Unpretentious plant Sansevieria Moonshine (Moonshine) - growing at home and description with photo

"Pike tail" - a plant often found in home floriculture. Its original name is Sansevieria.

The flower has almost 70 varieties of various shapes and bizarre colors, including Moonshine (Silvermoon).

This type of sansevieria has a bewitching silver color and classical endurance of the progenitor plant.

In the article, we will consider how to care for this plant at home.

Description

Sansevieria Moonshine (Moonshine) - one of the varieties of perennial evergreens with dense erect leavesbelonging to the Agave family. The main feature is the absence of a stem. The leaves grow from the base up vertically and thus create a rosette.

In everyday life, Sansevieriah is known as the "pike tail", "mother tongue" or "snake skin". Moonshine is also called Silvermoon (silver moon), which characterizes the appearance of the plant.

This variety has light green leaves.with a mysterious bluish-silver tint. Their width is about 6 cm, and their length can reach 30 cm. In the wild, sansevieria grows in dry rocky soil. It is found in the subtropics of Africa, in Indonesia, South Florida, India and Madagascar.

Plant photo

Here you can see the photo of the flower:

Care

Sansevieria Moonshine is an unpretentious houseplant. It perfectly tolerates bright sunlight, a constant shadow, sparse watering, drafts. It reacts poorly to a long stay at 0⁰C and significant waterlogging of the soil.

Temperature

For sansevieria, room temperature above is preferable, i.e. 18-28⁰C. In winter - not lower than 15⁰C. If it drops, the plant will hibernate and stop growing.

Watering

The Moonshine does not tolerate abundant soil moisture, so watering is carried out only after the soil has completely dried. In the summer - 1 time per week, in the winter - 1 time in 3 weeks.

Important! When watering, water should not get into the center of the outlet, otherwise decay will begin. You do not need to spray the pike tail, as it feels good in dry air.

Lighting

Sansevieria is photophilous, but is able to grow in the shade and with artificial lighting. However, a prolonged lack of light will lead to the disappearance of the pattern on the leaves. At the same time, constant exposure to direct sunlight will cause burns. The flower will feel best of all on the western and eastern windows, and on hot and sunny midday in the shade.

Priming

It is optimal to use a loose substrate for better air and moisture permeability. The plant will feel good in universal soil with the addition of "baking powder" (pebbles, sand, perlite). A mixture of turf, leaf soil and sand in a ratio of 4/2/1 is also suitable.

Top dressing

Sansevieria is fed with mineral fertilizers for indoor plants. or cacti, add half the dose indicated on the package. Fertilize the plant during the period of active growth, that is, in the summer, not more than once a month.

Pot

Sansivieria Moonshine has powerful roots that can deform or even break the container, so it is better to give preference to thick-walled ceramic pots. A wide bowl is suitable for the Moonshine - the width of the pot should be two times the height.

Wintering

In winter, the plant will need additional lighting so that it does not lose its pristine color. It is also necessary to reduce watering to 1 time in three weeks. When exposed to low temperatures, the flower may suspend its growth or die completely, so do not leave the Moonshine for a long time under open windows.

Pruning

Sansevieria The Moonshine pruning procedure is quite simple. Only scissors should be available. In the process, old yellowed, damaged and rotten leaves are carefully eliminated. The dried ends of the plants are also pruned, but do not get carried away, since the Moonshine will cease to grow from the excessive removal of its "limbs".

Trimming sansevieria is better only for urgent need, as the plant can cause irreparable damage.

Transfer

A pike tail transplant is a simple task. For him you will need:

• shallow wide flowerpot;
• water;
• priming;
• drainage (pebbles, expanded clay).

1. A thick layer of drainage is poured into the bottom of the new pot in order to give the maximum amount of air to the roots. 1-2 cm depending on the size of the container.
2. Soil is placed on top, after which Moonshine lands.
3. The roots of the plant are lightly pressed down by the soil and watered abundantly.

Important! Transplantation should be done in spring or early summer.

Propagation Features

Moonshine Plants propagate in three ways:

• Cuttings.
  1. A healthy leaf is cut into several parts and placed in the ground.
  2. Potential sprouts are treated with a root stimulant.
  3. For an accelerated effect, the soil is covered with a plastic film.
• Layering.

  Periodically, a healthy flower forms lateral layers, which are extracted from a common earthy coma and transplanted as a separate plant.

• Dividing the rhizome.
  1. The plant is removed from the flowerpot and part of the rhizome with a small outlet from the leaves is separated.
  2. The root is dried for a couple of days and deepened in the prepared soil.

Bloom

The plant throws a long thin stem on which small inflorescences are located. White or cream flowers resemble miniature liliesthat exude a fresh aroma.

Moonshine blooms only with a negative impact on it: lack of nutrients, a small pot for rhizomes.

Pests and diseases

• Excessive watering causes yellowing and, as a result, the death of leaves at the base of the flower and fragments of roots. Correct the situation by transplanting with the preliminary elimination of damaged areas of the plant.
• Low temperatures can cause leaf rot and soften. Moonshine urgently needs to be moved to a warm room.
• A spider mite covers the plant surface with white spots, which leads to its death. You can save the color by wiping the leaves with a damp cloth, with a strong infection - an actellik.
• Trips gives itself out as bright spots on the leaf and larvae under it. Gradually, the plant becomes silver-brown. Thrips is destroyed by insecticides.
• Mealybug first bends, and then kills the leaves. Get rid of the pest with the help of kalbofos.

Similar plants

Since Moonshine is a variety of Sansevieria, which has about 60 species.

The closest to Moonshane are:

1. Sansevieria is cylindrical. It has long xiphoid leaves, which are distinguished by good flexibility. The plant is saturated green in color, covered with bright spots.
2. Futura. It is also called three-lane per color. Futura has short broad leaves of green color, they are bordered with yellow stripes.
3. Bakularis. This species has cylindrical dark green leaves.
4. Black Coral. The leaves are lanceolate, have a characteristic color - black-green stripes located horizontally.
5. Laurenti. The oldest variety of Sansevieria. On long green leaves there is a clear yellow stripe.

Sansevieria Moonshine is a beautiful home plant that does not require excessive labor. It is perfect as a first experience for beginner flower growers, and experienced plant growers will not disdain an unpretentious pike tail of silver color.

Watch the video: Сансевиерия неприхотливое растение! (May 2024).