Gloxinia "Violacea", rr 5/6, 2 pcs

Gloxinia is a perennial grassy complicated plant with a tuberous rhizome and a marginally located velvety leaves. The most spectacular representative in his family. On one adult plant can be up to 50-100 large luxurious gramophone flowers. The coloring is different: white, red, blue, with Kraep and without, purple, raspberry. Mess control: photophilous, but requires shading from midday sunlight. With a lack of lighting, the plants are extended, flowering is scarce, the color of the flowers is pale. So much: the soil mixture for planting gloxinia is prepared from sheet soil, humus, peat, sand (1: 1: 1: 1) and a little moss-sphagnum is added. Provide good drainage. Posper: Gloxinia prefers wide, but not very deep containers. In a cramped bowl, she earlier begins to bloom. Before planting, the tuber is soaked for several hours. They plant so that there is a layer of soil 1-1.5 cm over the tuber. Current: pots must be put on the windowsill. Water carefully, without getting to the growth point, it is best to pour water into the pallet. The plant needs liquid complex fertilizers, once every 2 weeks. After flowering, watering is reduced, stopped feeding. After yellowing of the foliage, the plant is not watered. The pot is stored at a temperature of +10... +15 0C. In the spring, the tuber is transplanted into fresh soil. Proceeds: as a room plant, capable of decorating an apartment or house with its presence. Violaceum is a plant height 20-30 cm, the color is dark purple.