Selaginella: care
Plants from the family of Selaginella live insubtropical and tropical forests. Some of them can spend a long time in pitch darkness, in the water, live on trees, in rocks, near rivers and even in the desert.
Their leaves are small, 0.5 cm, consisting of two rows with matt or glossy surfaces and having a variety of shapes.
The plains to which the Selaginella belongs, need special care. The most suitable place for them is florariums or greenhouses.
Kinds
Selaginella Martensa
This is a perennial plant with straight, standing stems, whose height is about 30 cm. After a while, the vayi wilt and air roots appear on them.
The most attractive is the variegated view of Yori, adorned with white patches.
Celaginella lepidoptera
Has received the second name - "Jericho rose". This is a low ground cover, which is a lump, mixed with stems and roots. After watering, its shoots (5-10 cm) begin to turn green, unusually curl and twist. But as the soil dries up, the plant acquires its former form. Selaginella scaly-leaved, being the inhabitant of deserts, perfectly tolerates a drought, only thus becomes brown color. Place the plant in an aquarium with high humidity, and it will again turn green.
Selaginella Krause or golden
This plant grows beautifully in the stones. Cultivate plawn is better in low and wide pots. His leaves are a miniature copy of wai ferns. You can make a beautiful composition by placing the plant in a wide vessel or florarium.
Selaginella Jory
This is a beautiful ornamental plant, goodaccustomed to places with artificial light, origin from the tropics. In the care of not whimsical. Well tolerates cool rooms, the temperature of the contents of +16 to +21 degrees. Light loves a moderate, without direct sunlight, watering regularly. If you keep the plant at home, you should regularly spray it.
Celaginella: home care
The flower grows well in the penumbra and even under artificial light. But the best option is the places to which scattered light is falling. Protect the Selaginella from the rays of the direct sun.
Take care that there is not a draft in the room where the animals are located. Try to create conditions close to natural, was kept at temperatures of + 18 + 20 ° C.
A mandatory factor is high humidity. To achieve this, the plant is sprayed with water or a pot in a pot with wet claydite.
Watering the room fern is necessary abundantly: both in summer and in winter. Do not allow the substrate to dry completely. Pour the standing water better in the pan, after the remaining liquid must be removed.
Replant the plant in two years in a loose and moisture-absorbing substrate. Take a wide low pot and do not forget to make a good drain.
To obtain an earth mix, peat, sheet hum, and sand in equal proportions will be needed.
