Palm trees belong to decorative foliage plants. Some species develop well in room conditions and, with careful care, become a home decoration for many years.
Acquire indoor plants of palm trees are recommended at the age of not more than three years. They do not like frequent permutations, extra touches, for plants it is necessary to find a permanent place without drafts.
Indoor palm plants can be classified as follows. According to the shape of the leaves, pinnatifolia (date, coconut, hovea, chamedorea) and fan-leafed plants (trachicarpus, chamerops,) are distinguished.
The palm trees that love warm rooms include the Robelini phoenix, acanthophenix, chamedorea, karyota, coconut, areca. These species require high temperature and humidity.
In moderate temperature conditions , the hovea (forster, belmore), sabal, rape, coconut Bonneti, rapalostilis, clinostigma, and geon will perfectly develop.
Only owners of large rooms can afford to decorate their apartment with palm trees. And this is natural, since some types of plants reach enormous size with proper care. It is necessary to take responsibility for the purchase and further cultivation of palm trees.
First of all, you need to determine the place for the plant. Most indoor species require a lot of it. Even a small tree should not interfere.
An important factor for palm growth is proper lighting. In the room where the plant will be located, there should be a lot of light, it is desirable that the sun's rays stay in the room for as long as possible. However, you should know that not every houseplant (palm tree) tolerates direct sunlight, so the best way would be to create diffused light. This can be done by hanging ordinary tulle curtains on the windows. But in a dark corner of the apartment, the palm tree will die.
It is necessary to carefully monitor the temperature in the room. Plants of tropical origin should be kept in moderately warm rooms. Subtropical palm trees in winter are better suited for cool rooms. Indoor flowers (palm trees are no exception) do not tolerate drafts, it is very important to avoid too intense penetration of cold air, ventilating the room in winter, opening the window. The roots of plants are especially sensitive to cold, therefore pots with plantings cannot be placed on marble slabs or cold window sills.
Almost all indoor plants of palm trees, even people from dry areas, like moisture, so in summer it will require plentiful, and in winter moderate watering. With the correct application of water, the ground should be moist, but in no case damp. In addition, the amount of water directly depends on the temperature regime. For example, a palm tree, located in the winter in a cool room with an air temperature of about 7 degrees, is rarely watered and is limited or limited to spraying.
All plants need regular spraying, because of the dry air, palm trees lose their decorative effect and suffer greatly. The first sign of excessive air dryness is the dried tips of the leaves.
If you want to cut off the brown ends, then you need to do this so that a strip of dry remains over the living tissue. It is forbidden to tear off the lower darkened leaves; they should be carefully trimmed. In no case should you cut off the top of the plant, this is where the growth point is located. Otherwise, the tree will stop developing and die.
As for the soil, there are no special requirements for the substrate. Indoor palm plants feel great in the ground on a compost basis. The pot must be chosen high, in which good drainage should be provided. When transplanting plants to the bottom, you can sprinkle a lot of small stones, which will prevent stagnation of water.
Plants are transplanted in the spring, young - annually, old - once every two to three years. For large palm trees, just changing the top layer of the earth is enough.