Bamboo palm or chamaedorea - a genus of plants belonging to the family or areca palm.It is unpretentious and semi-shade.Under natural conditions, under a palm tree grows taller trees.The name has Greek roots («chamai» - low and «dorea» - a gift), and due to the easy availability of fruits hanging low over the ground.
Bamboo palm is easy to get accustomed to the indoor environment.It is not growing as fast as other representatives of the family.Can bloom, and even at a young age.Its flowers are small, reddish-orange or yellow-cream depending on the variety, inconspicuous, collected in paniculate inflorescences.Leaves with long petioles (60 cm), consisting of many segments lanceolate, dark green.The trunk has a shorter bamboo palm.Photo shows all its charm.
chamaedorea can be placed on a windowsill, and in the back of the room, because it could do without the bright light.And the humidity it needs increased.Palma should be regularly sprayed or placed on a pallet with expanded clay moist.During the active growing season need fertilizing every two weeks.It is convenient to use a liquid complex fertilizer for palm or universal.Hibernate bamboo palm should be at a temperature of about 15 0C.
can be propagated otsazhivaniem kids and seeds, planting them with the tightening is impossible, as their germination rate falls sharply with time.Seeds germinate for a long time, sometimes up to six months.Transship hamedoreyu in a large container, when the roots will learn the same.The soil is desirable to use special.
Most stores are selling more than one plant in a pot, but several.Developing, they will oppress each other, resulting in some of them just die.Bamboo palm transplant carries painful as to avoid root injury is practically impossible.However, a bundle of plants sit still necessary.Root collar bury in any case impossible.In the future, you need to use handling.
each plant will be more comfortable in the "personal" pot, but gradually lower old leaves will wither away, baring the trunk.By this time may accumulate suckers, which will improve the appearance.But sometimes, no children for several years.Therefore, in one pot three plants to grow optimally, and children can appear to transplant as soon as they develop four leaves.
Bamboo palm can bloom at any time of the year under favorable conditions of detention.If overflow or underfilling, dry air flowering occurs.The frequency of irrigation associated with the air temperature in the room: the lower it is, the less water is required.Overflows are extremely dangerous.First, the leaves begin to dry, since the roots rot and fail to provide plants with moisture, and then may die.Therefore, you need to be watered when the ground dries whom one-third the height of the pot.
Bamboo palm with dry air - a favorite object for spider mites.In this case, it should be treated insecticide, for example, "fitoverm" (biological drug without smell) or "Aktelikom".
chamaedorea - a great plant for apartments, and office.It can decorate any room.
