Published 6 February, 2009
Dracaena.
The plant dracaena came to our homes from tropical and subtropical woods of Southern Asia and Africa. By this general name we usually plant both dracaena and cordelia in rooms and mistaken in shops selling them often as the same plant. Both have narrow, extended leaves of green color or bright leaved. It’s easy to distinguish these plant by their roots: the dracaena doesn’t have rhizomes, with yellow long-term roots, veins on leaves are located in parallel and converge by the ends of leaves; cordelia differs by forming of underground thicken stalks – rhizomes and underground germs with kidneys from which new plants grow. It has white annual roots, which die off to the spring, but simultaneously grow new ones. Both dracaena and cordelia a called false palm trees for their leafless trunk with a bunch of leaves on a top.
Published 6 February, 2009
VIOLETS
Violets Saintpaulia, Uzambarian Violets, African violets… The plants, we name “Indoor violets”, have actually only similar flowers to the wild violets growing in a wood or in a garden. In fact this indoor plant comes from East Africa and is called Saintpaulia or Uzmbarian violet (African violet). The African violet appeared in the Europe in 19th century.
Published 2 February, 2009
FICUS PLANT
In 50s-60s the ficus was one of the most common room plants. Later its popularity decreased. Now it interests a lot. The motherland of ficus are the tropics of Asia. In natural condition the plant of ficus includes nearly 1000 kinds. They belong to the family of mulberry. If damage a ficus allocate milky juice. Using some sorts of the juice it can be produced rubber. All ficuses, except relish, are evergreen. The relish is
throws foliage, it also provides with delicious and extremely useful fruits.
The flower of ficus (sykony) is very interesting, it resembles a pee or burry. Theirs leaves are considered to clean an air in locations so they do not only please esthetically but do a considerable good.
