Experts florists, who treat their profession not just as a pleasant pastime with flowers, but as a real spiritual contact with plants, believe that the most favorable for the house plants - those whose leaves are stretching up. It turns out that such flowers stimulate thinking and generate creative ideas.
And in fact one of the most superstitious plants, a pike tail, just, to those and refers. Most of the concerns about growing this flower and the eggs eaten are not worth it. And the culprit in their origin is the one who came up with this unfavorable nickname - "a pike tail" or, worse, "teshchin language". In fact, the plant pike tail is called very elegant - sansevieriya.
Signs with a pike tail
There are a lot of good signs with a pike tail. Basically, it is believed that as soon as you get this plant at home, then immediately all the problems, quarrels, misunderstandings will remain in the past. Sansevieria, as if, absorbs them with its long, sharp leaves, performing the functions of the antenna to trap the domestic negativity.
When the flowers appeared on your pike tail - this means that it's time to start new ventures. It is believed that Sansevieria blossoms only in a favorable environment, and then, infrequently, so if it blossoms - you can think that the plant blessed to embody your designs.
True, the only time unfavorable for flowering is winter. Then the flowers of the pike tail say that the disagreement in the family is approaching because of the excessive care of a relative.
But whatever the promising pike-tailed pike tail suggests, remember that the plant that heals can not harm a person. And sansevierria is what heals. The plant has antibacterial and healing effect - the tail of the tail is no worse than the famous "healer" scarlet heals wounds and relieves traces of burns.
Why "teschin language"?
The second most popular name, after the nickname "pike tail" - is teschin language. Of course, outwardly the leaves of the plant really resemble long tongues, especially the leaves with yellow rims look spectacular.
Some people mistakenly believe that since it looks like a mother tongue, then, with the appearance of a flower in the house, there will be no passage from quarrels, gossip and scandals. It turns out that the opposite is true.
Teschin language "clears" the house and the tenants from quarrels and gossip. If there is too much noise around you lately - get a pike tail at home (mother-in-law's tongue) and mother-in-law, that is, sansevieria, will deal with intrigues and their distributors.
Pike tail care
But to know about the signs of flower-related pike tail is small, in order for the plant to become prophetic, it is necessary to provide him with the proper attention and care. The ponytail or tawny tongue (the second name reveals the essence of the flower much better) - a plant unpretentious, ready and able to survive even under the most unfavorable conditions. But to please the eye and bring good luck to the house will be only if the rules of detention are observed.
And the rules look like this:
- grows well in bright spaces, at a temperature not lower than 15⁰;
- when there is a lack of color, the tail of the tail loses its bright color, the golden rims of the leaves disappear;
- In the spring, direct sunlight can be fatal, because the flower for the winter has weaned from such a light - there can be burns on the leaves;
- Ideal combination for the pike tail - dry air, minimum watering;
- as for watering - watering the pike tail is only necessary when the top layer of the soil dries up, and in winter it is watered not more often than once a week, otherwise the root will rot;
- fertilize the plant in the period of spring-summer-autumn you need twice a month additives for cacti;
- the best pots for sansevieria are shallow, wide pallets, as the rhizomes of the flower grow on the sides.