PALM GIOPHORBA – GROWING IN HOME CONDITIONS
PALM GIOPHORBA PHOTOS
I wanted to add some exotic plants to my flower collection. And then I saw a gioforba palm tree on the Internet. Will I be able to grow it indoors?
© Author: Zoya VENICHENKO, r. Nizhny Novgorod
Give the plant a bright spot. It needs bright lighting, tolerates direct sunlight. Feels good in the east, western, south windows. A newly purchased palm tree should be gradually accustomed to direct sunlight.. Only in the hottest southern sun may need light shading.
Between wetting, the soil should dry out by half its volume. Gioforba withstands a short overdrying of an earthen coma.
In the spring and summer, the plant perfectly tolerates room temperature., not exceeding +27 city. It is useful to take it out into the open air.. From October, the temperature of the content is reduced to +16-22 city, and keep it like this until March. At this time, the palm is less often watered and not fed..
Young plants are transplanted by the transshipment method annually or every other year., adults - every few years (the root system is sensitive to damage) in floor tubs or flowerpots. Between transfers, replace the upper 5 see soil to fresh.
The substrate for gioforba needs nutritious, loose, well drained, eg, turf mixture, leafy earth and sand (2:2:1) or soil for palm trees.
PALM GIOPHORBA PHOTOS
The plant is fed once every 2 months from spring to autumn with complex mineral fertilizer for palms.
If you want to have something unique at home, gioforba is the best fit.
These magnificent palms from the Mascarene Islands.
In indoor conditions, there are two types: Gioforb Vershaffelt, or palm-spindle, less often - bottle-bore Gioforba, or bottle palm. They grow slowly, staying within 2-3 m.
GIOPHORBA PALM IN NATURE – VIDEO
