The history of the gloxinia of Krasnoyarsk: photos, breeding nuances and useful tips for flower care

Seeing the flowering gloxinia only once, especially live, you can easily fall under the charm of this beautiful flower.

Andersen, according to one version, wrote his fabulous story about Thumbelina. For a long time he admired a flowering plant, and this contemplation gave him an idea and inspiration for a classic work.

Next, we will tell you what you need to know for the successful cultivation of this flower: care, reproduction, planting. And also what diseases and pests should be feared.

Botanical Description and History

The birthplace of gloxinia is a tropical part of America. In fact, this plant first lived on the territory of modern Brazil, and later its borders expanded significantly within the continent. She loves to live in the wild, mostly in the shade of forests or on the rocky banks of rivers and lakes. The middle name of gloxinia is sinigia.

Gloxinia comes from the Gesneriaceae family, belongs to perennials. The root in the case of this flower is understood as a tuber, with many small shoots-roots. Foliage is collected in a basal rosette, dense with thick petioles. Gramophone flowers flaunt a luxurious bouquet above the outlet in the form of simple and double, different colors, from monocolor to multicolor. It happens that in one flower more than two tones are combined, harmoniously turning one into the other. The edges of the petals can be either in the form of ruffles or even.

On a note. All domestic varieties appeared from the crossing of several original species found in the wild. At the heart of many varietal hybrids are Gloxinia the Beautiful (or Beautiful) and Royal Gloxinia.

Features of appearance: description and photo

Below you can find a description and photo of Gloxinia Krasnoyarsk and Little Red Riding Hood:

Hat

Red Riding Hood. Huge with a small spray of red double-row tigers, with a slight ruffling along the edge of the petals. A spectacular raspberry-red edging runs along the edge of each petal. The neck is snow-white with specks of dark raspberry tone. Rosette neat, compact, stalks short. The foliage is moderately green. The variety was bred by Olga Artyomova.

Krasnoyarsk

Reference. A very famous luxury variety, but rarely found in collections. A rare and luxurious specimen with an unknown breeder.

Rosette neat, sturdy stalks durable. The flowers are very large, terry-type, bright, look spectacular. The coloring is like a fiery ruby, represented by both monophonic fragments and a dense spray on the surface of the petals. The edge of the petals is highlighted. The buds open in turn, flowering is gradually gaining volume and abundance. Gloxinia of pure red tone, without cherry and raspberry impurities.

Where and how to plant?

Lighting and location

Important! Gloxinia loves the diffused type of light, do not welcome lighting in direct sunlight. Direct rays can burn the foliage, and a lack of lighting will stretch the plant and suppress flowering.

Therefore, it will be most favorable to put the plant on the western or eastern windows. When placed on the southern window sills, shading curtains made of translucent materials are used.

Soil requirements

Slightly acidic, almost neutral, soils are preferred. The most favorable for gloxinia is peaty sheet soil with the addition of sand in this ratio: mix one share of peat soil and one and a half share of sand. There is a recipe where, instead of one part of leafy soil, two are taken. From purchased mixtures, soils for senpolias, for example, "Violet", are suitable. A bottom drainage layer is required.

How to care?

Temperature

The average setting is 20-22 ° C for the day and 18 ° C at night. For a rest period, a temperature of 10-14 ° C is needed.

Watering

It is done with warm water, drops are not allowed on leaves, flowers, stems. After flowering is completed, at the end of summer, watering is made more restrained, and at the end of September it is completely reduced, only minimally moistening the soil. This is an important moment to give gloxinia qualitatively prepared for the rest period, when it transfers its vitality to the tuber, getting rid of the ground part.

Humidity

Gloxinia is especially needed in a humid climate when it grows and blooms. Therefore, the space around the plant is sprayed, excluding the ingress of moisture on foliage and flowers. They are placed next to each other as a measure to increase the humidity of a tank of water or a pallet with wet pebbles or expanded clay.

Make-up

Gloxinia is fed from April to the end of July. Make a recharge every seven days. They take preparations for flowering domestic plants, rich in potassium and phosphorus, with a small nitrogen supplement.

Note! Nitrogen in excess will suppress the process of creating buds, chop flowers, directing all the forces of the plant to build green mass.

Used for watering and organic matter, but also restrained, since it is a nitrogen-containing substance.

Transfer

The plant is transplanted in the spring, every year. Pots take wide and shallow. The volume of the pot is increased only in cases where the plant has filled the entire space with flagella roots and it has become clearly cramped. The tuber is left a third or half open. Gloxinia is propagated mainly by leafy cuttings, tuber partitions and seed material.

Nuances

• To exclude watering with cold water - this leads to the formation of brown spots on the foliage.
• Gloxinia will turn yellow in an excessively dry room.
• Too humid climate will cause leaves to fall off.
• Lack of lighting will lead to blanching of leaves and the formation of a small number of flower-bearing stems, or to complete inhibition of flowering. The same symptoms occur when there is a lack of nutrients or spending rest time in the wrong conditions.
• Gloxinia is very vulnerable to drafts and temperature extremes during the growing season.

Common Diseases and Pests

1. Powdery mildew and gray rot. Causes the appearance of gray stains on the foliage. The problem is solved by reducing watering, removing damaged fragments and treating with fungicides.
2. Of the pests of gloxinia, whitefly, aphid, mealybug, and thrips annoy. This disease can be overcome with insecticides.

Breeding

Leaf cuttings

This is the easiest option. During the formation of the buds from a healthy plant take a durable medium-sized leaf without damage, with a petiole 3-4 cm.

1. The leaf is rooted in water, and then planted in a peat pellet or in a two-hundred-gram single glass with soil. Make a greenhouse from the bag, regularly moisturizing and ventilating the plant. When two or three new leaves appear, the bag is removed, and the old leaf is removed.
2. You can also root in loose soil, with vermiculite. The cuttings are immediately planted in the ground or in a peat pellet. A cut of the cuttings is sprinkled with Kornevin to accelerate the creation of roots. They deepen the stalk by one and a half centimeters, do not tamp the soil around, but only slightly compact right next to the base of the petiole. The soil must breathe. Then they follow the same scenario - the greenhouse is applied until the first leaves appear.

On a note. For this method, the optimal spring period and the beginning of summer. It is acceptable to use cuttings for rooting peduncles that have just faded. The principle is exactly the same.

This is suitable mainly for simple flowers, gloxinia of a terry type are prone to decay when rooting flower stalks.

Tuber division

1. Take a healthy tuber without rot, with an elastic surface. Large specimens are suitable, about six centimeters in diameter. Dividing begins when two centimeter shoots appear from the tuber.
2. A tuber is divided by a disinfected sharp knife so that there is a sprout on each dividend, or at least a kidney.
3. Be sure to do the processing of slices with charcoal powder.
4. They dry it in the open air and lubricate the slices with garden varieties to protect the plant, blocking the path of pathogens.
5. Dividers are planted in the ground.
6. Watered so as to maintain the soil in a state of light moisture. The bay will rot the divide. It is advisable to nourish the plant with moisture from below, from the pallet. The water level should reach the middle of the glass. Holes are made in the bottom of the glass. Another option for watering is a syringe with a needle, when water is delivered immediately to the middle layers of the soil.
7. It is better to take transparent disposable cups so that you can track the process of root formation. White roots mean that everything is going well.
8. A transplant into a permanent pot will be required when the roots explore the entire earthen lump, completely braid it.

Seed material

Seeds are bought or harvested on their own.

1. In the substrate of the usual composition add more sand for loosening. Sowing time is January or February.
2. Seed material is mixed with sand and scattered on the surface of the substrate without covering it with soil.
3. They build a hotbed by regularly airing and spraying the soil when it dries.
4. Seedlings are grown at a temperature of + 22-23 ° C.
5. Within a month, the seeds germinate.
6. Seedlings are planted in glasses.
7. Flowering occurs after eight months.Important! The first buds must be removed, this is necessary for the normal development of the leaf mass, the correct formation of the rosette and abundant flowering in the future.

Useful video

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Conclusion

Gloxinia is unpretentious, reproduction and care features in different varieties have similar principles, there are no significant differences. Therefore, if you managed to grow one sort of gloxinia, then you can safely take for the breeding of its other variants.

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