Kislitsa triangular: fineness of care

Kislitsa triangular (oxalis) - a charming plant that resembles a butterfly with its graceful numerous leaves, which are located on curved long petioles. The name of this species comes from the Greek oxys - sour, acute: to the taste of leaves, which is due to the presence of oxalic acid. Kislitsa is triangular with about 800 species of various herbaceous half-shrubs and perennials, distributed from the tropics to the taiga.

The bushes grow up to 15-20 cm in height, forming three- or quarter-leaves on fragile long petioles. The underground part of the plants of these varieties is something in between the rhizome and the tuber. It is a little pinkish in color. All scammers put up leaves at night, and some species and flowers are closed for the night.

Kislitsa triangular: care

The plant is very unpretentious. Since the sour cherry blossoms with single bell-shaped modest flowers or collected in the brush inflorescences, the love of all the florists it conquers with its unusual triple-syllabic leaves. The time of flowering in the Oxalis lasts from March to November, but it turns out that it can be extended and put the plant on time in a place with artificial lighting. Flowers-gramophone can be a variety of colors - white, lilac, pink, red. Peduncles continuously succeed each other, if you plant more than one plant in the pot, then flowering should be expected abundantly.

Despite the exoticity, rather unpretentious is the acid. Care of it is required minimum. After all, it can accept even a serious lack of light, while almost not losing its decorativeness and the ability to blossom blossom. This is especially valuable, because many apartments have windows facing north, or simply are in the shade of tall trees. But still the triangular algae will develop better in a well-lit place, preferably without hot sunlight.

With lack of lighting and excessively warm air temperature (more than 20 ° C), the petioles of the leaves are very stretched, and the thin leaf plates grow very small. Watering must be moderate, so that the soil does not dry out.

If in winter this plant stands in a damp cool place and is in a state of moderate rest, it can not be watered at all or it can be done very rarely. Hibernating plants in the room should be watered once a week. They do not need to be sprayed.

To top dressing, the triangular kislina is not very demanding. Transplant oxalis as thickening. The soil should be light, preferably: leafy earth, sand, peatland (2: 1: 1). Every summer the plant can be taken to the country. Thus, it will grow stronger in the fresh air and become more saturated and bright color and characteristic size of the leaves. Almost all the acidic plants grown in the rooms, in natural conditions - deciduous plants: their leaves die in winter, and only a few nodules remain in the ground. It is desirable for the plant to arrange periods of rest in the room conditions: to shorten watering or to completely abandon it, carefully remove all the foliage, and put the pot and tubers in a cool dry place. Unstable restless winter hut is very depleting the plant, then it will not be able to develop as fast and blossom brightly.

Reproduction

At home, triangular acidum does not form seeds, so it is propagated in the usual vegetative way, often by dividing the bush. It grows quite quickly, two years later, from a small twig, a full-fledged adult specimen is obtained. It is necessary to monitor the water supply, since with excessive long-term watering, rotting of leaves and roots is possible, even pests such as aphids, cankerworms and mites can even start.