Koleriya - a beautiful, not very common indoor flower, which is also called a Colombian beauty. It is a velvet bush up to 50 cm high with fluffy leaves and shoots. His stem is at the root of a straight line, then lies down. The leaf is large, oblong, crenate along the margin. The flower of the colia is a bell with bent edges, mixed in color. Depending on the type of plant, it can be orange, pink, crimson, red or red shades with variegated impregnations. Young plants form single buds, mature - bunches of 5-6 buds. Colors bloom from June to September.
How to care for the color?
It is best to place the plant on the east or west side. On the southern dialect you need to protect from direct rays, and on the northern one it will develop poorly. In winter it requires good lighting. In spring and summer, watering with standing water should be abundant, later it is gradually reduced. Koleriya in wet conditions develops faster and better. To increase the humidity of the air, put a flowerpot with a flower in a moist pallet. During the flowering period, weekly top dressing is necessary.
Colerosa: Diseases
To the pests of this plant include thrips, scutellum, mealybug, spider mite and whitefly. In case of illness, you must immediately remove diseased leaves and begin treatment. Insecticides are applied to the soil, not to the leaves.
If the leaf turns pale and becomes covered with yellow spots, it means that there is excessive feeding or direct rays. A gray patch was found on the leaf - the plant got a fungal disease. This occurs when the humidity of air and substrate is high. With insufficient moisture, the sheet curls.
Koleriya: transplantation and reproduction
It is recommended to make a transplant without breaking the earthen lump, if necessary, transplant the flower into a wider but not a deep vase. It is better to do this in the spring. Form the earth mixture as follows: deciduous, peat, turf and sand (1: 2: 1: 1). It is useful to add bits of charcoal, they will save the roots from decay.
There are four ways of reproduction. The fastest and easiest is the division of the rhizome, which can be done at any time of the year, but the best in the spring. The rhizomes are divided with a knife into a pair of pieces and planted at a depth of 2 cm.
The colerus can be propagated by cuttings. For this, the apical part is cut off and placed in water. A week later, roots appear and the stem is planted in the pot.
The third way of reproduction is a leaf. This is a rather long process. The sheet is placed in water, gives roots in 3-5 months, after which the leaf is planted in the pot with the ground.
The fourth way is by seeds, which in spring are sown in a mixture of sand and peat. After the appearance of 2-3 leaves, young shoots are planted in small vazonchiki. When the sprouts grow, they pinch to develop lateral shoots, and transplanted into larger vases. Pinch the plant until it takes the form of a bush.
Types of Coleria
Thanks to interspecific crossing, room types of color were obtained, which form a lot of varieties. Widely distributed are the following four types: the colouration of fluffy flowers, the pleasant color, the Bogotsky colony and the colourblue of the fistula.
The sieraya colour is a decorative grass and a real garden ornament. The bush reaches a height of 30-40 cm. Its fluffy cream panicles create a contrast against a background of bluish, thin but firm foliage.
Linden's ligature grows in the highlands. Its height is 30 cm. The dark green leaf plate with light green veins is covered with white hairs. On the peduncle there are yellow flowers in speckles, similar to the bell. The flowering time is the beginning-middle of the autumn.