My home is a beautiful plant - Dieffenbachia spotted! Proper care.

Hello dear readers!

Today I want to talk about my beautiful flower - Diffenbachia spotted. The Latin name is Dieffenbachia maculata. There is also another name for this flower - Dieffenbacbia picta.

This perennial evergreen plant with leaves an average length of 30 cm. Coloring is different. The literal translation from English sounds like"silent palm". You need to be very careful with diffenbachia, especially if there are children at home. The juice of this flower causes temporary immobility. Avoid getting the SAP in your eye!

Exotika and Rudolph Roehrs-cultivators of this plant. Exotika leaves a pattern of yellow-green. Variety Rudolph Roehrs has ivory color, a pattern, pale yellow.

Transplantation. In the spring, cut the bare stems into pieces 4-7 cm long, put them in the soil in a horizontal position and press lightly into the soil. Rooting temperature of 21-24 deg. We transplanted the plant every 2-3 years, when the roots fill the pot.

Irrigation. In winter, it is necessary to maintain the soil evenly and slightly moistened. In the summer, copiously watered and fed with fertilizer 1 every 2-3 weeks.

Lighting. In winter should get direct sunlight or bright, but not direct sunlight. In winter, the temperature in the room of 15-18°. Summer should be scattered light or partial shade. Summer temperature is 18-24 degrees.

The new leaf has a light green color, gradually darkens the leaf.

New leaves twisted into tubes.

Here is such a remarkable the flower is growing in my apartment