Koleria, care at home for which must take into account the fact that it is a tropical plant, has not yet become widespread in our country. Indoor floriculture does not yet have comprehensive information about this beautiful flower.
Koleria fluffy
This plant has leaves with a wide red border, dark green and velvety. The flowers are red-orange, large and pubescent, from below the petals are covered with yellow dots. If you want to plant any plant from the Gesneriaceae family at home, then the color scheme is perfect for you. Care at home for this shrub will achieve its intense flowering. In nature, these plants have a diverse color. They are also very sensitive to direct sunlight and like shade. To ensure the color scheme is comfortable, shade it with a transparent cloth or film. It is better if she stands on the southern windowsill, this is a prerequisite.
You can also put the flower deeper into the room. But on the north window, the color scheme (home care should be full) may not form buds due to lack of lighting. In winter, you should especially make sure that the plant has enough sunlight. During this period, the collieria needs a lower air temperature - about sixteen degrees. In summer and spring it must be raised to twenty-six degrees.
Koleria: home care, watering, humidity control, top dressing
In spring and summer, the lack of moisture in the soil must be replenished immediately after the drying of the earthen coma. In autumn, watering should be reduced, and in winter it should be minimized altogether, without, of course, allowing soil to harden. Watering with settled water, paying attention to technology - moisture should not fall on the leaves.
Also, spraying is not recommended. To maintain normal air humidity, occasionally set the color on a wet pebble pan. The bottom of the pot should be above the top of the water. Feed only from mid-spring to October with complex fertilizer for flowering plants. During the flowering period, excessively long shoots can be removed from time to time, this will increase the intensity of root formation. When this time ends, you need to continue to water. Like other
indoor flowers with a dormant period
, the coloria needs to lower the temperature. When transplanting (transshipment) of the plant, you need to add
charcoal to the new substrate - it removes excess moisture from the soil well.
We propagate the colors with seeds: we take into account the features
Sowing in the pots is best done at the end of winter. Seeds are laid on a substrate of two parts of sand and one part of leafy soil. From above it is not necessary to fill them with earth. Instead, the crops should be carefully poured through a strainer and covered with glass. Every day, raise the glass for ventilation. After emergence, seedlings dive. Maintain a temperature of twenty to twenty-four degrees.