Schlumberger Care

Flowers bright: fiery red, crimson, pink, white, purple (see photo). Flower whiskers tubular, up to 8 cm long. The indoor plant of the locberberger blooms in winter, so it is commonly referred to as the "Decembrist". In indoor culture, two plants from this family are most often found: ripsalidopsis and locomberger. Determine "who of them who" is possible by comparing the margin of segments: in ripsalidopsis they are finely phlegmatic, and in the case of whoresburgers with sharp teeth.

How to care at home

Care for the lockberger is not complicated. Although it is called a cactus, it differs from real cacti drastically. First of all, it is an epiphyte, that is, its roots love air, so the substrate must be as loose as possible. And while not necessarily nutritious - in nature the epiphytes are satisfied with a handful of soil, swept by the wind into the fork of the tree branches.

Suitable will be peat, diluted with slicespine bark or any purchased substrate for epiphytes. The transplant should be done annually, after the flowering. The plant is undemanding and to the humidity of both soil and air. To water it it is necessary plentifully after the substrate dries completely, sprayed - only if such a desire arises.

In the maintenance and care manualszashlyumbergeroy often write that they need sprinkling, but practice shows that this is absolutely not necessary. Water for irrigation is preferable to rainwater. Reproduction of sloombergers is very simple. In summer, from the tops of the shoots, cut the shank - one or several segments, dry it for several days in the shade and drop it into moist peat. Such cuttings easily take root.

Difficulties

• showering flowers budgermen - this happens if the plant is strongly overdried or turn the pot during budding;


• slumberberger does not blossom - it means that he had a period of rest; next fall, put in fresh air and temporarily stop watering (the temperature should not be below + 15C);


• the shoots became soft, lethargic - the roots rotted from excess watering, the plant would have to be discarded, but you can try to root the apical cuttings from it.

Now it is not difficult to buy a slumberberger, since in winter it is sold in every flower shop. Derived varieties, differing mainly in colorand the size of flowers, resistant to their fall. Often you can find on sale a mix - a few young plant with flowers of different colors in one pot. The most correct thing is to buy a plant with freshly tied buds, it will long bloom and delight the eye.