Ismen - one most original and unusual plants. Its flowers are similar to white spiders. It is remarkable that for the night to the ismena is completely closed, and in the morning awakening happens at the same time. For this reason the plant is often called by ""flower hours"".
1. Ismen - thermophilic plant which loves light, the sun and mild climate. It can grow in pots on windowsill or in the territory of the seasonal dacha. If to grow up to the ismena on the street, then for the winter it should be replaced in separate tanks and to transfer to the room.
2. Put to the ismena bulbs. You can pick up any capacity for plant, but it has to be obligatory for quite wide. The bulb quickly expands and in narrow pots to flower will be close.
3. The ismena can make multiple copies bulbs or seeds. And at bulbous method the bulb is planted not completely, and cut on several parts. The plant differs in quite big size - length of leaves reaches 50 cm.
4. Ismen loves frequent, but moderate waterings. When overwetting the leaves become watery and can dry up, and the plant - to die. By the way, the ismena can determine norm of moisture by leaves. If green parts of plant fall and lose color - means moisture insufficiently. If leaves fall down, then there is too much water.
5. Blossoming to the ismena happens only if sufficient attention was paid to plant. In the absence of the necessary conditions the flowers can not appear for many years. If care is provided properly, to the ismena will please you with ""spiders"" twice a year.