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White haemanthus (Haemanthus albiflos) is a bulbous perennial plant of the family amaryllidaceae (Amaryllidaceae). Grow haemanthus in South Africa among the thickets of shrubs and rocky slopes of the mountains.

The season usually grow two wide sheet, rounded at the end. For the form the plant is also called "deer tongue", "cow language." When grown in the house they grow up to thirty inches in length and almost the entire year remain green. At home die in the dry period.





Haemanthus and other bulbs, typical of the nature of South Africa, during the rainy season, awake and bright colors enliven the desert terrain and rocky slopes.
In the North in the rooms in September and October, when the Windows – fog and snow with the rain, between the sheets appears low strong arrow with an unusual inflorescence, in the form of a ball. The flowers are white, numerous, anthers yellow, with long filaments.





They bloom simultaneously, the plant is 2-3 months decorated the room. At the age of 4-5 years the bulbs have 2-3 flower stems. Haemanthus look very beautiful not only during flowering, but plants still remain decorative – it formed orange-red juicy berries. When ripe they fall to the ground.

In the transparent seed contains a large amount of fluid, so they are easy to sprout in a month in almost any substrate. Young shoots are gradually taking root in the soil, it is necessary only to slightly loosen. Interestingly, they are directed not to the light, like all plants, but in the opposite direction.

Young haemanthus develop quickly in the first year they have formed bulbs and the leaves are formed. After fruiting, the plants go into the dormant stage, which lasts about two months. At this time the old leaves wither, and only in the spring grow new leaves.





The plant is unpretentious, well every year it blooms in dry and warm areas. Contain it in the light, in summer pritenyayut (leaves can suffer from direct sunlight).

Watered moderately; fertilize during growth and flowering. In winter, put in a cool bright place (temperature not higher than 15 ° C ) and watered even less than in the summer.
In the spring, at the beginning of growth, young specimens are transplanted into leafy and grassy land with a mixture of clay and sand. The bulbs are only half asleep. Adult plants soil change after two or three years.

 




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