Ceropegia Woodie

November 19, 2009

Perhaps the best known species of the genus Ceropegia Ceropegia Woodie is known under the designation Czech svícník. Enjoyed great popularity mainly in 80 of those years at least. century., which has often grown as a standard pokojovka. I admit that I jse it at that time grew placed in a refrigerator, which stand out beautifully on the white background of its long stems with dark green leaves ledvinovitými. Species are flattened tubers, which grows to 20 cm in diameter.

Ceropegia Woodie is not difficult to grow. Conform to the type of normal room conditions, just be careful to root waterlogging in winter. The stems, up to one meter long, appear small tubers, which are well reproduced plant. Loose on the surface of the substrate and quickly releases the roots in a very short time begin to build a new plant. At that time, separate the tubers from the mother plants and to enforce the sandy subtrátu.

Summer is a plant of typical embedded in flowers. After pollination the creates two protistojné vesicles. The seeds are black, 2mm much, very well and soon germinate. Every year, sown on the surface of sandy substrate. Within six months after sowing, the seedlings will create a small tubers on average from about, 5-1 centimeters.

Ceropegia grown in shade are larger and probarvenější leaves than when it umístníte in full sun, where more flowers.

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