Living green flowers have always been a favorite decoration not only for houses and city apartments, but also for offices. They create a special atmosphere, as if bringing us closer to nature amid the daily hustle and bustle. Even a small blooming violet on the desktop or a traditional cactus in front of the monitor will lift your mood. And large flowers, monsters or dieffenbachia, for example, seem to take others to the rainforests.
Why choose Monstera
This plant comes from the humid forests of Central and South America. This is a vine with a thick strong stem, sometimes it has aerial roots. Monstera flowers themselves are not too beautiful, but the leaves attract the eye. They are large, rounded with characteristic cuts along the edges or holes that make the sheet fancy, patterned. To the touch it is dense, on the surface - like wax. Such brilliant carved dark green decorations can become a real pride of the owners. But the popularity of monstera is explained not only by the original shape of its leaves. Compared to other plants that take root well in an apartment, this flower is quite unpretentious and does not require special efforts in order to maintain a he althy appearance. In addition, there is evidence that monsteracapable of ionizing the air.
What is alarming about the monster
However, there are people who believe that these flowers - monsters - should not be kept at home. This is due, first of all, to the name (which, in their opinion, comes from the word "monster"), as well as the negative effect that this plant supposedly has on the general biofield of the apartment. However, plant lovers notice something else: in those houses where the atmosphere is tense, monstera flowers absorb negative energy. The only piece of advice you should really think about is don't put this flower in your bedroom.
Features of care
Although this plant is quite unpretentious, it is necessary to take into account some features when keeping it. So, monstera grows in natural conditions in shaded places, in an apartment it should not be placed in the sun either. Like many other home flowers, monstera loves intensive watering, but an excess of moisture should not be allowed, which can lead to rotting of its roots. Spraying is not required, but it is necessary to remove dust from the leaves so that they please the eye with their waxy sheen. It is enough to apply fertilizer once or twice a month, the usual complex one, which is easy to purchase in the store, will do. Since the monstera is a vine, it is necessary to take care of some kind of decorative support or allow the plant to curl along a wall or other support. Another feature of the monstera is that it often releases aerial roots. They should not be cutso that wounds do not form. It is better to send them to a pot with soil. This plant is transplanted annually, in the spring. When it reaches the age of three or four years, transplantation can be done even less often, once every two years. Drainage is required so that moisture does not stagnate in the roots.
Like other flowers, Monstera, which is regularly cared for, will delight the owners with lush greenery and create the atmosphere of a real rainforest in the house. Its carved leaves reach a diameter of twenty centimeters, and in natural conditions they are even larger.
