Amarallis – krasivotsvetushchy long-term bulbous plant, is from South Africa. It is grown up as pottery culture. Care for flower simple, important condition for blossoming − dormant period.
Reproduction
Amarallis in February blossoms. When the first buds are dismissed, it is impossible to have on this show eyes glued. Outside the window bitter colds, and on windowsill the parade of kolokolchaty six-leaved red and white colors with a diameter of 6−10 cm begins.
Make multiple copies flower lukovichkami-children who separate from uterine plant. Bulb put in deep, but small diameter pot in November-December. Distance between walls and bulb – 2-3 cm. In wide ware many children are formed and it is necessary to wait for peduncle long. Soil is made of equal parts of sand, the cespitose earth, humus. The drainage is obligatory.
When landing the bulb is buried on 2/3, 1/3 part has to look out. The photophilous flower, comfortably feels on southeast or southwest windowsill. At regular watering the planting stock sprouts quickly, before blossoming it is grown by three years. To force to blossom Amarallis, stop watering in the fall, put it to the dark cool place (13−15 °C) for 6−8 weeks. It is not necessary to cut off leaves, they will die off.
Distillation of peduncles
During dormant period water it seldom. After 2 months put pot on the lit place − vegetative processes begin. Waterings have to become regular, daily turn flower that leaves grew exactly, optimum temperature − 13-18 °C. At high temperatures the flower is weakened, growth of peduncle slows down. The reasons for which the plant does not blossom: − short dormant period; − unripe bulbs; − high temperature during vegetation. As soon as the flower throws out arrow, do fertilizing by liquid mineral fertilizer for window plants of times a week. Stop "feeding" Amarallis in the fall when leaves begin to turn yellow and die off. The adult bulb is replaced time in 3-4 years after blossoming, before it peduncles break off. The onion with children is taken out from the earth, shake the soil from roots, delete the decayed backs and transplanted on separate pots. At the correct change and due leaving "the room lily" will please with the blossoming annually. In areas with warm climate it is possible to grow up hybrid grades of Amarallis in the open ground on the solar place. Land it at the beginning of summer at steady warm temperature on depth of 15 cm. Peduncles that has not broken wind, tie up to pegs. In the fall of bulb dig out, store planting stock in plastic bag in the dark dry place.