Zantedesia (calla) - care and reproduction at home, photo species

Zantedeschia (calla) (Zantedeschia) is a herbaceous perennial of the genus Aroid with a graceful flower on a straight peduncle. It grows in a large bush and is characterized by intensive growth. The basal leaves are large, dark green in well-developed specimens, they grow up to one meter in height and up to 20 cm wide.

The spike-shaped inflorescence-ear on a high arrow is wrapped in a tubular sheet-bedspread. The birthplace of Zantedesk is Africa, its southern regions and the island of Madeira in the Atlantic Ocean, close to the northwest African coast.

	High growth rate.
	Zantedesia begins to bloom in the fall and blooms all winter.
	The plant is easy to grow.
	Perennial.

Useful properties of Zantedesk

Zantedesia (calla). A photo

Calla is one of the folk remedies for diseases. It has an analgesic property, it is used to treat poisonous snake bites.

Without treatment, the plant is poisonous, but when exposed to heat and drying, the toxic substances in it evaporate. A decoction or tincture of chopped rhizomes helps with dropsy. The calla leaves cooked in milk treat osteomyelitis.

Caring for the zantedescu at home. Briefly

Zantedescu is grown in greenhouses, followed by cutting flowers, or as a pot culture, at home.

Temperature mode	Calla is thermophilic, does not tolerate temperature fluctuations.
Air humidity	Loves high humidity.
Lighting	In his homeland, Zantedeskia chooses well-lit places, loves light.
Watering	The plant is hygrophilous; in natural conditions it prefers moist, marshy places.
Priming	You can buy a ready-made earthen mixture in a specialized store, or you can make it yourself.
Fertilizer and fertilizer	Needs regular feeding.
Bloom	Abundant flowering of calla is facilitated by its timely transplantation, with the separation of offspring, and pruning of old flowers.
Transfer	It is done once every two years.
Pruning	Mandatory cropping of young shoots.
Growing Features	The main condition is to maintain a rest period of at least two months.

Caring for the zantedescu at home. In detail

Temperature

In order for zantedesia to develop normally, it needs a temperature of 20 - 25 degrees Celsius. It can withstand short-term frosts. It does not tolerate drafts, stops flowering and gets sick in such conditions.

You can not put the plant close with heating devices, where the air is especially dry.

Air humidity

Calla loves humid air, spraying. Especially in the summer, it must be sprayed at least once a day. In conditions of high humidity, especially large, strong flowers bloom on it. Periodically, its leaves should be washed with warm water.

Too dry air and a dusty layer on the leaves of the plant are not allowed.

In the heating season, when the air dryness in the apartment rises, a water tank should be placed next to the plant. Or place the pot with the plant on wet expanded clay.

Lighting

Home zantedescia needs good lighting at any time of the year. It tolerates partial shade, develops well enough in such conditions, and even blooms. But if there is not enough light for her, she will cease to bloom. And this will be one of the signals that it is necessary to increase the illumination of the plant.

But sunlight loves diffused, constant exposure to direct sunlight reduces flowering.

Watering

Since this plant in nature loves wet, marshy areas, then Zantedeskia at home needs abundant watering, especially in the warm season. In summer, callas should be watered at least twice a week. Do not dry it.

The soil must always be moist, but it can not be too wet. That is, it is unacceptable for water to accumulate and constantly be in the pan. This leads to rotting of the roots.

In the middle of summer, watering should be moderate. In winter, rare watering is allowed, but only if the room temperature exceeds 22 degrees. Water for irrigation should not be lower than room temperature.

Priming

You can grow a zantedeskia flower at home using only pure peat. In this case, you need to take care of additional holes in the bottom of the pot and increase the drainage layer. But it is better to make a mixture of several components: clay-turf land - 2 parts, humus - 1 part, sand - 1 part, peat - 1 part. Such a mixture will provide the plant with everything necessary for its full development.

Fertilizing and fertilizers

With timely fertilizing with fertilizers, homemade zantedeskia looks great: it has fresh bright green foliage and large flowers on strong, long peduncles. It is necessary to feed the plant during its active growth and flowering.

To improve the growth of leaves, nitrogen fertilizers are used, and for the timely formation of peduncles - potash and phosphorus. Feed once every two weeks.

During flowering, it is useful to do foliar top dressing, for example, spray the leaves with a solution of potassium humate.

Blooming Zantedesia

Two year old plant blooms.

Flowering begins in the fall and continues throughout the winter.

Older plants bloom in early spring.

In order for calla to bloom profusely, it is necessary to withstand the dormant period, provide it with sufficient lighting, and transplant the plant once every two to three years.

Transplantation of zantedesia

Due to the fact that calla is growing rapidly, once in two years it requires a transplant.

The old pot becomes cramped and the roots of the flower appear on the surface of the soil. You can transplant calla in spring or early November.

Pot for Zantedesia (calla lilies)

The pot is chosen 1.5 cm larger in diameter than the previous one. A layer of drainage is laid at the bottom with small holes, the rest of the place is filled with soil. Then, they shake the bush from the old pot (the plant is watered the day before), and plant it in a new pot with fresh soil. After that, watered with water at room temperature.

How to crop zantedescu

During the period of active growth, when new shoots appear in the pot, they must be removed so that the main plant gets more nutrients. This will accelerate the flowering of calla lilies, make it strong and beautiful.

Growing Features

Zantedesia. A photo

To calla bloomed profusely, it is necessary to timely remove the old peduncles, as well as weak and yellowed leaves. In the summer, it is advisable to take the flower to the garden or to the balcony, but not under the scorching sun and away from drafts. It is necessary to withstand a rest period of 1.5 - 2 months, the plant must rest, gain strength for new flowering. In order to make zantedesku sleep, after flowering and drying the leaves, you need to stop watering the plant.

Diseases and Pests

• Dark spots on the leaves Zantedescias are formed when a disease of the plant by various fungi. They, in turn, appear as a result of poor air circulation in a pot with soil, with an insufficient layer of drainage.
• Root rot also occurs due to a constant excess of water in the pot. Leaves and peduncles begin to rot at the base, and then break.
• Wilting and drooping leaves zantedeskia is observed if zantedeskia is on a draft. It is necessary to change the location of the pot.
• Yellow spotting. Ring-shaped yellow spots appear on the leaves, and the leaves themselves become thin and curly, which is uncharacteristic for zantedesk. With this disease, calla is infected with thrips, it is necessary to free the plant from them.
• Pests. Calla is affected by pests such as spider mites, thrips, scale insects, aphids. Fight them with insecticidal drugs.

Reproduction of Zantedesia

Propagation by processes

After the plant has flowered, its reproduction can begin. The processes that have appeared around the mother plant (offspring) are carefully separated and planted in separate spacious pots to a depth of at least 10 cm. This deepening prevents lodging of the leaves.

Siblings appear from children (root necks) formed on the mother's rhizome. Therefore, it is possible, without waiting for the appearance of shoots around the bush, to separate the children from the maternal rhizome and plant them in separate wide pots.

In just two to three weeks, stronger young shoots will appear from them than if we were to separate the already grown shoots from the plant.

Growing zantedescia from seeds

Propagation of the plant by seeds is possible. They are germinated in heat, at a temperature not lower than 25 - 27 degrees.

Seedlings, after they get stronger, it is necessary to dive: plant in a larger pot with a truncation of the root for the appearance of lateral roots. This improves the nutrition of the plant, contributes to the development of a strong root system.

But we must remember that when propagated by seeds, the plant blooms only after five years.

Types of zantedesdesky home with photos and names

Zantedeschia Ethiopian (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

This variety is unpretentious, has larger flowers compared to other callas. It is distinguished by dazzling snow-white coverlets and a bright yellow cob inflorescence. In height, the plant is up to 100 cm, the size of the bedspread is up to 25.

Zantedeschia odorous (Zantedeschia odorata)

Odorous calla is also called fragrant. Outwardly, it resembles an Ethiopian one. But unlike her, it has a fragrant aroma of lily of the valley. This is a rare calla variety.

Zantedeschia Elliottiana

The flowers of this calla are only 16 cm high. But flower growers love it for its beautiful, bright yellow bedspread. Green leaves are painted in white specks. The variety is named after the American botanist Stephen Elliot.

Zantedeschia Remana (Zantedeschia rehmannii)

The height of this hybrid is 40-50 cm. It has elongated, long leaves, unlike other callas. The width of the leaf is not more than 5 cm. The cover of the flower is pale pink. The inflorescence is bright yellow.

Hybrids zantedeskii

"Memories" (Memories)

The color of this calla's coverlet is unusual, black with a burgundy tint, up to 12 cm in size. The inflorescence is the same, black-burgundy, like a coverlet. Plant height - from 45 to 50 cm.

"Nashville" (Nashville)

The perianth shape of this calla is elongated and narrowed, the color is two-ton: white-pink. The inflorescence is bright yellow. The size of the bedspread is 12 cm. The plant is compact, up to 45 cm tall.

"Picasso" (Picasso)

The flower is white at the edges, with a transition to a purple neck. Peduncle height - up to 15 cm, bedspreads - 10 cm. The flowering time of one flower is up to 25 days. On the dark green leaves - white blotches that take a metallic shade in the sun.

"Red Alert" (Red Alert)

Plant height up to 55 cm. The flower consists of a small bright red bedspread and red inflorescence. The bedspread is resilient, shiny, like a wax. The leaves are covered with frequent, white specks.

"Pink Mist" (Pink Mist)

This hybrid ejects several peduncles up to 35 cm long. An unusual pale pink color of the bedspread with a bright orange inflorescence. The flowers are small, up to 10 cm.

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