as the earth dried in a pot, use only soft, well-strained room temperature water.

From the direct impact of bright sunlight leaves of settlements begin to twist and gradually pale, losing contrast of the color. The draft can also cause leaf twisting. As soon as notice such trouble, immediately rearrange the pot with a flower in a more comfortable place.

Calatei leaves twisted from the effects of sunlight or lack of moisture

What if the Calate began to shut up? Look at the plant: if the wishes are only the bottom leaves, then there is no reason for anxiety, it is a natural filling of old fabrics. These leaves can simply cut down (it is better to do this during transplantation).

If the wish is not only at the bottom, then the reasons may be two: or not right watering, or oversupply of fertilizers. How to stabilize soil moisture and ensure the right watering, we have already spoken. As for fertilizers, it is most often a settlement enough ½ dose specified by the manufacturer even during active growth. Do not throw the flower: it can cause the rotting of young roots.

Yellow leaves - the most frequent problem in caring for settlements

If you are sure that you water and fertilize the rules correctly, and the leaves are still yellow, it means that the flower will shine. Provide it the necessary temperature.

There are 3 ways to reproduce Calatei:

• dividing bush;
• cuttings;
• seeds.

Division bush

Shining

This method is not as simple as the previous one. Not everyone managed to propagate the settlement of stalling, but you can try.

Seeds

The most difficult, time-consuming and even unreliable way. Not all seeds of Calatei, even high-quality, can germinate.

Calatei seeds rare at home

1. When the Calatea is wondering, collect all seeds from it. Calm them in a rig with a soil consisting of 1 part of the sand and 2 parts of the leaf land, pre-moisturizing it, slightly pressed.
2. Cover the planting with a film or glass. The extension should occur at a temperature of +21 ... + 25 ° C. As soon as the seeds are sprouting, falling down their soil layer in 1 cm.
3. When the first two leaves appear, dive seedlings in drawers or pots with the same soil. A month later, they will grow and will be allowed a few more leaves. At this stage, you can transplant seedlings into individual pots.

Calatei- A bright representative of the numerous on the species diversity of the family, bearing the name of the margrass. The birthplace of Kalate is considered South Americawhere the plant grows in the second tier of moistened forests of the tropics. It is exactly the fact that in the nature of the Calatei is hidden from the scorching rays of the sun under the seven of the high trees of the first forest tier, the rules for the care of these whimpering beauties dictates in the conditions of indoor flower growing.

Previously, the settlement was used as a material for making wicker baskets, from which the name of this kind (from the Greek word "Calathos" - basket)

Systematic position:
Department - Flower (Magnoliophyta)
Class - Monocoons (Liliopsida)
Order - ginger (Zingiberales)
Family - Marantaceae (Marantaceae)
Rod - Calathea (Calathea)

Biological characteristics

Calatei are herbian tube or rhizuy perennials. Both tubers and rhizomes are essentially contained nutrients that help this plant survive adverse periods in the process of their growth and development.

The leaves at the events are located on elongated stiffs, but the interstilizes are shortened, which visually creates the impression that the location of the leaves is the rosette (i.e., all the leaves come out of one point). Sheet plates in many representatives of this kind have a bright color. The form of a sheet of various types of events is very different from each other and happens from the correct oval, to an elongated lancertoid, with a smooth or wavy edge. The uniqueness of the leaves of Calatei is that they are all, with a rare exception, have a bright purple or pink revolving.

Flowers in most types of customers are unbelievable, assembled into compact accommodation inflorescences, having the color of a wide variety of shades (from yellow to violet). The flowering period is an early spring - mid-summer. With proper care, the plant can delight with its abundant blossom within 2-3 weeks.

The main varieties of Calatei

In nature, more than 130 types of events are described. The species composition of indoor boats also affects its diversity. Most of these plants are grown for beautiful decorative leaves. Exception is only the view of the Calathea Crocata (Calathea Crocata).

Safranne Calatea (Lat. Calathea Crocata)

This type of category is valued for flowering. However, no flowers give decorative plant, and bright yellow-orange blood leaves, which are collected in a shortened thyroid inflorescence, crumpled elongated patterns. Directly flowers at the saffron settlements are unspoken: tubular, dark orange with pink-red tips, and are located between the bracts. With proper care, this beautiful blooms for 2-3 weeks.

Unlike his relatives, the Calatea Schranny - an unassuming plant. It must be timely water, sprayed once a day, cut and remove damaged leaves. Saffron's Calatea very sharply reacts to sharp drops Temperatures and insolation with straight rays of the sun. The feeding requires only during the period of active growth. Propagated by the division of the root.

A feature of Calathea Crocata is that it is necessary to encourage each year to blossom, creating a period of shortened days and elongated nights. This is done in several stages:

• In the evening (at about 18.00), place a pot with a plant in a dark (better black) package, pre-filling it with air, which will help prevent the package from contact with the leaves of the plant.
• In the morning (about 8.00 hours), remove the pot from the package.

This simplest procedure provides a plant with a daily length of 10 hours and the night period -14 hours.

So you need to do until you notice the appearance of the first coloring. This is usually happening at the end of March - early April.

K. Shafranna

Calatea Makoya(Lat. Calathea Makoyana)

This catelatade looks no less decorative than the previous one, but is not valued for flowering, but for a unique pattern that covers the leaves of the plant. The drawing is an image of a saturated green pen on a silverp background of the top of the sheet. The same drawing is displayed on its lower side, with the only difference that the background is purple. Care for Maco's settlements is no different from the standard care for representatives of this family. Maco's settlement is multiplied by rozing.

K. Makoya

Calatea Krugliste (Lat. Calathea Rotundifolia)

It justifies its name with leathery leaves of the correct round shape of olive green color, painted with light gray stripes. In care, special attention must be paid to the temperature and lighting mode. It categorically not tolerates bright light, loves shadow and weak half. At temperatures below 16 ° C, the leaves begin to fall, and the plant itself is deformed.

(Lat. Calathea Zebrina)

Leaves of Calatei striped - velvety, elongated oval shape with light green stripes, adorning the main veins. Propagated by the division of the root. The plant is very demanding to moisture regime. With insufficient humidity, the leaf plate is twisted, the edges dry and the sheet dies.

K. Striyaya

(Lat. Calathea Veitchiana)

Enough large plant (up to 90 cm high) with glossy leaves of oval shape, which narrowed to the outer edge. The pattern on the sheet is represented by emerald-green stripes, disseminating a dark green leaf according to its main veils. The reverse side of the sheet plate has staining in a reddish-brown shade. Calatea Wair flowers are assembled in a typical family of white-cream-colored inflorescence.

K. Weich

(Lat. Calathea Warscewiczii)

This species has a fairly large velvety saturated green leaves with gentle-green spots and strips adorning the main veil. The reverse surface of the leaf plate has staining in a dark red color. Calatea, Vashevich, before flowering, forms elongated crankshaft shoots for which the supports must be substituted to avoid damage. Bracts of gentle cream colors collected into a shortened typical inflorescence for this family, make up small flowers of white, pinkish or gentle-cream shade.

K. Bashevich

Calatea Lubbers (Lat. Calathea Lubbersii)

A distinctive feature of this type of Calatei is that quite large saturated green leaves of this plant have an asymmetrical pattern of light green color, located on the sides of the central vein. The lower side of the sheet differs from most of the representatives of this family, the fact that it is painted in green.

(Lat. Calathea Ornata)

Calatea decorated is called so due to the fact that the leaves of the plant are painted first pink, and then silver pair of stripes. Calatea decorated has several forms that differ in the main color of the leaf plate.

Propagated by the division of the root.

K. Decorated

(lat. Calathea Insignis)

A distinctive feature of such Calatei are long lancet-eye glossy leathery leaves with yellow-green spots of various magnitudes that alternate with each other.

K. wonderful

The species feature of all events is that the leaves of this plant are located almost horizontally and can change their position, striving for the source of light. There is one more interesting property Calates - a plant for the night and in front of the rain turns out the leaves and raises them into a vertical position, and in the morning he lowers and unfolds. For this feature, Calate is also called a "prayer flower".

Careability Features

Lighting

As already mentioned, Calatei in nature is hiding under the canopy of the leaf of the upper forest tier, therefore, at home they do not tolerate straight scoring sunlight. Optimal location Pot with a plant - Eastern or Western window. However, if you are the owner of southern windows, do not despair. It is simply necessary to artificially sharpened by Calate in the spring-summer period. If your windows come to the north, it is necessary to provide additional lighting with a luminescent lamp (the total insolation period should be 15-16 hours per day). The correctness of the selected lighting mode you can estimate the intensity of the color of the leaves of the Calatei. With a favorable lighting mode, they will delight you with a bright color, color saturation; In case of insufficient lighting, the leaves are pale, the drawing on them becomes less expressive; With an excess of light, the leaves are minced, roll in the tubes, the drawing becomes less pronounced.

Temperature

Calatea is very sensitive to temperatures, especially in winter. Since they are representatives of a tropical flora, the optimal temperature range for their cultivation at home is within 23-30 ° C (in summer) and 18-23 ° C (winter). It is especially important to track the change in the soil temperature: it should be no lower than 180 ° C (and in the summer - below 200 ° C). The decrease in temperature below causes fading and the death of the plant. In addition, Calatei do not endure drafts.

Watering

The plant requires frequent irrigation as the upper layer of soil is drying in a pot (in winter and autumn periods, the frequency of irrigation is reduced). Water used for watering should be resistant, soft, and necessarily room temperature.

It should be noted that excessive moisturizing leads to the fear of an earthen coma, and due to the fact that the lack of oxygen in the soil is formed, the plant dies. Therefore, in watering mode, focus on the well-being of your category and its appearance: the plant must have brilliant leaves with an elastic tour.

[!] As soon as you notice that the leaves of the Kalatei fade and lose the density, or that they started on the earthly coma small midgesurgently change watering mode.

Air humidity

Calatei - representatives of wet rainforests, so require frequent spraying. Water for spraying should also be soft and warm (room temperature). Spraying mode depends on the time of year: in winter and autumn enough spray the plant 1 time per day, in summer and spring - 2 times. But it is necessary to take into account the fact that when spraying it is necessary to choose a fine sprayer, since large droplets of water on the leaves cause them to rotate and the death of the plant.

In addition, a moss can be placed in the pallet with the settlement (clay, pebbles, etc.) and constantly wasting it. This will be the source of additional moisture for the plant.

Calatei feels very comfortable in flurarariums and terrariums, where the humidity of the air due to the closedness of the space is always increased.

Fertilizer

Calatei are not very demanding to feeding. However, if you want the plant to please you with abundant and long blossom, it is necessary to fertilize it with a universal fertilizer for room colors once every 2-3 weeks (in spring and summer) and once every 5-6 weeks (in autumn and winter).

The plant does not endure if calcium and nitrogen is accumulated in the substrate in unnecessary proportions.

Transfer

Calatei have a root system, superficial type, so do not require a deep pot. The pot needs to choose a small, shallow, better ceramic (this will protect the roots of plants from supercooling on the windowsill in winter). The transplant is made every spring in a pot of slightly larger size than the previous one. Mandatory condition is a good drainage layer. The soil is used either ready (for a marant and boat), or it is formed by it from 6 parts of the sheet soil, 3 parts of the peat and 2 parts of the sand. You can use soil for sensipoly, but with the addition of sand.