Incredible beauty at home: pink gloxinia

Sinningia is beautiful, better known to flower growers as gloxinia, and for several decades has been receiving increased attention from lovers of indoor plants. For many gardeners, love for this culture began in childhood with large velvet bells gone on the grandmother's windowsill. In those days, it was almost impossible to find gloxinia other than a deep purple or raspberry color. Today, breeders have received hundreds of amazingly beautiful, diverse forms and colors of plants, ready to grow and bloom luxuriantly in room conditions.

Gloxinia is a decorative culture that can be grown at home. Among a wide variety of varieties, gardeners distinguish pink gloxinia. Its peculiarity is the incredibly beautiful flowering, which is achieved due to the splendor and bright color of the buds.

History of occurrence

This plant belongs to the Gesneriaceae family. It was originally discovered in the forests of Brazil in 1785. The birthplace of gloxinia is considered to be South and Central America. The scientist breeder from the University of Boston V. Sinning has developed many plant hybrids, among which there is a pink version of the gloxinia. The second name of the flower is the syningia, which was assigned to him in honor of the learned breeder.

Photo and description of species

Below you can find photos and descriptions of plant species.

Fairy tale

This type of plant is distinguished by large terry pink flowers. The middle of the petal is crimson, the throat is light, strewn with dark specks.

Extravaganza

This plant has large double flowers, on the edge of which there is a bright single border, and on the edges of the petals are specks. Peduncles gloxinia pink-coral, short. As flowering buds greatly increase in size.

Dream

This is a semi-miniature variety. It features bright elegant pink flowers with light necks and an elongated tube. The Pink Dream is characterized by abundant and prolonged flowering.

Features

Pink gloxinia is a beautifully flowering tuberous plant. He has thickened stems. Their length is up to 10 cm. 4-6 pairs of leaves are formed on the bushes. They have the opposite location. The form is broadly oval, slightly heart-shaped at the base. The leaf length is 15-20 cm. The leaves of pink gloxinia are velvety-dipped.

Along the veins there is a silver color, and the inner side is painted in red. The flowers of the plant are bell-shaped, velvety. They have a long flower stalk. Growing gloxinia is a simple matter. It is not demanding on the soil, it simply multiplies and blooms for a long time.

Important! Pests and diseases rarely affect the plant, only if the basic rules of agricultural technology are not observed.

Landing rules

Landing activities should be carried out taking into account the following recommendations:

1. Since gloxinia is afraid of excessive soil moisture and water stagnation, it is necessary to lay a drainage layer on the bottom of the tank. Its thickness is 1-3 cm. Here everything depends on the size of the pot and the properties of the substrate.
2. If roots were found on the tuber, then perform a recess for them. During planting, deepen it by 2/3, leaving an apex with pecked sprouts above the ground.
3. Pour the soil mixture around the tuber. In this case, try not to fall on the upper part and concavity, where the sprouts are concentrated. It is unacceptable to cover this section of tuber with soil. Only after the stems have grown, sprinkle the top remaining over the soil with a fresh bud, finally leveling the surface.

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Lighting and location

Gloxinia pink is a photophilous culture. For its full development requires bright diffused light. If you keep it in direct summer sun, then yellow-brown spots form on the leaves. These are sunburns.

Soil requirements

The soil for pink gloxinia can be used ready-made by buying the Violet substrate in the store. You can prepare the soil mixture by combining the following components in a 2: 1: 1 ratio:

• sheet earth;
• peat land;
• river sand.

Gloxinia is very demanding on the soil, and also necessarily require drainage. Expanded clay or polystyrene is used for these purposes, you can also well wash the eggshell and use it for these purposes.

Care

Temperature

The home flower pink gloxinia prefers a moderate temperature regime during the active period and during dormancy. The optimum temperature is 15-17 degrees. Store tubers at rest at a temperature of 10-12 degrees.

Watering

Reference! During active growth and flowering, hydration is abundant. But excess moisture is destructive for the plant. When watering, use warm and settled water. It is important that it does not fall on leaves and flowers.

At the end of August, when flowering ends, reduce moisture, and at the end of September it is enough to water once every 1.5 weeks. The plant needs high atmospheric humidity - 80-90%, but will not tolerate direct spraying. Humidify the air at a distance of 50-70 cm from the flower.

Top dressing

To fertilize in April and finish in early August. Apply top dressing every week. Use special fertilizers for flowering crops. They should include such components:

• potassium;
• phosphorus;
• nitrogen (in small quantities).

It is possible to introduce organic matter by combining with watering. For example, mullein infusion diluted with water in a proportion of 1:10 will be an excellent top dressing. If the plant is oversaturated with nitrogen, this will lead to the formation of powerful intense green leaves and small ugly flowers.

Rest period

After flowering, the plant comes to rest. Its duration is 2 months (from November to January). For a comfortable flower entry into this state, it is necessary to reduce watering from October and adhere to the following recommendations:

1. As soon as the aerial part of the culture dries, remove it, carefully dig out the tubers, cut off dead or decayed roots.
2. Wash tubers thoroughly in cold water, dry and store in a plastic container. Set it in a dark and cool place.
3. After 3 months, new shoots form on the tubers. It is important not to miss this moment, since when they appear again to plant tubers in pots with a substrate.

Air humidity

Attention! During flowering, pink gloxinia prefers high humidity.

This can be achieved if you install the pot in a container with moss or expanded clay. They need to be regularly moistened.

Common Diseases and Pests

Due to non-compliance with the rules for caring for the plant, the following diseases and pests can affect it:

1. Brown spots on the leaves - This is the result of watering with cold water.
2. Yellowness on the leaves - This is dry or very humid air, an overdose of fertilizer.
3. Gray plaque on leaves and flowers - This is a symptom of powdery mildew or gray rot. You can solve the problem if you adjust the watering, remove the damaged parts of the plant, and treat with fungicide.
4. In the absence of flowering it is necessary to provide the plant with sufficient lighting, to add nutrient compounds to the soil, make sure that there is little nitrogen.
5. Pale colored elongated leaves - this is a lack of light.

Of the pests, pink gloxinia is affected by the following parasites:

• spider mite;
• whitefly;
• scale shield;
• mealybug.

Propagation Features

Reproduction of pink gloxinia occurs leafy cuttings, tubers and seeds.

Leaf cuttings

The process of reproduction is as follows:

1. From a flowering plant cut a young leaf with a slice of cuttings. Its length will be 1 cm.
2. Root the cuttings in a mixture of pure sand and peat (4: 0.5).
3. Cover the handle with a jar, achieve a temperature of 22-24 degrees.
4. After 18-20 days, small nodules form at the tips of the petiole.
5. Plant rooted cuttings in small containers (5-7 cm).

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Tuber division

The procedure is as follows:

1. Use only overgrown tubers.
2. Using a sharp knife, cut the tuber into pieces. Do this so that on each part there are 1-2 sprouts.
3. Sprinkle places of slices with crushed activated carbon. Seed planting material in separate containers in a moist substrate.
4. The first 2-3 days after planting do not moisten the soil.

Seeds

This breeding process is carried out according to the following plan:

1. In November-February, sow planting material in low wide containers. Fill them with a substrate consisting of such components: sheet soil, peat soil, sand - 1: 1: 1.
2. Sowing seeds is not thick, do not deepen them too deep into the ground, but sprinkle lightly.
3. Set the sowing tank in a bright place. The temperature regime will be 24-26 degrees.
4. Spray the soil regularly and evenly with warm water. The first shoots are expected for 12-14 days.
5. As soon as 2 leaves are formed, plant the plants in compliance with a distance of 2 cm from each other.
6. When 3 leaves appear, then increase the distance between the shoots to 5-7 cm.
7. As soon as young plants touch each other with leaves, then plant them in pots 10-12 cm in size.

Pink gloxinia is an incredibly beautiful houseplant. The process of growing it is simple and does not take much effort. This allows gloxinia to be bred even for beginners who do not have the proper experience in gardening.

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