The "vampire" flower, the flower of loneliness, it scares away guests - there are many rumors about such a plant as dieffenbachia. Is it possible to keep this magnificent and powerful herbaceous bush at home?
The whole truth about the "vampire"
Dieffenbachia is a plant from the aroid family. Its most famous relatives are aglaonems and anthuriums. The Dieffenbachia genus includes several dozen species and hybrid varieties. The most common are spotted (D. maculate) - a powerful plant with large dark green leaves, on which light spots and strokes are scattered in disorder, and painted (D. picta), the main light green background of the leaves of which gradually turns into a dark border along edge.
A very beautiful dieffenbachia plant, its species are very diverse and sometimes it is impossible to take your eyes off such, for example, a "person" of the plant world as dieffenbachia Reflector (D. reflector). The juicy dark green color of the leaves with small but abundant light green spots fascinates with its sparkling velvety - the leaves sparkle in the sun. Therefore, the reflector is probably…
Itresidually poisonous, this plant, dieffenbachia. Whether you can keep it at home is up to you. Touching it is absolutely safe, but its juice is very poisonous. If you have cats living at home - you can not be afraid for their he alth - a cat will never touch something that can harm it. But small children … These creatures do not know fear, and, moreover, they do not know about the poisonous dieffenbachia juice. Here they will need to be protected from this plant. But he can attract the attention of a small child -
one Dieffenbachia bush can create a greenhouse atmosphere in a room.
But the superstitious notion that the presence of a plant in an apartment leads to loneliness is absolutely groundless and harmful. There is an opinion that dieffenbachia belongs to the category of "vampire" plants. Is it possible to keep such a bush at home? This, again, an opinion unfounded by any scientific research, can only be justified by the fact that dieffenbachia have fairly wide leaf plates that actively consume oxygen and emit carbon dioxide at night. Therefore, it is better not to put it in the bedroom.
Caring for the "sorceress"
Dieffenbachia is extremely easy to care for. She does not need any special soil, it will be enough purchased (for ornamental plants) or garden soil from the garden. The only thing Dieffenbachia is demanding is watering. The plant is so tenacious that even with drought up to 2-3 weeks it will not die. But his beauty will suffer. With untimely watering, dieffenbachia sheds leaves, the stem becomes bare - it losesits attractiveness, which can only be restored by updating the plant by rooting the top with leaves.
It is also undemanding to the volume of the dieffenbachia pot. A transplant may be needed only when a small pot cannot hold a huge bush of this beauty. Even in a liter pot, this plant can reach a meter length. To do this, of course, he needs timely watering and regular fertilizing with fertilizer once every 2 weeks. She loves this plant and organics - she will like an infusion of mullein from bird or horse droppings.
Beautiful and easy to care for dieffenbachia. Can you keep it at home? Of course, yes.
