Palm Dracaena Lime belongs to the Agave family.
Her homeland are tropical areas of Asian and African countries. In nature, dracaena can grow up to 6 meters high.
Description
This flower looks like a palm tree, although it has absolutely nothing to do with the latter. In the apartment or office plant in the early stages looks very impressive and is a great decoration for any room.
Its branchless stems are completely covered with large leaves with longitudinal strips. but a few years later dracaena lime is pulled out in height, and the trunk becomes bare - during this period of the plant’s life, it needs careful care to remove the drying leaves.
In the future, the bare trunk can be cut into fragments for grafting, and the upper part with a bundle of leaves rooted.
We will talk in more detail about lemon lime dracaena: photo and care, diseases and pests.
A photo
Pictures of the spectacular dracaena lemon lime plant.
Home care
Features care after purchase
Dracaena - a plant from the tropics and very does not like low temperatures. If the purchase is made during the cold season, at an outdoor temperature of up to +10 degrees, need to take care of warming in advance at the time of its transfer from the store to the apartment.
It is best to pack the flower in several layers of paper, and then place it in a tight-fitting bag or bag. In frost, it is best to use a special thermo bag. When frostbite leaves drayseny lime covered with black spots and die.
Upon arrival home, you must give time to addiction to a new place. Moving to a new pot can be carried out two weeks after the purchase.
Lighting
Dracaena lemon lime loves bright lightwhich is necessary for quality growth and development. Therefore, it is best for the plant to choose a well-lit place, but with diffused light. It is necessary to avoid direct sunlight, which is detrimental to its leaves.
If dracaena is only in the shade, the leaves may begin to lose their color, and the bright stripes fade over time. To ensure that the crown does not begin to stretch toward the light source, pot with a flower to periodically turn.
Temperature
Dracaena is thermophilic, so the temperature in the room should not fall below +15 degrees.
In the spring and summer months It is recommended to keep the temperature at + 25-27 degrees. Higher values may adversely affect the plant crown.
But autumn and winter The optimum temperature is + 16-18 degrees. Frosts are disastrous for her.
Air humidity
Plant likes moist airHowever, it can relatively painlessly tolerate the dryness of modern apartments. During summer, leaves can be sprayed with water, the temperature of which is 2-3 degrees higher than that of air. About once every 2 weeks it is necessary to wipe them with a damp cloth from dust and dirt, or wash them in the bath under the shower.
Watering
In the period of spring and summer the dragon plant needs to be watered abundantly 1-2 times a week, but at the same time periodically dry out - the earthen room should dry well, because a constantly wet ground quickly leads to root rot. Excess water from the sump is drained.
In winter time watering is significantly reduced - no more than 1 time per week, and is made as the land dries. Watering is always done with settled water at room temperature.
Bloom
Lemon dracaena practically does not bloom in the apartment.
Fertilizers (dressing)
Top dressing of a plant is made by complex fertilizer, in the summer - once a week, in the winter - once a month.
In no case can not apply dressing during the disease of the plant!
Transfer
Always run after purchase dracaena in the store. There are no serious reasons for a complete change of land - usually it can be transplanted as a whole into a more spacious container, then filling up with fresh substrate.
But here need to keep in mind the next point - when shipped from abroad, some dracenes are brought in special soil intended only for transportation. You can clarify this point with the store consultants. In this case, the plant must be moved with a complete replacement of the soil.
An old dracaena should be transplanted when the roots completely fill the previous pot. Usually this happens every 2-3 years.
Optimally, a new capacity for a flower should be at least 2.5-3 cm larger in size than the current one. The best time for such an operation is March. Be sure to create good drainage.
Growing up
Growing dracaena from seed can be made only for some green leaf species. Due to the lack of flowering in the apartment, the seeds of dracaena are quite difficult to obtain.
Breeding
For breeding Dracenes Lime used stem or apical cuttings, size 30-35 centimeters. In the latter case, it is a cut top bundle of leaves together with a part of the plant stem. For rooting, the cuttings are placed in a jar of water and coarse sand at the bottom (layer 5 centimeters).
After the formation of roots, they are planted in specially prepared soil, which consists of peat and sand in the proportion of 50 to 50%. During this period, you can actively use phytohormones - growth stimulants.
Fruits and their application
Fruits on Dracene Lime not formed.
Diseases and pests
This plant usually does not cause concern if the necessary conditions for illumination, temperature and humidity are met. In case of violation may occur following problems:
- the brown edges of the leaves or the tips indicate a lack of moisture, little watering or the presence of cold drafts into which dracaena lime falls;
- the appearance of brown spots on the leaves indicates a small watering;
- the leaves curl, the edges turn brown — the flower is kept at low temperatures, the plant may be subject to a strong temperature difference (it is hot during the day, it is cold at night);
- yellowing of the upper leaves indicates insufficient air humidity, or the absence of nutrients in the soil. It should be borne in mind that the lower yellow leaves - this is a characteristic life process for Drazeni Lime;
- the appearance of dry light spots on the leaves is the result of burns when exposed to direct rays.
Also, the plant can affect shchitovki and thrips.
In the first case they look like brown plaques on leaves and trunk, feed on sap. As a result, dracaena tarnishes in color, leaves fall and die. To clean, you need to wipe the leaves and barrel with a sponge with soapy water, then process with a 0.15% solution of actellica.
Thrips forms whole colonies on the back of the leaves, as a result of which they become gray-brown. To combat this pest, the plant must be constantly sprayed with insecticides.
Conclusion
Palma Dracaena Lime - unpretentious plantwhich easily lives in house conditions and does not demand special attention to itself. Often used as interior decoration in offices and offices, combining a thin trunk and beautiful long leaves with a bright stripe in the middle.
